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09:00 to 09:40
09:00 – 09:40
Registrations and Refreshments
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09:40 to 10:00
09:40 – 10:00
Chair's introduction and welcome: Creating a whole-school culture of wellbeing
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10:00 to 10:30
10:00 – 10:30
The relationship between workload and wellbeing
This session will draw on school-based examples and psychological research to help define key factors relating to staff wellbeing and explore the ways in which they relate, leading to an overview of the three key levels at which leaders can support staff well-being across the school.
Ben White, Research Lead for Ashford Teaching Alliance, member of the DfE Teacher Workload Advisory Group
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10:30 to 11:00
10:30 – 11:00
Wellbeing-led change management
How to put wellbeing at the centre of the leadership and management of change in the context of the latest changes to the Ofsted framework
Charmaine Roche, Company Director, Lifeflowbalance
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11:00 to 11:20
11:00 – 11:20
Improving staff retention in schools - findings from Edurio's research
Key findings from England's largest independent research study into staff research, including:
- the state of staff wellbeing in the UK
- key factors influencing staff decisions to stay or leave
- practical suggestions to improve staff retention in every school
Ernest Jenavs, Founder and CEO, Edurio
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11:20 to 11:30
11:20 – 11:30
Questions
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11:30 to 12:10
11:30 – 12:10
Morning refreshments
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12:10 to 13:00
12:10 – 13:00
1A: Staff retention
Learn to build teachers’ motivation through the use of recognition schemes that value their positive impact on children’s educational outcomes, minimising staff turnover
Thérèse Hoyle, Head Facilitator of Thérèse Hoyle Consultancies
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12:10 – 13:00
1B: Planning and Marking
Explore the evidence behind marking and assessment and implement tools and strategies which reduce teacher workload while having the highest impact on educational outcomes.
Tom Rogers, History Teacher, Experienced Head of Department and former Senior Leader
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12:10 – 13:00
1C: Teacher feedback
Model and engage in constructive, non-judgemental, two-way feedback, ensuring trusting staff relationships
Mal Krishnasamy, MalCPD Education Consultancy & Coaching
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13:00 to 13:45
13:00 – 13:45
Lunch
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13:45 to 14:35
13:45 – 14:35
Managing parental expectations
Harness parents’ involvement within the school community to build trusting working relationships that will protect and benefit staff wellbeing
Kelly Hannaghan, Wellbeing Leader, Lessness Heath Primary School
Kate O'Connor, Headteacher, Lessness Heath Primary School
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14:35 to 14:40
14:35 – 14:40
Questions
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14:40 to 15:30
14:40 – 15:30
2A: Wellbeing-led CPD
Gain cost-effective, simple strategies to embed wellbeing practice within training, cultivating a continual whole-staff culture of wellbeing
Andrew Cowley, Co-founder, The Healthy Toolkit
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14:40 – 15:30
2B: Student behaviour
Cultivate a school community that destigmatises the issue of student behaviour as a reflection on teaching quality, building teachers’ confidence to manage stressful behavioural issues in the classroom
Charmaine Roche, Company Director, Lifeflowbalance
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14:40 – 15:30
2C: Absence
Gain simple tools to enable staff to effectively practice self-care, in turn minimising absence rates
Kimberley Evans, Consultant, Nourish the Workplace
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15:30 to 15:45
15:30 – 15:45
Afternoon refreshments
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15:45 to 16:35
15:45 – 16:35
3A: Trainee teachers
Understand and learn how to mitigate the negative impacts of teacher training on mental health, instilling good wellbeing practice at the start of the teaching career
Hannah Wilson, Head of Secondary School Teacher Training, University of Buckingham
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15:45 – 16:35
3B: Digital wellbeing
Optimise your staff’s digital wellbeing to help address work-life balance, enabling healthy professional and personal relationships
Laura Knight, Director of Digital Learning, Berkhamsted School
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15:45 – 16:35
3C: Mindfulness
Equip staff with the tools to mindfully manage stressful, high-pressure situations with objectivity and resilience
Belinda Heaven, Alpha Wellbeing Associates Ltd
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16:35
16:35
Conference close
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