School Wellbeing Leader Training

Program description

School Wellbeing Leader Training provides Wellbeing Leaders with training to undertake their role and drive a whole-of-school community approach to promoting wellbeing, so the work they lead is appropriately resourced and high quality.

The training aims to ensure all students will develop a sense of belonging in healthy, safe and supportive school communities. This works to maximise student wellbeing, attendance, educational, and life outcomes. The program also caters for marginalized students and students at risk of experiencing poorer mental health.

The program is delivered across 3 levels:

• Level 1: Essential Basic Training
• Level 2: Consolidating Practices Training
• Level 3: Sustaining Best Practices Training.

Intended outcomes

• Greater awareness of the importance of wellbeing in schools
• Increased understanding of the Wellbeing Leader role and the critical importance of distributing this leadership through a wellbeing team
• Greater wellbeing promotion across school communities
• Identification of local wellbeing needs, strengths and challenges
• Increased engagement with school leadership to ensure the Wellbeing arm of school improvement is well resourced

Program details

Implementation considerations

• Target population: Wellbeing Leaders in schools.
• Program adaptability: The program can be adapted, although participants would need to notify WISA of the school’s specific needs and discuss them prior to the program delivery. An example of an adaptation would be inviting an Aboriginal Elder or Koorie Education Officer to join the training.
• Staffing: Backfilling may be necessary, depending on the school and if the wellbeing leader has a teaching load.
• Training requirements: A screen for showing the PowerPoint and film clips and a quiet space for participants to sit and participate in the training are required.
• Factors to consider: WISA provides 4 x one-hour check in sessions with participants at a 6 week, 3, 6, and 12-month time frame. It is ideal for more than one person per school to participate, as the cost remains the same for one person or a group of people.
• Australian context: This program has been developed and applied in Australia.

Cost

Minimum cost

$1,000+

Detailed cost

School Wellbeing Leader Training is delivered in 3 levels. Each level includes:

• 6 hours of face-to-face training for group or individual school Wellbeing Leaders
• copies of the training presentation
• a guidebook
• a USB of resources and tools
• posters to guide practice.

The cost of each level is $1,650 (including GST).

Schools can complete up to Levels 1, 2, or 3. They do not need to complete all 3 levels. The total program cost is therefore between $1,650 – $4,950 (including GST), depending on how many levels a school chooses to complete.

Travel costs apply depending on the school’s proximity to metropolitan Melbourne.