Supporting Staff Wellbeing - Digital - Programme

Examine implications of the EIF and explore practical strategies to promote staff wellbeing

• What is unnecessary workload?
• An overview of the research findings
• Strategies to reduce workload in relation to marking and feedback

Jonathan Glazzard, Professor, Edge Hill University.

The importance of creating a culture of wellbeing and resilience for support staff

• The connection between individual and organisational wellbeing
• Understanding why wellbeing is important – what research tells us
• What does resilience leadership look like
• How to look after your own wellbeing

Nickii Messer, All the Geese

The importance of harnessing parental involvement which protects and benefits staff wellbeing 

Patrick Ottley-O’Connor, Headteacher, Westhoughton High School, Bolton

• An overview of the research findings
• How workload affects wellbeing
• Strategies to reduce workload and improve wellbeing

Jonathan Glazzard, Professor and Head of Department for Children, Education and Communities, Edge Hill University

Whole school approaches to reduce and tackle burnout, minimise staff absence and increase recruitment and retention 

• Physical health and mental health: Two sides of the same coin
• Happy staff stay longer
• Reputation and word of mouth: staff want to work at your school

Steve Waters,  Founder of Teach Well Alliance 

Reduce the stress of school changes or inspections through effective communication and engagement

• Understand themselves and others to build good relationships and trust.
• Simple communication strategies to improve school team working and parent relationships
• Approaches to support efficient communication to save time and reduce cost

Justin Robbins and Karen Dempster, Fit2Communicate

• Create a kinder culture where people are caring, supportive and more empathic of each other’s anxieties.
• Use the right language to encourage honest and open conversation about wellbeing
• Improve your own levels of personal resilience
• Inspire each other to be more open by saying ‘it’s okay not to be okay’

David Beeney, Founder, Breaking the Silence 

How to become a wellbeing supermodel and create a sustainable career 

Patrick Ottley-O’Connor, Headteacher, Westhoughton High School, Bolton

Create a constructive, coaching culture where wellbeing is a central strand in appraisal and CPD 

Sue Plant, Head of School, John Taylor Free School

The deeper reasoning behind why ensuring the wellbeing of your staff is prioritised and the benefits this has in other areas

• Our wellbeing is our individual responsibility
• Taking care of ourselves is not expensive, it's priceless
• Perfectionism does not support our wellbeing

Alison Kriel, Education Consultant and founder, AMAYA Trust

The importance of addressing the wellbeing of non-teaching and support staff to create a truly whole school approach

• Why including your support staff in your wellbeing focus is so important
• How to meet their needs
• The impact this can have on the pupils
• Questions to take back to your school that can start the process off

Kimberley Evans, Nourish the Workplace

• Ways to build, maintain and, where necessary repair staff / student relationships
• The contribution of the statutory components of PSHE to improving school ethos
• The contribution of SMSC across the curriculum to improving behaviour & attitudes

John Rees, Education consultant and founder, PSHE Solutions