Wellbeing in Schools Conference
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Komodo is extremely proud to be headline sponsor of the 'Wellbeing in Schools Conference' that will be held on 23rd-24th May at Marlborough College Malaysia in collaboration with our partner COBIS - Council of British International Schools.
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This event will bring together schools with an outstanding record of pastoral care from ages 3-18 across day and boarding, to share innovative and inspirational initiatives. Research, reflection and insights from students and school leaders alike will provide the foundation for flourishing schools.
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Our Registered Psychologist, Abby Dale-Bates will be running two workshops to all attendees on Psychological Safety and Student Voice. More details on these two learning sessions below:
Psychological Safety Seminar
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This presentation provides an understanding of what psychological safety is, what is needed for it to be present, what we see in psychologically safe environments, benefits of psychological safety on student mental wellbeing, and ways to begin to implement strategies and tools to encourage psychological safety across classroom and school-wide environments.
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This seminar is for those in senior leadership, pastoral care staff, designated safeguarding leads and wellbeing leaders within the school environment.
60 min presentation outline:
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- Introduction of the topic
- How this aligns with “Maslow’s Hierarchy”
- What the research indicates for psychologically safe schools
- How to measure school psychological safety
- Intervention
- Q&A session
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This seminar will explore both research-based knowledge and approaches as well as delve into practical tools to measure and increase psychological safety within schools. Our psychologist will provide an explanation of psychological safety, observed behaviour comparisons in environments with and without psychological safety, and how this topic links to the larger concept of human Hierarchical Needs. We will explore how students are affected personally and within the classroom when they feel psychologically safe, as well as how this can be observed longitudinally. The seminar will then focus on practical strategies that staff can implement and encourage to support students’ mental wellbeing and personal experience of psychological safety within their school.
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Student Voice Seminar
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This presentation provides a foundational understanding of student voice, what factors contribute to developing student voice, observed benefits within students both internally and behaviourally, how students can begin to foster their voice, and how schools can provide opportunities for development of tools and establishing a platform for students to be heard and make effective change within their educational environment.
This seminar is for those in senior leadership, pastoral care staff, designated safeguarding leads and wellbeing leaders within the school environment.
60 min presentation outline:
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- Introduction of the topic, what is student voice
- What is needed to encourage student voice
- Benefits of student voice within students
- Schools’ experience of presence and absence of student voice
- Discussion points of schools’ experiences
- How schools can foster and support student voice
- Q&A session
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The purpose of which is to provide professionals with foundational knowledge of what student voice is and how the presence of this within students has beneficial outcomes, both within the school environment and interpersonally. Our psychologist will provide an explanation of factors which contribute to the presence of student voice, and will explore how schools can facilitate the development of student voice to encourage active and positive participation within their school life and experience.
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