Education Summit | Wellbeing Australia

EDUCATION
ONLINE SUMMIT

Looking back, looking forward

Monday 11 to Friday 15 November 2019

Five webinars featuring engaging leaders in educational wellbeing.

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Wellbeing Australia’s Online Education Summit, helps educational leaders foster wellbeing in their schools by sharing stories of success, and giving participants specially selected resources to improve well-being in their own school.

Watch live, or when it suits you. Access resources including five webinar recordings, reference tools and response guides to use at your school or business, and free access to NESA-accredited Teacher Wellbeing Project’s online self-paced intervention which covers 15 PD hours.

Ticket price includes annual professional membership to Wellbeing Australia, giving you regular updates on the latest insights on wellbeing through newsletters, blogs, resources and tools, member-only activities and discounts on well-being events.

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Harnessing Harassment

The education environment continues to undergo rapid change. Staff and leaders need new strategies to meet performance criteria, and nurture personal and professional wellbeing. What strategies work? In these five webinars, you will hear stories from leading practitioners on what they are doing to meet the challenges and thrive. Sharing success and resources to help you convert the best of what you hear, into a 2020 action plan for your own school.

Questions the webinars will answer:

How should I think about my wellbeing and that of my staff?
What changes in schools are currently being achieved in response to toxic behaviours?
How do regional and rural settings, and parent engagement, alter what works?
What simple steps can I take in my school to address staff harassment?

Five live webinars over five days featuring the following leaders in educational wellbeing:

Featuring:

Jacqui Van de Velde, Non Executive Director, Wellbeing Australia, and wellbeing expert, on recent research findings.
Darren Cox, Principal, St Phillip’s Christian College Cessnock, on valuing a culture of wellbeing.
Peter Rouse, Principal, Canley Vale High School, on executive-led cultural change.
Kathy Rembisz, Principal, St Georges Basin Public School, on strategies in regional and rural areas.
Darryl Ball, Deputy Principal, Canowindra High School, on regional and rural areas.
Linda McNeil, Founder, Linda McNeil Consulting, on partnering with parents.
Jason Graham-Nye, President, Old Cranbrookians Association, on family and school interactions.
Jeannette James, National Advisor- Service Development Be You National Mental Health Education Initiative, headspace Schools.
Margaret Pond, Head of Junior School at St Phillip’s Christian College in Cessnock will speak about wellbeing education in junior schools.

PROGRAM

Monday 11 November 2019: 4.00pm to 5.00pm

Providing Perspective – Jeannette James and Jacqui Van de Velde

How can school leaders nurture and support a culture of wellbeing? Teacher wellbeing has been the focus of headspace Schools and a Resilience Centre research project in conjunction with psychology students from Macquarie University’s PACE program. Jeannette will share resources for your school whilst Jacqui will share findings from The Teacher Wellbeing Project. A solution focused wellbeing mindset for those in teaching will be discussed.

Tuesday 12 November 2019: 8.30am to 9.30am

Executive Change Management – Peter Rouse

What headway are school leaders making in response to challenges? Peter will share his experiences and strategies used to lead his school, highlighting key points of leadership throughout change management, resulting in meaningful change impacting staff students and families. He will provide attendees with insight into how they can identify potential triggers, communicate across their schools, and create a wave of change to benefit all.

Wednesday 13 November 2019: 4.00pm to 5.00pm

Valuing a Culture of Wellbeing – Darren Cox and Margaret Pond

Education is a naturally fast-paced and pressured environment, and connecting staff, students and community is critical. Darren will share the methods he has used and challenges faced in building positive frameworks within the community of his rapidly evolving school to result in constructive learning outcomes, whilst Margaret will discuss how improved wellbeing awareness in junior school impacts middle and high school.

Thursday 14 November 2019: 4.00pm to 5.00pm

Regional and Rural Experience – Kathy Rembisz and Darryl Ball

There is a fine line between home and work in regional schools, close relationships with families and locations create a tight network to live and work. Focusing on the unique demands, pressures and impacts of regional and rural schools, our speakers will share their methods of managing conflict in these condition.

Friday 15 November 2019: 8.30am to 9.30am

Community Voice and Impact – Linda McNeil and Jason Graham-Nye

Interactions between families and school staff cannot be underestimated, they set the tone for students to value or devalue their education as a whole. Zoning into the parent experience, our speakers will share their learnings for working with school communities. They will provide perspective and suggestions on the value to families and alumni of engaging with their schools.

Watch live, or when it suits you.