Well-Led Schools

A culture of wellbeing starts at the top. 

It’s impossible to resolve staff wellbeing woes if the leaders in a school are experiencing chronic and unmanaged stress or burnout. The state of leader wellbeing can go on to impact the wellbeing and performance of both staff and students. So, when wanting to create a culture that prioritises wellbeing, it’s important that leaders take a self-reflective look at how well-managed their own wellbeing is. 

Building self-awareness around our stressors and triggers and implementing strategies that allow us to cope, helps us become better at problem solving, builds resilience, promotes job satisfaction, boosts emotional intelligence and ultimately makes us better leaders. 

School leaders with a strong sense of wellbeing then go on to lead with energy, enthusiasm and compassion and, in turn, they’re able to build stronger relationships with staff, address problems objectively, and have more capacity to consider the needs of others.

Further, leaders who value their own wellbeing have the power to act as role models for staff and the school community as a whole. It’s easier to pass on values of wellbeing when we, as leaders, adopt them as our own.  

In this episode, we cover:

- Why leader wellbeing matters and the impact it has on the school community

- A definition of wellbeing from a multidimensional perspective

- Common leadership stressors

- The importance of developing effective coping strategies

- Practical steps leaders can take to begin to address and improve their wellbeing

Links and Resources:

Blog article: The 8 Dimensions of Wellbeing and Why All of Them Count Toward Your Success in Life and Work

Blog article: The PERMAH Model For Workplace Wellbeing 

Resource: Leader Reflection Tool

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In episode 2 of the Well-Led Schools podcast, school wellbeing consultant, Adrienne Hornby is joined by school principal, Rob Lans for a lively chat surrounding the relationship between student behaviour management and staff and student wellbeing. With many staff across schools reporting student behaviour as one of their top stressors, it’s only fitting that we address the link between the two. 

Rob Lans is school principal and expert in student and behaviour management. Early in his teaching career, Rob’s passion for outdoor education found him searching for ways to engage students and build deeper connections through the natural environment. After honing his skills in a Student Services role, Rob stepped into the ACT Education Department, where he worked with numerous schools supporting leaders, teachers and staff with student behaviours. Here, he took a diagnostic approach to understanding what students were communicating through their behaviours and worked side-by-side with schools to develop systems and processes for student management. In 2015, he transitioned back into schools as a Deputy Principal and now as a School Principal in the ACT.

One of the most important takeaways from this episode is that when we provide teachers with a systemised approach to managing classroom behaviours, plus opportunities to develop their confidence and student behaviour management skills, they can build better connections with students which, in turn, supports the students’ wellbeing and improves their learning outcomes.

In this episode we cover: 

- The growing challenges experienced by schools and their potential causes 

- The value of connection to influence student management and academic engagement 

- The common mistakes that schools make when it comes to attending to student behaviors and how this could be affecting staff wellbeing 

- The importance of processes, systems and universal school approaches to student management achieved with the buy in of staff, students and community 

- How we as leaders can best support our staff to feel involved, safe, effective when managing student behaviours and like their wellbeing matters 

Links and Resources:

Positive Behaviours for Learning: https://education.nsw.gov.au/student-wellbeing/attendance-behaviour-and-engagement/positive-behaviour-for-learning/what-is-positive-behaviour-for-learning-pbl 

Anonymous Staff Wellbeing Surveys: https://adriennehornby.com.au/staff-wellbeing-surveys/ 

Well-Led Schools Partnership Program: https://adriennehornby.com.au/school-partnerships/ 

Get in contact with us to hear about support options for student behaviour and staff wellbeing: Email [email protected]

Thank you so much for listening. I’m so honoured that you’re here and would be so grateful if you could leave me a review in iTunes or on your podcast app, that way we can inspire and educate even more people together.

Connect with me via:

My website: adriennehornby.com.au  

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/adrienne-hornby-a4126a205/ 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/adriennehornby_coach/  

Email: [email protected] 

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In episode 3 of the Well-Led Schools podcast I am joined, once again, by Rob Lans - school principal and expert on leading our schools with wellbeing in mind. 

As we begin a new school year here in Australia, many schools will be focusing on ways to improve staff wellbeing yet, without a carefully planned out and focused approach many will fail to see the results they’re looking for. 

The start of the school year (or of a new term) is the best time to reconsider your approach to staff wellbeing so you can kick off the term and year with your best foot forward. 

In this episode, we discuss ten steps you can take to better support staff wellbeing and improve school culture in 2023. 

In this episode we’ll cover:

- The value of asking your staff about their health and wellbeing and which initiatives they feel would be most supportive

- The importance of adapting the way we lead our school to support our staff, students and community 

- Ways to review our approach to staff collaboration, goal setting and professional development

- Planning effective staff relationship building and collaboration opportunities 

- Practical ways to address staff health and wellbeing that aren’t seen as tokenistic or surface level 

Links and resources

Explore how my services can help you better support staff this year:

Anonymous Staff Wellbeing Surveys: https://adriennehornby.com.au/staff-wellbeing-surveys/ 

My 6 Step Approach: https://adriennehornby.com.au/about-6-steps/ 

Staff Wellbeing Workshops: https://adriennehornby.com.au/staff-development-workshops/ 

Related blog articles 

10 Steps to Take This Term to Improve Staff Wellbeing At Your School: https://adriennehornby.com.au/steps-to-improve-staff-wellbeing-at-your-school/ 

What Is A School Scan Of Wellbeing And Why Does Your School Need To Do One?: https://adriennehornby.com.au/what-is-a-school-scan-of-wellbeing-and-why-your-school-needs-one/ 

Adopting An Inquiry Approach to Staff Wellbeing and School Culture in Our Schools: https://adriennehornby.com.au/adopting-an-inquiry-approach-to-staff-wellbeing-and-school-culture-in-our-schools/ 

Re-Building School Culture And Staff Wellbeing Post Lockdown: Six Emerging Themes In The Research: https://adriennehornby.com.au/rebuilding-school-culture-and-staff-wellbeing-post-lockdown/ 

Additional learning resources and tools

Timperley’s Spiral of Inquiry: https://www.educationalleaders.govt.nz/content/download/74475/611763/file/Spiral%20of%20Inquiry%20Paper%20-%20Timperley%20Kaser%20Halbert.pdf 

PLC Maturity Matrix : https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/school/teachers/management/improvement/plcmaturitymatrix.pdf 

The Futility of PLC Lite: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/295833071_The_futility_of_PLC_lite 

Pallet Play: https://www.palletplay.com.au/ 

Free downloadable tools

Teacher Identity Discovery Questions: https://adriennehornby.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Discover-Professional-Identity-.pdf 

Leadership evaluation tool: https://mailchi.mp/adriennehornby/leadership-evaluation 

Team building ideas: https://mailchi.mp/adriennehornby/teambuilding 

Thank you so much for listening. I’m so honoured that you’re here and would be so grateful if you could leave me a review in iTunes or on your podcast app, that way we can inspire and educate even more people together.

Connect with me via:

My website: adriennehornby.com.au  

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/adrienne-hornby-a4126a205/ 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/adriennehornby_coach/  

Email: [email protected] 

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Welcome to the first episode of the Well-Led Schools Podcast! 

I am Adrienne Hornby, an experienced wellbeing consultant, coach, speaker and school leader. My vision is to bring you a school wellbeing-focused podcast series that is inspiring, educational and thought provoking. 

My hope is that you’ll walk away from each episode with new perspectives, fresh ideas and recommendations on ways to prioritise teacher and staff wellbeing, improve your leadership and support the staff in your school in order to make a difference in the lives of the students they teach.

While this first episode is a solo one, future episodes will also feature experts and forward thinkers sharing their knowledge, observations and wisdom on leadership, workplace culture and staff wellbeing. So, stay tuned! 

In this episode, we cover:

- What is a “Well-Led” school?

- An introduction to the podcast series

- A background into who I am and the work I do with schools 

- Why a focus on staff wellbeing in your school is essential and has the power to transform your school's working environment.

Links and Resources:

My Website: adriennehornby.com.au/

About Me: adriennehornby.com.au/about/ 

My Approach:  adriennehornby.com.au/about-6-steps/ 

Thank you so much for listening. I’m so honoured that you’re here and would be so grateful if you could leave me a review in iTunes or on your podcast app, that way we can inspire and educate even more people together.

Connect with me via:

My website: adriennehornby.com.au  

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/adrienne-hornby-a4126a205/ 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/adriennehornby_coach/  

Email: [email protected] 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.