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Course Description

This course is all about how to use the VIA Character Strengths in your school. It focuses on understanding what they are and why they are important, how to embed them and how to use them to improve student learning, relationships and how they can help reach the most challenging of students.


Audience

Primary and secondary teachers, heads of Wellbeing, year level coordinators/house leaders, pastoral care teachers.

Teaching Standards

4.1.2 Proficient Level - Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments - Support student participation: Establish and implement inclusive and positive interactions to engage and support all students in classroom activities


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"High quality content that was all relevant. Highly suitable for the needs of my school. This course is an excellent introduction to the VIA strengths surveys and how to bring these into your school."

- Renee Keane, Bishop Tyrell Anglican College


"The videos and lectures are outstanding."

- Hala Ibrahim, St Mark's Coptic Orthodox College


"I found the information was relevant in daily life with our personal interactions with friends and family as well as in the classroom. I really enjoyed the concepts of Positive Psychology using Character Strengths to get to know ourself and each other better."

- Leanne Broadley, Mary MacKillop Catholic Community School


"Practical, easy to absorb and manifest into classroom practice."

- Anna Siokos, Casual Teacher

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Module 1: Why Character Strengths?

    • Introduction - A Word About the Course

    • Wellbeing Frameworks

    • Why Character Strengths?

    • Exploring Your Own Character Strengths - Activity
  • 2

    Module 2: Exploring the Character Strengths

    • Introduction - Exploring The Strengths

    • Learning About Strengths - Both You and Your Students

    • Character Strength Ambassadors

    • Activity - Character Strength Ambassadors

    • Non-Sexy Strengths

    • Activity - Non-Sexy Strengths

    • Talk About Strengths

    • Activity - Talk About Strengths

    • A Great Resource
  • 3

    Module 3: Building the Character Strengths

    • Focusing on the Strengths

    • Encourage Students to Use the Strengths

    • Build Existing Strengths

    • Target New Strengths

    • Activity - Target New Strengths

  • 4

    Module 4 - The Dark Side of Character Strengths

    • What do you mean by Dark Side?

    • Activities
  • 5

    Module 5 - Embedding the Strengths

    • Embedding the Strengths

    • Your Own Practice

    • Activity - Your Own Practice

    • Your Students

    • Activity - Your Students

    • Your Colleagues

    • Conclusion
  • 6

    Module 6 - Character-Based Mentoring

    • Mentoring through the Strengths

    • Activity - Mentoring through the Strengths

  • 7

    Course Feedback

    • Course Feedback

Do you teach in NSW? If so, this is relevant to you:

Completing Improving Schools and Relationships with the VIA Character Strengths will contribute 4 hours of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Accredited PD in the priority area of Student/child mental health, addressing Standard Descriptor 4.1.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher in NSW.

 


Presenter

Lauren Cook

Lauren Cook

Lauren Cook can’t remember a time when she didn’t want to teach. From the beginning of her career in 2001, she strove to understand what was at the basis of good teaching and learning. Lauren spent many of her early years of teaching in brand new schools, where the exploration of best practice was at the forefront. She undertook a variety of leadership roles from curriculum to professional learning to student management. She also joined the Faculty of Education at Deakin University to work with pre-service teachers.  In 2010, Lauren became an Assistant Principal but missed her role in the classroom. She now wants to focus more on teaching and learning, and contributing to developing professional networks of teachers committed to best practice. She is Deputy Head of Wellbeing and Head of Boys at St Margaret's and Berwick Grammar School in Victoria

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