Promoting Wellbeing in Secondary Schools (EDUC91181)

The subject will provide Teacher Candidates with an opportunity to practise and reflect on a range of research-informed interpersonal and pedagogical skills relevant to their role in promoting student and teacher wellbeing within secondary school communities. Current research is used to inform critical analysis of contemporary student wellbeing policies, models, and practices, and to examine key factors contributing to wellbeing and engagement such as teacher-student relationships, social and emotional learning, behaviour management, school-home partnerships and staff wellbeing.

Teacher Candidates will interpret, design and learn how to implement relevant social and emotional curriculum and pedagogy to develop capacity for promoting wellbeing and respectful relationships. This subject references the Australian/Victorian Curricula and Frameworks. Teacher Candidates will plan and develop skills and teaching strategies to assist them respond to wellbeing issues within a school community and develop ethical and sustainable relationships with students, colleagues, parents and carers.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, Teacher Candidates should be able to:

• Select and organise a range of research-informed teaching and relational strategies to support student participation within safe and sustainable school communities.
• Plan professional learning goals through critical reflection on how to use evidence-informed strategies to advance the physical, social, and cognitive capabilities of students to provide inclusive learning environments for all.
• Implement a range of research-informed interpersonal and communicative strategies to effectively manage challenging behaviour and maintain student safety.
• Compare and review effective methods through which to engage parents and carers on matters affecting student wellbeing and engagement to meet professional ethics and legislative, administrative and organisational responsibilities.

Generic skills