Whole-School Wellbeing

Drawing on the Australian Student Wellbeing Framework that identified goals to support student wellbeing, the Whole-school Wellbeing initiative aims to work collaboratively with schools to select evidence-based strategies and implement a whole-school vision and approach to wellbeing.

What are the outcomes?

Establish new, or strengthen existing, whole-school practices and processes for monitoring and developing student mental health and wellbeing unique to their community.
Prioritise professional learning focused on developing staff knowledge, understanding and capacity to support student mental health and wellbeing.
Increase understanding of evidence-based, age appropriate interventions.
Establish networks and supportive relationships with wellbeing specialists beyond your school and other Independent schools.

What are the components?

Masterclasses

Developed for members of the school’s Whole-school Wellbeing Team, these sessions include keynote presentations, facilitated discussions and networking opportunities to share practices between schools.

Consultancy Support

Provided throughout the duration of the initiative, the school’s Whole-school Wellbeing Team work in collaboration with AISNSW consultants to identify wellbeing priority areas, review and refine processes as well as support the implementation of evidence-based practices within a whole-school framework.

Professional Learning

Designed for all school staff, up to four school-based professional learning sessions will be provided throughout the year. The professional learning consists of core content identified as critical subject matter; and optional pathways selected by the school as being relevant to their context and circumstances.

Who is involved and what is the timeline for implementation?

All K-12 staff, including specialist and support staff can be involved. A Whole-school Wellbeing Team (team) is established to lead the implementation of the initiative. The team may consist of staff with various roles and responsibilities across the school.

Components are distributed over the school year with each component scaffolded to support the school’s progress, maintain momentum and build on prior learning with the aim to embed and sustain processes and practices.

Participation in the Whole-school Wellbeing initiative is based on a co-contribution model.

Participating Schools

Schools involved in the Whole-school Wellbeing initiative in 2024 can access information and resources via a dedicated portal. Please contact Student Services for access.

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This project is partially funded by the Australian Government through the Choice and Affordability Fund.