Have you ever noticed how winemakers, sommeliers, and wine experts talk about wine? Their words are filled with love and storytelling - capturing everything from terroir to climate and harvest. Their passion for their craft runs deep, much like teachers'. We see a powerful synergy between educators and wine enthusiasts - a shared commitment, care, […]
This term 3 event is part of PESA's "Starting Well, Finishing Strong" professional learning program. Term 3's focus is: building resilience in young people, grit and persistence. Building the Resilience of Students using 'The Resilience Doughnut' Working in schools gives educators the opportunity to help students in a range of ways and in this session, […]
This term 4 event is part of PESA's "Starting Well, Finishing Strong" professional learning program. Term 4's focus is: stress, academic fitness and leadership. Beyond Survival Mode: Trauma-Informed Strategies for Educator Wellbeing and Sustainable School Cultures Educator wellbeing is often framed through self-care, but real change happens when schools take a systemic approach to creating […]
This term 4 event is part of PESA's "Starting Well, Finishing Strong" professional learning program. Finishing Strong Together As Term 4 ramps up, the Finishing Strong Challenge offers a refreshing way to shift from surviving to thriving. Starting the week of 27 October, we’ll share weekly Facebook posts with practical strategies, reflective prompts, and wellbeing […]
This term 4 event is part of PESA's "Starting Well, Finishing Strong" professional learning program. Term 4's focus is: stress, academic fitness and leadership Conversations That Matter: Navigating Tough Talks with Confidence Using open-to-learning dialogue to balance wellbeing, performance, and relationships. Teaching is deeply relational and when challenges arise, conversations can quickly become tense and […]
UPDATE: Please note - this event will only be held ONLINE. This term 4 event is part of PESA's "Starting Well, Finishing Strong" professional learning program. Term 4's focus is: stress, academic fitness and leadership Promoting Staff Mental Fitness: Current Challenges and Opportunities Strategies and insights to help school staff strengthen mental fitness and thrive […]
Cultivating a culture where teacher wellbeing thrives through shared care and collective action. This interactive masterclass is designed for teachers, school leaders, and wellbeing coordinators looking to strengthen staff wellbeing across their school. Participants will explore a practical framework (the Wellbeing Quadrant) for promoting wellbeing and preventing illbeing, examine key psychosocial risk and protective factors, […]
Empowering middle years students to research, lead, and share wellbeing with their community. This masterclass outlines Scotch’s approach to wellbeing in the Middle Years, exploring the design and implementation of a whole-cohort, student-led wellbeing conference that is open to the wider community. It will address the rationale, challenges, and benefits of this approach and provide […]
Shifting from rules to relationships and from conflict to connection. In today's educational landscape, fostering positive relationships within school communities is paramount. Restorative Practice, when integrated into a school's culture, […]
Optimising collaborative community practices in an interconnected learning system. Every learning community has its own sets of processes, policies, place-based needs, guiding frameworks, context, culture and challenges. How do we consider all elements in the learning community, to develop critical reflection so that wellbeing learning and engagement practices adapt and mature over time? This masterclass […]
Understanding cognitive, emotional and relational shifts, and why they matter in schools Somewhere in a school today, a teacher is sitting in a meeting, and the name of one of […]
Why Relational Practice Requires a Shift from Control to Curiosity Educators understand the importance of relationships, belonging and student voice, yet under pressure, even the most committed professionals can retreat […]