The CARE Factor – Cultivating Teacher Wellbeing Online Course

FOCUSING ON TEACHER WELLBEING – IT’S NEVER BEEN MORE ESSENTIAL

The statistics tell the story. Teaching – rated in the world’s top 10 most stressful jobs. 40-50% of our most recently graduating teachers leave the profession within 5 years. A profession with high levels of burnout and low levels of retention.

With an increasing awareness for the need for wellbeing initiatives for children in schools as a lifelong protective factor for their mental health, we also need to acknowledge and address the wellbeing of every teacher. Teachers, shaping the lives of tomorrow’s leaders, innovators and parents, need more CARE to withstand the daily stressors that life in a class of up to 35 children (and their parents) brings.

The CARE Factor immerses teachers in a world of their own wellbeing, driven by the principles of Positive Psychology which is available online, in their own time, in easily digestible units of sequenced learning.

ONLINE E-COURSE FOR TEACHERS

• 12 month access – watch and re-watch
• 9 self-paced units
• Video training in each Module (6 hours total)
• Downloadable Reflection Guide in each Module
• Watch and complete in your own time
• PL Certificate available on completion
• Individual or whole-of-school access

WHY WE MUST ADD THE CARE FACTOR

Did you know that if you re-organise the letters of TEACHER – it forms ‘THE CARE’. And then when you add ‘Factor’ you’ve got exactly what the challenging and demanding position of teaching needs – a lot more CARE and attention when it comes to cultivating teacher wellbeing.

The CARE Factor online course is a powerful exploration of wellbeing, guided by the principles of Positive Psychology, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Coaching methodology that addresses:
C – Compassion for self
A – Attunement of goals, energy and strengths with purpose and meaning
R – Resilience to cope with, tolerate and grow from teacher specific stressors
E – Excellence in achievement and outcomes both personal and professional

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1 – Welcome
Wellbeing – how do we define it, establish and grow it in meaningful ways in time-poor lives with competing demands for our time, compassion and attention? Explore Marin Seligman’s PERMA principles and identify how the teachings of Positive Psychology can influence and guide your wellbeing journey.

Module 2 – Wellbeing Baseline
What’s yours? Using the PERMA Principles and the BEST Wellbeing Wheel, identify your areas of strength and need – you can even take the online quizz.

Module 3 – Background
We’ve all been conditioned and influenced over our lifespan – and this has a significant and lasting impact on the way in which respond. Gently and critically explore who’s in your head and how they influence your wellbeing.

Module 4 – Beliefs
On every team, every member has their own belief system, historically forged and sometimes, set rigidly. Belief systems that grow individuals and teams need work, focus, alignment and acceptance. Explore your own and the impact on the systems in which you work and live.

Module 5 – Locus of Control and Motivation
How much control you feel that you have over your life happenings and achievements is in direct proportion to your wellbeing. Feeling helpless and hopeless to impact your life is an unhappy place for most – and it’s usually accompanied by a bit of finger pointing. Being motivating and motivating others is a delicate balance of that which is intrinsically motivating and that which needs a bit of support from the environment. These are common issues that impact the productivity of teams.

Module 6 – The Power of Thinking
Internal dialogue creates patterns of success (or otherwise) for most of us along life’s journey. Understanding the power of thinking in elevating achievement, connection and personal growth is an essential wellbeing tool.

Module 7 – Challenging Thinking
Not every little internal voice that gains some head-space is our own. We are the complex product of all the influences in our lives – since infancy. Taking a moment to identify and challenge some thinking ruts that have deepened by many years of running along them automatically is an essential wellbeing requirement.

Module 8 – Your Thinking. Your Life.
What actions do you take every single day to improve your emotional health, resilience and wellbeing? Developing practices that empower mental and emotional strength and resilience takes work and repeated effort – and that’s what you’ll learn here.

Module 9 – Bringing It All Together
Wellbeing is complex to understand and to achieve. Like all things in life, it takes time, CARE and attention and teachers are renowned for giving far more than they get. Awareness and new practices bring everything together in the world of wellbeing.

COURSE OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES

• Provides individuals and schools with a wellbeing focus point
• Highlights the importance of regular (daily) wellbeing practices
• Provides an audit of personal and professional wellbeing factors with a critical analysis of life balance
• Identifies personal historical factors enabling and disabling wellbeing
• Identifies critical team factors and systems that contribute to or deplete personal wellbeing
• Provides discussion points to assist within team negotiation and conflict resolution
• Reflects on beliefs and their history, habituation and hold
• Identifies habituated thinking patterns that negatively impact or limit wellbeing
• Develops daily, proven wellbeing practices that activate the Positive Psychology PERMA Principles

COURSE ACCESS AND INVESTMENT

The CARE Factor is an online course that gives individual and whole-school access to self-paced learning. On purchase, access to the course materials is available for 12 months, after which time the subscription can be renewed (minus sign up cost).

Single user: $45 sign up + $170 per year subscription
Less than 30 staff: $95 sign up + $380 per year subscription
30 staff or more: $160 sign up + $635 per year subscription