TEACHER Wellbeing STUDENT Wellbeing are linked NAPD Conference

TEACHER Wellbeing & STUDENT Wellbeing are linked NAPD Conference 2018 THOMOND COMMUNITY COLLEGE ‘Appreciate, Educate, Celebrate (ACE) Mary O’Sullivan Guidance Counsellor 1

Students Learning about & for Wellbeing • • • ABOUT wellbeing CURRICULUM SPHE PE CSPE GUIDANCE RELIGION HOME ECONOMICS ENGLISH SCIENCE …. . . POLICIES MOBILE PHONES • FOR wellbeing • RELATIONSHIPS experience healthy relats • Caring ethos • Breakfast club • Buddy system - peers • Mentoring LIT staff • LGBT new ERA • ABC Anti-Bullying • Restorative Practice • MERIT Awards • Student voice – S Council 2

Breakfast club GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING JCSP LIBRARY Social spaces HOMEWORK CLUB MERIT AWARDS CELEBRATE SUCCESS SCP CLUBS STUDENT WELLBEING MENTORING SEN /ASD Green room ACCESS + LCBEI HSCL COMMUNITY BUDDY PEER Mentoring NBSS 3

Teacher & Student Wellbeing linked • ‘Wellbeing in school starts with the staff: they are in the front line of this work, and it is hard for them to be genuinely motivated to promote emotional and social wellbeing in others if they feel uncared for and burnt out themselves. ’ (Weare, 2015, UK) • Who minds the minder? 8

Student & Teacher Wellbeing • DES emphasis is on Student Wellbeing • NCCA Junior Cycle Wellbeing Guidelines (2017) • No special programmes for Teacher wellbeing except for two 2 -hour workshops with an emphasis on preventing burn-out! • We consulted the LCETB Psychologist 2016 • Roll out STAFF WELLBEING programme 2017/18, CPD time allocated, relaxation and fun activities – Physical/Mental wellbeing & Social focus • Wellbeing planning team set up August 2017 9

WELLBEING TEAM • DEPUTY PRINCIPAL • GUIDANCE COUNSELLOR • CHAPLAIN/SPHE TEACHER • • • PE Teacher NBSS Teacher CLASS TUTOR SEN teacher SNA • THEME FOR THE WEEK • E-mail circulated to all • Activities organised walks, food, gym, acts of kindness • CPD 10 Hours CPARK • STAFF activities model student activities – drink water week etc. • Whole School Approach 10

STAFF QUESTIONNAIRE • • DEMANDS OF THE JOB CONTROL over my work SENIOR/MIDDLE MGT SUPPORT PEER SUPPORT RELATIONSHIPS at work, quality ROLE - clarity re duties, goals for my dept CHANGE - consultation, clarity SUPPORT in general, environment, emotional 11

Wellbeing – growing a culture change • Questionnaire provided a clear rationale for focus on staff wellbeing • PEER relationships important - feedback • Time to chill, relax, de-stress • Theme for the week ‘good new habits’ • • • School benefits – fit and healthy staff Modelling wellbeing for students Staff feel valued - treats matter! Student Voice – FRIENDSHIP Week whole school Partnership – LCETB support, advice agreed as CPD hours, staff wellbeing matters 12

CARDIO Focus week OCT • Fitness class in the gym, qualified fitness instructor on the wellbeing team! • Gym workshop for rookies! PE teacher • Walk lead by wellbeing team member • Green dots - drop everything and breathe • FUN is key ingredient! • Brain teasers MATHS week – cheating, competitive!5 13

SOCIAL TIME WELLBEING TEAM STAFF FOCUS QUESTION -AIRE THEME FOR THE WEEK teacher wellbeing HEALTHY DIET FRIENDSHIP WEEK BE ACTIVE GYM SLEEP HYGIENE DRINK WATER SENIOR MGT SUPPORT SHUT DOWN EMAIL 15

TEACHER & STUDENT WELLBEING • Teacher wellbeing must be a core activity in schools since student and teacher wellbeing are inextricably linked and both are linked to • - Teaching and learning in the classroom • Emotional Skilling of teachers to cope with new demands, methodologies, change is teacher pedagogical wellbeing 16

DES School Planning • LOOKING AT OUR SCHOOL 2016 -2020 • ALL schools should be advised to put Student and TEACHER Wellbeing at the centre of School Improvement Plan because …. . • Both student and teacher wellbeing are linked to successful outcomes for students 17

Teacher Parent PEER relationships Observe each other Relationship STUDENTS' NEEDS BEING MET with students Teacher pedagogical wellbeing NEW JCSA - change TEAM TEACHING & LEARNING Professional learning communities PLCs CREATING INNOVATIVE PRACTICES CPD Partnership LEADERSHIP 18

Teacher pedagogical wellbeing • WELLBEING for teachers is worthwhile EMOTIONAL skilling for working in a changing /challenging environment • Teachers value holistic work with students and TEACHER wellbeing depends on seeing students develop socially and emotionally as well as academically • Resilience building for teachers to prevent high attrition rates – Australian research 19

Erasmus project on Teacher Pedagogical Wellbeing - building Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) • ‘Pedagogical wellbeing is constructed in the teaching and learning processes in the classroom, teachers planning, interacting with pupils, evaluating, choosing and developing instructional tools (Soini et al, 2010) • Teachers working in teams fosters pedagogical wellbeing – professional learning communities in school, ideal for SLAR, CBA, team teaching, new JC • Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) v Sole trader of teacher as expert in his/her classroom • Teacher Pedagogical Wellbeing is a part of teachers’ overall wellbeing 20

Partnership TCC/UL - hopes • Examining current practices which promote teacher pedagogical wellbeing in our school • Booklet for teachers on TPWB for TCC staff • Building professional learning communities – in school and citywide beyond the boundary walls of each school, more professional networks modelled on IGC supervision & also CPD programme with LCETB • Network of support for DEIS schools and the particular context – Cluster meetings to support teacher pedagogical wellbeing • JCT CLUSTER day – example of PLC 21

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