Professional learning for faculties, executives and school wellbeing staff to effectively manage school wellbeing programs.
As well as learning about the science behind emotional intelligence, you will have the opportunity to use innovative and engaging strategies to engage your students in learning how to identify their own emotions in this PL.
This will help students to lay the foundations needed for the regulation of their own thinking, behaviour and learning. Self-confidence and self-efficacy will also be developed, which as we know are essential ingredients for health, happiness and successful learning.
Objectives and outcomes:
Curriculum links
This masterclass will support you in delivering content in the following strands of the Health and Physical Education Australian Curriculum:
The curriculum focus area of Mental Health and Wellbeing will also be addressed.
We believe that every teacher is the leader of our future generation of leaders.
This is a highly interactive workshop designed to integrate the key building blocks for staff wellbeing and leadership. Outcomes will include:
Wellbeing: It’s not just a policy may be logged as 6 hours of NESA Elective PD.
Suggested descriptors: 1.1.2, 3.2.2, 4.1.2, 4.3.2 and 6.2.2.
Based on neuroscience, emotional intelligence, mindfulness and behavioural research, this interactive program offers practical training to improve team collaboration and a sense of belonging. This training will help you and your executive team to:
Principles and tools for leaders to lead with impact in the midst of rebuilding, refocusing, uncertainty, complexity and disruption. Based on neuroscience, mindfulness and emotional intelligence, this program offers practical solutions to help leaders:
“My understanding of the intentions of the professional development course was to instill an awareness of the importance of mental, social and physical wellbeing of teaching staff. How our physical and mental health correlates to teaching performance and the flow on to student learning. We were given some practical advice and strategies that could be implemented to optimize the outcomes for all key stakeholders involved in contributing to student learning..”
“The session reminded me of the importance of teacher wellbeing and how we need to manage our emotions (always in the classroom) so we'll deal more effectively with students.”
“Practical and interactive skills that will build positive relationships between school and community. A positive mindset with resilience encouraged.”
“This has reinforced the importance of here and now and also keeping the mind healthy and sound.”
“A welcomed reminder of the importance of maintaining both positive health and well being of school staff, students and the community. Built on my own personal experiences practicing yoga and meditation and also tapped into a previous incursion held at our school in 2016, Breathe Project - teaching students and teachers the technique of deep breathing.”
"The Life Skill Program encourages students to be calm and reflective - to be aware of how they feel and how best to deal with their emotions."
