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15:00 to 17:00
15:00 – 17:00
Module 1: 17 November
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Reducing unnecessary teacher workload
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.
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15:40
15:40
Wellbeing of business leadership and support staff
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
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16:20
16:20
Create a whole-school culture of wellbeing
The importance of harnessing parental involvement which protects and benefits staff wellbeing
Patrick Ottley-O’Connor, Headteacher, Westhoughton High School, Bolton
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15:00 to 17:00
15:00 – 17:00
Module 2: 25 November
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The relationship between workload and wellbeing
- 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
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15:40
15:40
Absence, retention and recruitment
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
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Communicating change
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
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15:00 to 17:00
15:00 – 17:00
Module 3: 1 December
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15:00
Creating kinder cultures is the key to employee engagement
- 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’
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Owning your own wellbeing
How to become a wellbeing supermodel and create a sustainable career
Patrick Ottley-O’Connor, Headteacher, Westhoughton High School, Bolton
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16:20
16:20
Positive management and staff development: the importance of CPD
Create a constructive, coaching culture where wellbeing is a central strand in appraisal and CPD
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15:00 to 17:00
15:00 – 17:00
Module 4: 9 December
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The importance of investing in staff wellbeing
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
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Meeting the wellbeing needs of all support staff whatever their role
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
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Student behaviour and the impact on staff
• 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
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