3 May 2023 7pm AEST
Traditionally, wellbeing has been the realm of attendance and behaviour. This has only shown the results of student behaviour and not given educators the opportunity to understand the "why" or help work in a preventative space to support learning and improve student wellbeing.
In this webinar, we discussed how it is possible to redefine wellbeing. Using real-time check-in data combined with traditional metrics, educators are able to gain rich holistic views of individual students, cohorts and the whole school; how they feel, trends in emotional state and readiness to learn for the insight and context required to fully understand and support student wellbeing.
In this one hour webinar, our expert panelists discussed:
ABOUT OUR EXPERTS
Nikki Bonus is an experienced ed-tech founder and CEO of Life Skills Group, harnessing more than 20 years of deeply personal and professional experience in the development and delivery of social-emotional literacy programs for individuals, organizations, and most importantly, teachers and students. Nikki’s work has helped give voice to more than 850 schools, connecting with 20,000 teachers and 500,000 primary school children to build a continuing evidence base of what works to measure, report and implement real improvements in Social Emotional and Physical Literacy for school communities.
Stefanie Thom
Assistant Principal- St John the Apostle Catholic School, Narraweena.As executive lead on her schools Wellbeing Team, Stefanie believes in the critical nature and importance of a collaborative approach with students, families and support organisations, to ensure that all children are ready to learn and supported on their journey. Stefanie is currently a member of the NSW Education Minister’s Teacher Advisory Council. She has engaged in roles including classroom teacher, ICLT Coordinator, Mathematics Lead Teacher/Specialist and Religious Education Coordinator and is currently leading learning and wellbeing at her school as Assistant Principal.
Stefanie’s enthusiasm and focus on the importance of creating a community of collaborative interactions and built relationships with all stakeholders, that is driven by data, complimented by engaging learning experiences and guided by student and families as they grow connects her to each of her staff, students and parents, as well as all within the wider education field and broader community.
Her passion for leadership, building partnerships for learning, leading to unleash the potential of all and education is infectious.
Eric Jamieson is an accomplished education strategist and innovator with extensive experience in the field. He currently serves as the Director of Education Innovation & Strategy at Circumference 360, a position he has held since June 2020. Prior to this, he was the Chief Education Officer at GEMS Education for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt from September 2018 to June 2020, where he oversaw educational programs and initiatives for the region. Before joining GEMS Education, Eric held several senior positions in education, including Director of High Performance and Director of Educational Measurement and School Accountability at the New South Wales Department of Education. He has also served as Principal of Plumpton High School, a position he held for seven years. Eric is widely recognized for his expertise in educational leadership and has been invited to serve on several academic councils.
Dianne Giblin has worked in education in both paid and unpaid capacity for the past 32 years.
Di has a passion for education, in particular public education, and the opportunities it affords young people. She has led the ACSSO secretariat since 2011 but has been a significant player in parent activism since 1984 when her eldest child commenced school. She is proud of her four children’s achievements – all successes of public education.
She has held various volunteer roles in the parent movement finishing her P&C career as President of the Federation of Parents and Citizens Associations of NSW.
Di was a founding Director of Public Education Foundation whose board position she held for six years; a founding Director of Primary Ethics Board and also a founding Director of The Parenthood board.
She worked in a paid capacity for the NSW education department in a number of roles across a large area of Sydney. Her roles were all in the area of parent engagement and home-school partnerships including school based community officer, across district Community Development Officer and regional Partnership Officer – all through the Priority Schools Program.
Recognition of her work saw her commended for Meritorious Service to Public Education and Training in 2010. In 2012 Dianne was admitted as a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia for her service to public education and the community.
Di’s greatest love is her family but coming a close second is her love of music. Whilst an amateur guitarist she likes to spend downtime with it, her grandchildren and her playing her vinyl albums on the new turntable.
Cheryl Edward is a psychologist who has worked in the Northern Territory, supporting Inclusion Support Services and Pastoral Care and Wellbeing in Catholic Education, NT. She started as a School Counsellor with Katherine Group School, in the Department of Education, in 2010, working in 8 schools east of Katherine. By the time Cheryl moved to Catholic Education, NT in Term 2, 2017, she was working across what is known as the Big Rivers region, covering 28 schools and 4,000 students across 400,000 square km’s. Throughout her work over the past 12 years, she has seen the most difference when schools work with a trauma-informed lens, incorporating neuroscience with social emotional learning.
