Learning Areas
Teaching Standards
General Description
Teaching is both stressful and rewarding, with high levels of accountability and high demands on teachers' time. With endless tasks to complete, personal energy can take a battering as teachers strive to meet the needs of students, parents and colleagues.
The course has 6 modules;
1. Why teacher wellbeing?
I don’t need to tell you that teaching is stressful. From admin to parents, meetings and students who lack motivation, you are not alone. Together we unpack the research on teacher stress and the impact this is having on your body and brain. We define wellbeing though a positive psychology lens and reflect on the factors that have both a positive and negative impact on our wellbeing. We also identify the legislative requirements of wellbeing through WHS policy.
2. Self-awareness with mindfulness
Now that we have identified the wellbeing continuum from stress to flourishing, we take a moment to understanding and practise mindfulness. We explore current evidence based programs that exist to develop mindfulness and the research neuroscience that supports this. We also reflect on times of mindlessness and the impact this can have on teaching and learning
3. The role of emotions at work
Teaching is an emotional vocation but do we really understand the role our emotions play at work? Here we learn how positive emotions can broaden our perspective and build resilience through the work of Barbara Fredrickson. We also explore strategies by Salovey and Mayer in the field of emotional intelligence to better manage emotions on a daily basis, including how to manage stress to ensure positive interactions with others.
4. Tracking the good stuff
As teachers we are always busy, however how often do we stop to celebrate all we have achieved? Here we do an audit of your busyness to track the good stuff as a way to reflect on where you are spending your time and energy. We also reflect on how well teachers have more positive interactions especially with a lens of gratitude
5. Spotting strengths
We are well aware of the unique individual strengths of our students as we plan ways to help them embrace these gifts, yet what are your strengths or those of your colleagues? Here we identify our top 5 character strengths that form the foundation of positive psychology. By knowing these strengths and planning ways to use them, we support ourselves in moving towards greater job satisfaction and wellbeing. We also explore how a lens of strengths can help promote inclusivity among staff and students
6. Building your wellbeing plan
In this final session, we review the course and map our learnings to Martin Seligman’s PERMA model. This world recognised framework forms the beginning of your evidence-based teacher wellbeing plan where you leave with either your own personal wellbeing plan, or a plan for your whole school. Reference is also made to the NSW DEC Wellbeing Framework as a way to ensure whole school approaches to wellbeing and safety
By the end of this course, you will have:
• An awareness of the current status of teacher wellbeing with links to WHS
• An understanding of how stress effects the body and can impact teaching and learning
• Strategies to practice mindfulness that support self-awareness and reflection
• Evidence and research to draw from when planning for the safety and wellbeing of staff and students
• Opportunities to reflect on the relationship between your wellbeing and teaching and learning
• Practical wellbeing strategies to use on your own, staffroom or classroom that map to organisational frameworks
• A list of resources to continue developing and reflecting on wellbeing
• A positive psychology framework to begin planning an evidence based teacher wellbeing plan
Audience
All teaching and non-teaching staff working in a school who are tired, stressed and looking for strategies to have more energy and time
Available Delivery Formats
Format Description
24/7 course access
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
- If you have a TTA subscription or membership please ignore the pricing when enrolling. Rest assured if your school has a subscription you will not be charged and for Memberships, your invoice will be adjusted accordingly to reflect your discount.
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Teaching Standards
6.2.2 Proficient Level – Engage in professional learning and improve practice
Are you in NSW? If so, this is relevant for you
This course contributes to 6.0 professional development hours.
Occurrences
Sessions
1. Why teacher wellbeing?
1 hour
I don’t need to tell you that teaching is stressful. From admin to parents, meetings and students who lack motivation, you are not alone. Together we unpack the research on teacher stress and the impact this is having on your body and brain. We define wellbeing though a positive psychology lens and reflect on the factors that have both a positive and negative impact on our wellbeing.
2. Self-awareness with mindfulness
1 hour
Now that we have identified the wellbeing continuum from stress to flourishing, we take a moment to understanding and practice mindfulness. We explore current evidence based programs that exist to develop mindfulness and the research neuroscience that supports this.
3. The role of emotions at work
1 hour
Teaching is an emotional vocation but do we really understand the role our emotions play at work? Here we learn how positive emotions can broaden our perspective and build resilience through the work of Barbara Fredrickson. We also explore strategies by Salovey and Mayer in the field of emotional intelligence to better manage emotions on a daily basis
4. Tracking the good stuff
1 hour
As teachers we are always busy, however how often do we stop to celebrate all we have achieved? Here we do an audit of your busyness to track the good stuff as a way to reflect on where you are spending your time and energy.
5. Spotting strengths
1 hour
We are well aware of the unique individual strengths of our students as we plan ways to help them embrace these gifts, yet what are your strengths or those of your colleagues? Here we identify our top 5 character strengths that form the foundation of positive psychology. By knowing these strengths and planning ways to use them, we support ourselves in moving towards greater job satisfaction and wellbeing.
6. Building your wellbeing plan
1 hour
In this final session, we review the course and map our learnings to Martin Seligman’s PERMA model. This world recognised framework forms the beginning of your evidence-based teacher wellbeing plan where you leave with either your own personal wellbeing plan, or a plan for your whole school. Reference is also made to the NSW DEC Wellbeing Framework.
User Rating
4.6Latest Reviews
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The Teacher Wellbeing Toolkit - Daniela Falecki
Very useful and contemporary topic presentation Excellent course on contemporary topic which appreciates the hard works of the teachers. Correctly identified the roles of a teacher as human being and not human doing. Highly recommend all teachers to attend this course.
The Teacher Wellbeing Toolkit - Daniela Falecki
- Very good course.
- Really good talking to other teacher in the same position as me.
The Teacher Wellbeing Toolkit - Daniela Falecki
Excellent
The Teacher Wellbeing Toolkit - Daniela Falecki
It was good.
The Teacher Wellbeing Toolkit - Daniela Falecki
LOVED IT
Such a good, feel good, be good course!! Loved it. Very rewarding and gave me a whole new look on my career in teaching. I think taking the time to complete this course will leave any teacher feeling more positive about their job.
The Teacher Wellbeing Toolkit - Daniela Falecki
Very relevant
The Teacher Wellbeing Toolkit - Daniela Falecki
The course at the beginning I found to be quite tedious but the later modules were amazing!
The Teacher Wellbeing Toolkit - Daniela Falecki
Somewhat relevant, it had more self reflection than expected
The Teacher Wellbeing Toolkit - Daniela Falecki
Very relevant as teaching becomes more demanding and stressful.
The Teacher Wellbeing Toolkit - Daniela Falecki
Very relevant with some excellent resources. I was a bit put off by the merchandising by the presenter though. I think a boundary was crossed here.
The Teacher Wellbeing Toolkit - Daniela Falecki
Great quality the videos were well sourced
The Teacher Wellbeing Toolkit - Daniela Falecki
Excellent and very beneficial
The Teacher Wellbeing Toolkit - Daniela Falecki
High quality. Lots of really practical tasks to promote understanding and establish new patterns of behaviour and good habits
The Teacher Wellbeing Toolkit - Daniela Falecki
Pretty relevant
The Teacher Wellbeing Toolkit - Daniela Falecki
Very timely and uses great strategies that you can implement easily
The Teacher Wellbeing Toolkit - Daniela Falecki
Very relevant to teaching circumstances at the moment
The Teacher Wellbeing Toolkit - Daniela Falecki
Very good.
The Teacher Wellbeing Toolkit - Daniela Falecki
Overall good quality and relevance
The Teacher Wellbeing Toolkit - Daniela Falecki
Great course relevant to teacher wellbeing
The Teacher Wellbeing Toolkit - Daniela Falecki
I enjoyed doing the course. I provided me with some other tools that can be easily applied in my work setting as well as life outside school.
About the team

Daniela Falecki
Creator
Daniela Falecki is known as the “keep-it-real” teacher who specialises in Positive Psychology. Her passionate and practical approach makes her a sought after speaker in schools because she knows the reality of schools. Sharing stories from her 25 years of experience in schools, her insights are practical, realistic and evidence based. Daniela also lectures at Western Sydney University, has been a Senior Associate for Dr Suzy Green & the Positivity Institute. Daniela has been the NSW Manager for the Outdoor Education Group, program developer for International College of Wellness Coaches and is a member of the ICF (International Coaching Federation). She has completed a Masters in Education (Leadership), a Bachelor of Education (Physical & Health Education), a Diploma in Rudolf Steiner Education, a Life Coaching Certificate (Life Coaching Academy) is a Master Neuro Linguistic Programming practitioner, licensed Mental Toughness user and was voted Lecturer of the Year 2014 at Western Sydney University.