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Communication, Communities, Engagement, Goals, Happiness, Intrinsic Motivation, Positive Thinking, Resiliency, Rewards & Punishment, Self Expression, Spirituality, Staff Wellbeing, Uncategorized, Values June 21, 2019

The Relational Classroom- Tom Brunzell/ Berry Street PS19

Aims & Ideals, Art, Breaking News, Communication, Communities, Engagement, Goals, Happiness, Intrinsic Motivation, Nature, Positive Behaviour, Positive Social Behaviour, Positive Thinking, Resiliency, Spirituality, Staff Wellbeing, Values October 2, 2018

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…

Aims & Ideals, Breaking News, Communication, Communities, Engagement, Goals, Intrinsic Motivation, Positive Behaviour, Positive Social Behaviour, Positive Thinking, Resiliency, Self Expression, Spirituality, Staff Wellbeing, Values May 4, 2020

Education 2020 – The Precious Things We have Lost and Found Dr Helen Street, Founder of the Positive Schools Initiative & author of Contextual Wellbeing

In this article I offer my thoughts on the impact of the Coronavirus and COVID-19 restrictions on social, emotional and academic learning in 2020….

Aims & Ideals, Art, Breaking News, Communication, Communities, Engagement, Goals, Happiness, Intrinsic Motivation, Nature, Positive Behaviour, Positive Social Behaviour, Positive Thinking, Resiliency, Self Expression, Spirituality, Staff Wellbeing, Values November 19, 2019

Why Schools Need to Spend Less Time Thinking About Students (and More Time Thinking About Culture) Dr Helen Street

www.contextualwellbeing.com.au; www.positiveschools.com.au Over the past twenty years, there has been an increasing consideration of the role schools can, and indeed ‘should’ play in…

Aims & Ideals, Breaking News, Communication, Communities, Engagement, Goals, Happiness, Intrinsic Motivation, Positive Behaviour, Positive Social Behaviour, Resiliency, Rewards & Punishment, Self Expression, Spirituality, Staff Wellbeing, Values February 6, 2018

Contextual Wellbeing: Creating healthy school contexts to nurture flourishing students and staff By Dr Helen Street

Contextual Wellbeing is a systems-based approach to supporting equitable education, youth wellbeing and self-determination in all schools and colleges through the development of a…

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Aims & Ideals, Engagement, Intrinsic Motivation, Positive Behaviour, Positive Social Behaviour, Positive Thinking, Resiliency, Staff Wellbeing, Values November 23, 2017

Rites of Passage by Arne Rubinstein (Hong Kong 2017)

Rites of Passage keynote by Arne Rubinstein

Aims & Ideals, Communication, Communities, Happiness, Positive Behaviour, Positive Social Behaviour, Positive Thinking, Resiliency, Spirituality, Staff Wellbeing, Values November 21, 2017

The Science of Achievement by David Bott (Hong Kong 2017)

David Bott TALK SLIDES PS17

Aims & Ideals, Communication, Communities, Engagement, Happiness, Intrinsic Motivation, Positive Behaviour, Positive Social Behaviour, Positive Thinking, Resiliency, Self Expression, Spirituality, Values November 21, 2017

Cost of Excellence in Childhood by Richard Pengelley (Hong Kong 2017)

Cost of Excellence in Childhood workshop by Richard Pengelley

Aims & Ideals, Communication, Communities, Engagement, Goals, Happiness, Intrinsic Motivation, Positive Behaviour, Positive Social Behaviour, Positive Thinking, Resiliency, Spirituality, Values November 21, 2017

Challenging Excellence in Childhood by Richard Pengelley (Hong Kong 2017)

Challenging Excellence in Childhood keynote by Richard Pengelley

Aims & Ideals, Communication, Engagement, Positive Behaviour, Positive Social Behaviour, Positive Thinking, Resiliency, Staff Wellbeing, Values November 21, 2017

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…

Communication, Engagement, Goals, Positive Behaviour, Positive Social Behaviour, Positive Thinking, Resiliency, Staff Wellbeing, Values November 21, 2017

Supporting Staff Wellbeing by Stephen MacDonald (Hong Kong 2017)

Staff Wellbeing workshop by Stephen MacDonald

Aims & Ideals, Engagement, Goals, Intrinsic Motivation, Positive Behaviour, Positive Thinking, Staff Wellbeing, Values November 21, 2017

Hope is a Strategy by Stephen MacDonald (Hong Kong 2017)

Hope is a Strategy keynote by Stephen MacDonald

Aims & Ideals, Breaking News, Communication, Communities, Positive Behaviour, Positive Social Behaviour, Positive Thinking, Staff Wellbeing, Values August 21, 2017

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…

Aims & Ideals, Breaking News, Communication, Communities, Engagement, Intrinsic Motivation, Positive Behaviour, Positive Social Behaviour, Positive Thinking, Resiliency, Staff Wellbeing, Values August 21, 2017

Helping badly behaved students Maggie Dent

Recent reports have exposed the alarming impact badly behaved students have in Australian schools, both on staff, school…

Aims & Ideals, Communication, Communities, Engagement, Intrinsic Motivation, Positive Behaviour, Positive Social Behaviour, Positive Thinking, Resiliency, Staff Wellbeing, Values August 21, 2017

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,…

Aims & Ideals, Communication, Communities, Positive Behaviour, Positive Social Behaviour, Positive Thinking, Resiliency, Staff Wellbeing, Values August 21, 2017

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

Aims & Ideals, Breaking News, Communication, Communities, Engagement, Goals, Positive Behaviour, Positive Social Behaviour, Positive Thinking, Resiliency, Values June 29, 2017

The Science of Achievement. By David Bott (Geelong Grammar) PS17

David Bott TALK SLIDES PS17

Spirituality June 28, 2017

Smiling Mind PS17

Smiling Mind SLIDES PS17

Aims & Ideals, Communication, Communities, Engagement, Goals, Happiness, Intrinsic Motivation, Nature, Positive Behaviour, Positive Social Behaviour, Positive Thinking, Resiliency, Staff Wellbeing, Values June 28, 2017

The Rite of Passage Framework. Dr Arne Rubinstein PS17

Arne Rubenstein SLIDES PS17

THE SONG ROOM Bridging the Education Gap for Disadvantaged Children. By Deborah Nicolson PS17

The Song Room is a national not-for-profit organisation that brightens the futures of Australia’s most disadvantaged children with tailored, high-quality music and arts programs,…