Renowned positive psychology expert Professor Lea Waters has partnered with the Academy to develop bite-size professional learning sessions for school leaders to help replenish staff wellbeing without depleting leader energy, and the recharging power of micro moments.
This short three-part video series includes accompanying worksheets:
Professor Waters has worked with DE schools for more than a decade including work the Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership (the Academy) and being the Director of the Masters in School Leadership, a partnership between Melbourne Graduate School of Education and the Department of Education.
Her Visible Wellbeing program is being used by schools in Australia, Canada, South Africa, The Netherlands, India, Belgium, Hong Kong, UAE, China, and New Zealand. Visible Wellbeing is on the Victorian Department’s Schools Mental Heath Menu and is approved as an evidence-based program by Beyond Blue and the South Australian Department of Education. DE schools have been using Visible Wellbeing since 2015 beginning with Kambrya College and spreading to other metro, regional and rural schools.