Five years ago, Dr. Andy Koenigs was tasked with employee recruitment and retention at Emporia Public Schools in Kansas. Borrowing a strategy from the business world, he and his team launched an employee wellness program. Here’s how — and the impact it had on engagement, absences and district finances.

In our interview, Dr. Koenigs, the Associate Superintendent for Human Resources, talks to us about:

Field Trip is a podcast from Frontline Education.