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2018 PESA-SA Conference Create, Cultivate, Connect Positive Education Schools Association South Australia Chapter 2018 One-Day Conference Proudly hosted by Saturday 23 June 2 Wellington Rd, Mount Barker SA WWW.PESA.EDU.AU © Positive Education Schools Association Ltd 2018 Program at a Glance Saturday 23 June Time Event Place 8.30 - 8.45am Conference Registration 8.50 – 8.55 Housekeeping 8.55am Welcome - Warren Symonds PESA Board Member & Mt Barker HS Principal 9.10 – 10.10am Keynote - Professor Faye McCallum University of Adelaide Teacher wellbeing: the most important in-school factor! 10.15 – 11.05am Workshops – Session 1 Please refer to workshop schedule following 11.05 - 11.25am Morning Tea 11.30 - 12.10pm Keynote - Dr Lisa Kettler College Psychologist - Trinity College Gawler Mindfulness 12.15 - 1.05pm Workshops – Session 2 Please refer to workshop schedule following 1.05 - 1.45pm LUNCH 1.50 - 2.40pm Workshops – Session 3 Please refer to workshop schedule following 2.45 – 3.30pm Keynote - Dr Phil Sheldon The Fundamental Link between Physical Wellbeing and Mental Wellbeing 3.35 - 3.40pm Closing Address - Jenni Cook Assistant Principal, Mt Barker HS and PESA SA Secretary Keynote Presenters Listed in order of appearance Australia, like other countries, has been concerned about teacher quality and over the last decade there have been over 40 reports and reviews on teaching and teacher education, each making various recommendations for improvement, yet none focus on the wellbeing of the teacher. In her research into teacher wellbeing, Faye McCallum argues that in order for our children and young people Professor Faye McCallum to be well, teachers need to be well. Thus, her work focusses on identifying the factors that inhibit wellbeing University of Adelaide so that teachers can be better enabled to take responsibility, as individuals and as a collective, to Professor Faye McCallum is Head of the School of Education enhance wellbeing. This Keynote will explore how at the University of Adelaide, member of the only Group of teacher wellbeing is defined, identify factors that impact Eight University in South Australia. The innovative School of on teacher wellbeing, and consider enabling teacher Education offers initial teacher education specialising in wellbeing practices. middle and secondary years’ teacher preparation. Post- graduate programs are offered in Australia and Faye McCallum will argue that Australian education internationally, specifically in South-East Asia. policies and professional learning should be more integrated and focused on education for academic Her research interests have attracted funds over $2m and growth and wellbeing. She will explore the complex include: wellbeing education; and, the attraction, retention nature of teaching, argue for an evidence-based and sustainability of teachers in rural areas. Outputs include approach to teaching wellbeing practices, and call for publications in high impact journals and a book published by robust teacher strategies to advance teacher wellbeing Routledge Nurturing Wellbeing in Education; ARC Linkage grants; VC Excellence Awards for Community Partnership; Teaching Excellence and Researcher Awards. Other outputs include numerous consultancies; Keynotes across Australia, Europe, the US and the UK; and grants and publications on learner, pre-service teacher and teacher wellbeing. Her qualifications include a Diploma of Teaching, Graduate Diploma of Arts, Master of Education (Research) and PhD. In higher education she has led accreditation, curriculum reform and the implementation of online teaching and learning for the last 30 years in South Australia, NSW and Queensland. Professor McCallum is a member of the Australian College of Educators; long-serving members of AARE, AERA, EERA and BERA; the SA Executive Dean on the Australian Council of Deans (ACDE), an Honorary life member of the Golden Key Foundation; and Adjunct Professor, Southern Cross University. Teacher Wellbeing: The Most Important In-School Factor Teacher quality is one of the most influential factors that impacts on student achievement and satisfaction, and there is widespread acknowledgment that perhaps the most important factor in determining how well children do at school is the teacher. Workshop Schedule Session 1 10.15am Listed alphabetically by presenter surname Workshop Room Title Presenter School/ No Organisation Working with Positive Education And Mount Barker High 1 Andy Amberg ‘Youth at Risk’ School South Australian Angela 2 Pos Ed 101 Primary Principals Falkenberg Association Integrated Strengths-Based Approaches David Kolpak & 3 to Early, Junior and Middle Year Schooling St Peter's College Ben Storer – A Whole School Approach TH(I)NK - Student Voice and Shawn Kasbergen Scotch College 4 Engagement from A Wellbeing Platform & Eliza Ross-Smith Adelaide Reducing Adolescent Stress Using University Senior 5 Nadia Lovett Positive Education Strategies College Walk with Me - International Student University Senior 6 Judith Mohan Cultural Engagement College Trinity College 7 A Fresh Approach to Staff Wellbeing John Robinson North St Columba Kick-Starting Staff with Character 8 Deirdre Walters College, Andrews Strengths Farm Workshop Schedule Session 2 12.15pm Listed alphabetically by presenter surname Workshop Room Title Presenter School/ No Organisation 1 Positive Education and Mindfulness Philip Altmann Mindful Classroom Mount Barker High 2 The Way We Talk Jenni Cook School Wellbeing Coaching: Helping Students 3 Trina Cummins Wilderness School Manage Anxiety Bringing A Wellbeing Focus to Sports Sean Inman & 4 St Peters College Leadership in Schools Matthew French South Australian 5 Positive Emotion: How to ‘Cause’ It Angela Falkenberg Primary Principals Association Karmen Petric & Norwood Morialta 6 Positive Education on a Shoestring Alex Naylor High School Workshop Schedule Session 3 1.50pm Listed alphabetically by presenter surname Workshop Room Title Presenter School/ No Organisation Let Them Play – Using Project Based Glen Arthur & University Senior 1 Approaches in STEM in Support of Kelly Keeling College Positive Education Principles Positive Emotions: Understanding Them Craig Bonnet & 2 Trinity College and Their Power Tyson Greenwood Explicitly Teaching the Skills of Positive Mount Barker High 3 Education as A Stand-Alone Stage 2 Andrew Dunn School Subject Coaching for Positive Education. How Coaching Students in The Senior School 4 Andrew Griffiths Woodcroft College Empowers Them to Own Their Journey and Reach Their Personal Best Introducing Positive Education into Classrooms - Initial Steps for Individual Erin Mann & Cabra Dominican 5 Secondary Teachers Without Whole Paula Hensing College School Integration Future-Proofing Students: Building an 6 Early Learning Program So Students Can Danielle Moir Wilderness School Flourish Taking Positive Education Beyond the Headspace in 7 David Wild Classroom Schools SA Workshop Abstracts Listed alphabetically by presenter surname Positive Education and Mindfulness Positive Emotions – Understanding Philip Altmann Them and Their Power Mindful Classroom Craig Bonnett & Tyson Greenwood Trinity College The Positive Education and Mindfulness workshop will demonstrate to teachers how to use the student Like life, positive psychology is made up of many facets that workbook to teach Positive Education and Mindfulness are all linked. Knowing how these link and work together skills. enables us to understand and grow our wellbeing. This is something that we want our students to be able to do, Teachers will receive a few pages of the free student understand, control and grow their wellbeing. This workbook at the workshop and participate in a character workshop aims to grow participants’ understanding of strength student lesson. (Complete access to the free Positive Emotions, the Broaden and Build theory and the printable student workbook is available at Google search: work of Barbara Fredrickson. teachers pay Philip Altmann) For the first step, into growing participants’ understanding, Participants will also learn through a video presentation we will look at the 10 forms of positivity. These are part of how the student workbook is compatible with Positive everyday experiences and emotions that we have. Being Education teachings. The "Smiling Mind" online school able to identify them and what they add to our lives helps mindfulness program will also briefly be introduced. The our students to become more emotionally aware, to main focus of the workshop is to demonstrate how Philip understand how they can cultivate those emotions in the engages students using Positive Education lessons and future and to possess more practical tools when times are mindfulness. tough. Working with Positive Education and Let Them Play - Using Project Based ‘Youth at Risk’ Approaches in STEM in Support of Andy Amberg Positive Education Principles Glen Arthur & Kelly Keeling Mount Barker High School University Senior College This workshop will focus on how you can use the Character Strengths and other elements of Positive A sense of belonging has been identified in adolescents as Education to connect students at risk with learning. an important aspect to their identity and wellbeing. The collaborative approaches offered through informal STEM Whether it be in the classroom, on Operation/Flinders or projects and community outreach can provide an avenue as part of the suspension process, Positive Education can for students to find acceptance and share areas of similar provide tools to help re-engage students.
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