COHORT 2023
Program Objectives
Through the application of school improvement research, educator wellbeing enhancement and leveraging systems thinking approaches; this webinar series will support participants to:
- Build their own capacity and efficacy as a school leader
- Build the capacity and efficacy of their schools’ professional workforce
- Influence the systemic school-based factors that impact individual and collective wellbeing
- Drive a more positive culture for leading, teaching and learning
Welcome & Preparation
Participants will receive their Welcome and Preparation email – week of 7 August 2023.
Webinar Series
Participants will attend 3 x 1.5hour webinars.
Webinar 1 – 17 August 2023, 3.30pm to 5pm QLD time
The Internal Landscape – Best Possible Self:
This initial episode in the series provides learners with the opportunity to reconnect with who they want to be as an educator and to explore what gets in the way. Using the ACT model participants identify the challenges presented within their own internal landscape and consider the importance of effectively navigating these thoughts and emotions.
– Best Possible Self – a Profession with Practice: Educator Values and Behaviours
– Internal Landscape – a Barrier to Wellbeing and Performance
– Psychological Flexibility: Managing our Thoughts and Emotions More Effectively
Webinar 2 – 7 September 2023, 3.30pm to 5pm QLD time
The Social Landscape – Collective Mindfulness for Wellbeing and Effective Practice:
This session draws from core findings from the scientific research literature to explore what it means to be a Mindful Educator within the social learning environment and how mindfulness can provide a foundation for highly effective team-based practices.
– The Mindful Educator
– The Science of Mindfulness
– Occupational Stress Management – Psychosocial Hazards in the Workplace
– Highly Effective Teams – Team Performance Research and Practice
– Dispositions of Highly Effective Practitioners
Webinar 3 – 12 October 2023, 3.30pm to 5pm QLD time
The Professional Landscape – Systemic Improvement:
In the final workshop; working either independently or in teams, the group thoroughly considers teacher and team wellbeing and performance by mapping the systemic elements of the school social-ecosystem. These dimensions include the professional mindsets, psycho-social hazards, stakeholders and practice-based interventions.
– The School Professional Learning Culture and Team-based Improvement Interventions
– Systems Thinking and School Improvement
– Improving Workplace Cultures and Practices
– Bringing it all Together and Connecting to the School’s Improvement Narrative
Certificate
Participants will be receive their Certificate of Completion via email – week of 16 October 2023.