Time: 9:30am - 12:00pm
NEW FREE webinar. This session will not be recorded but a transcript will be available.
**Facilitators: Suneta Bagri and Steve Waters, Co-Founders of Teach Well Toolkit
'Resilience isn't about ignoring our problems or tolerating injustice. It's recognising that in any situation we have a choice on how we respond.'
Aims
The aim of the webinar is to support school leaders to implement a whole-school strategy for mental wellbeing, with resilience and community at its core.
We will introduce Teach Well Toolkit’s framework for promoting a positive culture of wellbeing and explore the competing tensions that weigh heavily on the shoulders of school leaders.
We will address the following questions:
- What are the contributory factors to staff mental health?
- How do we recognise burnout and safeguard against it?
- How can we measure levels of individual and whole school wellbeing?
- How can we support ourselves as school leaders so that we have the resilience to lead our staff teams?
- What whole-school strategies can we use to create a supportive school community?
- What do we need as school leaders to make a firm, confident commitment to a staff a wellbeing strategy?
Audience
School leaders - Head teachers, Deputy head teachers including SBLs. All SLT welcome, particularly those with responsibility for well-being and/or mental health first aiders. Primary, Secondary, Special and APs suitable.
Facilitators - Suneta Bagri and Steve Waters, Co-Founders of Teach Well Toolkit
Suneta Bagri and Steve Waters co-founded Teach Well Toolkit in 2021, in response to an urgent need to raise awareness of the factors which influence, impact and shape positive cultures of wellbeing. Steve’s book, “Cultures of Staff Wellbeing and Mental Health in Schools’” showcases 32 examples from Primary schools, Secondary schools, SEND settings and FE colleges which demonstrate positive cultures of staff and pupil mental health.
Suneta and Steve have personal experiences as teachers and school leaders related to mental health which have fuelled their passion. This knowledge led them to continue their learning and development within the field of wellbeing and mental health. They have won numerous awards for their work in schools, including the SME National Business Gold Award for Positive Impact in 2022.
They are fellows of the Chartered College of teaching, DfE-approved providers of Senior Mental Health Lead training , NUCO accredited instructors of Level 2 First Aid for Mental Health, and wellbeing strategy consultants in schools.
Twitter/X: @teachwell
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-waters-teach-well-toolkit/
During the session there will be a live quiz and an opportunity to win two free items: Plus if you sign up for fully funded SMHL training you you also have an offer.
The facilitators, Suneta Bagri and Stephen Waters will refer to their book 'Cultures of Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools' which includes 32 school case studies of how headteachers and Mental Health Leads have promoted staff and pupil mental health.
- One headteacher will be chosen at random and has the opportunity to win a free copy.
- One school will obtain a free copy of ‘Heartfelt Leadership: Headteacher’s handbook to solving staff employment issues’
- All schools that sign up for TWT’s fully funded SMHL training (either in November or March), will also receive a choice of:
- A pre-recorded video of mental health training entitled Mini Medics (suitable for Y5 and above primary aged pupils) or
- Student Wellbeing Ambassador training (suitable for Y9 and above Secondary aged students).
*If your school has already attended Senior Mental Health Lead training with another provider and the school’s mental health has left, you are entitled to claim funding to train another member of staff.
*For schools who already have a fully trained senior Mental Health Lead, we are offering you the opportunity to train as a level 2 Mental Health First Aider at 50% discount.
*You can find out more about the range of support at https://www.teachwelltoolkit.com/pages/mental-health-support-for-your-school
You can also get a 20% discount if you order the book 'Cultures of Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools' via Open University Press/McGraw-Hill website, using the code OPENUP20 at checkout.
