Course summary
It’s no secret that maintaining your wellbeing as a teacher can be a challenge. This course will support you to set up some intentional rituals and routines to enhance your wellbeing (and the wellbeing of your colleagues). It is grounded in wellbeing science, explores positive psychology interventions, and can be applied in your work with students, too.
You will learn:
- How to define wellbeing
- About the PERMA(H) framework of wellbeing
- How to embed wellbeing rituals and routines into your work day
Course time:
About 30 to 45 minutes - perfect for after work or during a spare period. You will have ongoing access via your user dashboard.
Related courses:
- Trauma-Informed Responses to Challenging Behaviour
- Building a Positive Classroom Culture With Our Students
- Supporting Students To Learn and Develop the Skills of Behaviour
- Supporting Students at Risk of Disengagement
- The Joy of Teaching Part 1: Navigating Beyond the Negative Noise
- The Joy of Teaching Part 2: Putting the Best Ingredients Into the Recipe
Alignment to the Australian Professional Teacher Standards:
This course is mapped to the following Australian Professional Teacher Standards (AITSL). Your completion can be logged as elective PD hours with your state's teaching regulatory authority.
- 4.1.2 Support student participation
- 6.2.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice
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Course Content
Using Positive Psychology To Improve Teacher Wellbeing
Course Instructor
Megan Corcoran is a wellbeing consultant and Director at Wagtail Institute. She spent 12 years teaching and leading in alternative schools, working with young people who had experienced childhood trauma, often lived in out of home care and were experiencing disadvantage. She has a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology and teaches a Positive Psychology subject at Monash University. She is passionate about the wellbeing of students and staff in schools and loves sharing wellbeing science and trauma-informed practice with teachers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I log this PD with my State's teaching authority?
Yes! Our courses are mapped to the Australian Professional Teacher Standards (AITSL), and your completion can be logged as elective PD hours with your state's teaching regulatory authority. To do this, grab your certificate of completion from your personal dashboard once the course is complete.
- 4.1.2 Support student participation
- 6.2.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice
How long will this take to complete?
About 30 to 45 minutes - perfect for after work or during a spare period. You will have ongoing access via your user dashboard.
How does it work?
This course is on-demand and for private study. Learn at your own pace and at times that suit you. Get a certificate when you finish. You will have ongoing access.
Is this course accredited?
While this course is not accredited by state teaching authorities, it is mapped to the national Professional Standards for Teachers. This means that you can log this course with your state regulatory authority as elective PD hours
- 4.1.2 Support student participation
- 6.2.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice
Who are the instructors?
This course is designed in consultation with teachers, principals, psychologists, counsellors, scientists, and all manner of experts in the education field.
Cool.org's curriculum team continually reviews and refines our resources to be in line with changes to the Australian Curriculum and best educational practice, so you can be sure your learning is at the cutting edge of education theory.
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