What do we mean by whole school?
Whole school wellbeing change requires attention to every level of the school operation…..
What are some examples for students/ staff?
One group do students another do staff…...
Student? ( enrolments,awards,discipline,reporting, curriculum,)
Staff?..( induction...coaching...interview, meetings..)
What’s taught?
What’s caught?
Physical environment,school experience, culture)
Has to be taught AND caught
Complex challenge across a whole school system---- you can expect a whole cohort change before embedded- 6 years
Ecology- a complex web of wellbeing factors
Diagram
Person
Personal factors
School factors
System factors
Need to view as a whole system
Messy reality elements combine sometimes in unpredictable ways
Who are the people?
Students
Teachers
Leaders
Support staff
Board
Parents
Wider community
Iwi
Inclusion- wellbeing for all/ Special characteristics
Disabilities requiring learning support
Minority/ ethnic/ religious
Trauma
Economic hardship
Mental health
Gender diverse
RESEARCH
Need all levers for change
Recent research Flinders uni- 6 months academic learning high implementing schools
Multiyear whole school more than classroom only
Long term undertaking
Whole school involvement has better results- resource intensive however, more commitment and sustainability
Parent training
Context very important
Teachers- strengths depended on how the teacher practised strengths spotting
Restorative practices - strong research base- done with not too
SOCIAL DISCIPLINE WINDOW
Punitive/Restorative
Teaching with the heart and mind
Who will/ could support your vision within the school?
Who will/ could support vision beyond school gates
How can you draw on the whole system?
Are their practices and processes in our school that may undermine wellbeing/ what may they be
LOOK AT STRATEGY DOCUMENT TOGETHER
Triples: Teams were asked to read and complete an ECG. The Positive Education team got together to summarise these reflections.
