The Social Side of Wellbeing – an extract from Contextual Wellbeing By Dr Helen Street
(this is an extract from: Street, Helen (2018) Contextual Wellbeing: creating positive schools from the inside out, published by Wise Solutions) … It could…
FEATURED ARTICLES
Empowering students through a strengths-based approach to bullying education By Dr Ameika Johnson
Humans are hard-wired to pay attention to the negative. This ‘negativity bias’ is an ancient survival tool that helps us remain vigilant and respond…
SCHOOLS 4 TOMORROW POSTER DISPLAY 2018
In celebration of ten years of Positive Schools, we would like to look to the future and present a ‘Schools4Tomorrow’ poster display throughout the…
Dealing with grief & sadness By Dr Sarah Whyte
One of the biggest challenges for Third Culture Kids (TCKs) is dealing with the grief caused by multiple losses. Those losses can range from…
The Back-to-School Checklist: Positively supporting the transition to high school By Amba Brown
In Australia today, schools have developed various transition programs, policies, and practices to promote a positive transition to high school. This article was produced…
LATEST ARTICLES
Lessons learned about gratitude during my visit to Singapore Dr Kerry Howells
In 2016 I had the privilege of presenting a keynote address and workshop at the Positive Schools Conference in Singapore. There were over 250…
Strengths Based Approach to Parents for Schools
So much is going on for teachers not only in changes to the curriculum which has implications for developing new skill sets for a…
Putting Well-being into Context keynote by Helen Street (Hong Kong 2017)
Putting Wellbeing into Context keynote by Helen Street
Positive Education in HK Primary Schools by Sylvia Kwok (Hong Kong 2017)
Positive Education in Hong Kong Primary Schools. Workshop from Positive Schools Hong Kong 2017 Positive Eduation…
Supporting Third Culture Kids Dr Sarah Whyte (Hong Kong 2017)
Third Culture Kids For many teachers in international schools, the concept of Third Culture Kids (TCKs) is…
Mindfulness and Meditation: The evidence for a whole-school approach Mindful Meditation Australia (MMA)
Mindfulness and meditation have become the new wellness fashions in Australian education, but why? We all know of a student who struggles with…
Rites of Passage by Arne Rubinstein (Hong Kong 2017)
Rites of Passage keynote by Arne Rubinstein
The Science of Achievement by David Bott (Hong Kong 2017)
David Bott TALK SLIDES PS17
Cost of Excellence in Childhood by Richard Pengelley (Hong Kong 2017)
Cost of Excellence in Childhood workshop by Richard Pengelley
Challenging Excellence in Childhood by Richard Pengelley (Hong Kong 2017)
Challenging Excellence in Childhood keynote by Richard Pengelley
6 Tips to Aim for Forgive-and-Forget on the Friend-o-cycle By Dana Kerford (Hong Kong 2017)
If you talk to any teacher, they will tell you that there are “good years” and “bad years” in the classroom. Certain classes are…
Supporting Staff Wellbeing by Stephen MacDonald (Hong Kong 2017)
Staff Wellbeing workshop by Stephen MacDonald
Hope is a Strategy by Stephen MacDonald (Hong Kong 2017)
Hope is a Strategy keynote by Stephen MacDonald
Disrupting the Norm and Empowering School Leaders and Educators to Create Positive Change in their Schools Kristy Ambrose
Positive schools, great school cultures and wellbeing for educators and students begins with empowered school leaders and educators. When school leaders and teachers feel…
Helping badly behaved students Maggie Dent
Recent reports have exposed the alarming impact badly behaved students have in Australian schools, both on staff, school…
Difficult Conversations Made Easy…Easier Laurie Morrison
You’ve probably discovered, as I have, that some conversations are hard to have. As a result they can be put off; sometimes forever. Usually,…
Using Trauma-Informed Wellbeing Strategies to Increase the Readiness to Learn Berry Street Childhood Institute
Positive education must reach the students who need it the most. These students often struggle because their escalated…
The Resilient Educator. By Michael E. Bernard, Ph.D. PS17
The Resilient Educator Working as a teacher, mental health practitioner, or administrator, there are times when negative, adverse events at work (and home) can…
Applying The Science of Achievement. David Bott (Geelong Grammar) PS17
David Bott WORKSHOP SLIDES PS17
The Science of Achievement. By David Bott (Geelong Grammar) PS17
David Bott TALK SLIDES PS17
Smiling Mind PS17
Smiling Mind SLIDES PS17
The Rite of Passage Framework. Dr Arne Rubinstein PS17
Arne Rubenstein SLIDES PS17