General Description

What are the key elements of a successful student wellbeing program? What best prepares them for the challenges of life beyond school?

This course aims to explore many ideas as to how these kinds of programs could look, covering a variety of wellbeing elements that it is important for young people to be able to understand and apply such as mindfulness, stress reduction, mindset, resilience, character strengths, emotional literacy and working with others as team members and also as leaders and mentors.

The ultimate aim of this course is to assist you to equip the young people you work with with the skills to manage their own wellbeing as they enter adulthood.

Audience

Teachers

Wellbeing Leaders

Assistant Principals

Heads of House

Year Level Co-ordinators

Pastoral Care Teachers and Leaders

Teaching Standards

1.1.2 Proficient Level - Know students and how they learn - Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students:  Use teaching strategies based on knowledge of students’ physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics to improve student learning,

1.2.2 Proficient Level - Know students and how they learn - Understand how students learn:  Structure teaching programs using research and collegial advice about how students learn,

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

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

Completing Key Elements for School Wellbeing Programs will contribute 8 hours of NSW Education Standards Education Authority (NESA) Accredited PD in the priority area of Delivery and Assessment of NSW Curriculum/Early Years Learning Framework, addressing standard descriptors 3.5.3 from the Australia Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.

 

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Introductory Video
  • 2

    Mindfulness and Stress Management

    • Introductory Ideas

    • Why Mindfulness?

    • Many Ways to Be Mindful

    • Reflection Questions

  • 3

    Self-Knowledge and Appreciation

    • Character Strengths

    • Self-Monitoring

    • Reflection Questions

  • 4

    Mindset and Resilience

    • Mindset - Helping Develop Resilience

    • Grit

    • Reflection Questions

  • 5

    Leadership

    • Is Leadership a Wellbeing Element?

    • Different Ways to View Leadership

    • Starting and Following Through on a New Initiative

    • Reflection Questions

  • 6

    Teamwork and Emotional Literacy

    • Teamwork

    • Emotional Literacy

    • Reflection Questions

  • 7

    Creativity and Problem Solving

    • Creativity

    • Problem Solving

    • Reflection Questions

  • 8

    Mentoring

    • What Might Mentoring Look Like?

    • Reflection Questions

  • 9

    Citizenship

    • Citizenship and Wellbeing

    • Reflection Questions

  • 10

    Course Completion

    • Feedback

Features of TTA Online PD

  • Availability

    Online courses are available 24/7. Designed to be done in your own time at your own pace.

  • Team Online

    All online courses are available for team purchase. Unlimited teachers from the one Campus for any course for $1250 + GST

  • Money back Guarantee

    If you complete less than 25% of an online course and aren't completely satisfied, let us know, and we will cancel your enrolment and provide a full refund.