Title:
Improving Staff and Student Wellbeing and Achievement, and Creating a Curriculum of Giving

Description:
By engaging with the latest research evidence available and in related practical activities, we will examine why giving to others seems to be the healthiest thing that we can do as humans, making us happier and possibly even live longer. It is an investigation that yields surprising results in terms of how we may best live our lives as individuals – and which in turn has profound implications for how we teach and manage students. Giving to others, in turns out, is one of the best predictors of increasing academic diligence and success, as well as wellbeing and pro-social behaviour in the classroom.

Outcomes:
Upon the completion of this workshop, participants will have a better theoretical understanding of, and practical strategies to deal with:
• Modern pressures on the teaching profession
• Staff ‘burnout’, stress and conflict
• Student depression and behaviour problems
• Academic dis-engagement

Program design:
This program can be delivered as a lecture, or a half-day or 1-3 day-long interactive workshop, all depending on specific school needs.

Professional Learning Focus Areas:
AITSL Standard 3 (3.1, 3.6 and 3.7)

Related Standards:
National Professional Standards for Teachers

To read more about the research behind this workshop, please go to: http://curriculumofgiving.wikispaces.com/Publications [1]

For more information:
Please contact Thomas W Nielsen, PhD
Thomas.nielsen@canberra.edu.au [2]