School Leader webinars and workshops

School Leader webinars and workshops

School Leader supervision, coaching and counselling

School Leader supervision, coaching and counselling

Growing Through Change

Growing Through Change

School Leader webinars and workshops

All topics offered as live webinars, and also available as on-site school leader workshops.

Carrying the Load – Psychosocial Factors and School Leaders

Australian school leaders support staff, students, families in often challenging contexts. Critical incidents, complex student needs and ongoing community vulnerabilities combine to present school leaders with a working environment that is constant and at times overwhelming.

This masterclass supports school leaders to understand how such work may impact on their own wellbeing and mental health. Strategies that can assist in supporting, protecting and promoting school leader mental health in and outside the workplace will also be discussed.

School leaders will learn about:

  • How workplace strain presents for school leaders (burnout, secondary traumatic stress, compassion/ empathy fatigue)
  • Strategies to support sustainable and compassionate leadership in the school workplace
  • Caring for self as a compassionate school leader.
Dates: 23 April 2026, visit our Eventbrite page to register.
Timing: 60 minute webinar
Cost: Free

Thrive at Work – A Framework for Mentally Healthy Schools

Schools are communities for students and families, and for staff too. Learning how to best support every staff member and the school to learn and take shared responsibility for staff wellbeing and mental health is an exciting (and sometimes daunting!) task.

Thrive at Work can help – a simple, evidence based framework from Curtin University. This masterclass supports school leaders to learn about the Thrive At Work model, and how it can be easily implemented in their school to enhance the protection and promotion of staff mental health.

School leaders will learn about:

  • What is Curtin University’s Thrive at Work approach?
  • How does Thrive At Work support Positive Education schools?
  • Getting started with strategies to support individual staff, and the school as a workplace.
Dates: 7 May 2026, visit our Eventbrite page to register.
Timing: 60 minute webinar
Cost: Free

School Leader supervision, coaching and counselling

Principal/Leader Supervision

Professional and ethical support for leaders to reflect on the complexities of the school leadership role. Drawing on the occupational wellbeing evidence base, these sessions support reflection and reflexivity and offer a safe harbour for leaders to wonder and discern next steps at work and for personal wellbeing.

Timing: Book in your sessions to suit your calendar
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Principal/Leader Coaching

Targeted executive coaching to achieve upcoming professional goals. Book in for 1:1 support with Melinda to discuss your current experiences and ideas, and partner to plan and action next steps with ongoing, school-inspired insightful support.

Timing: Book in your sessions to suit your calendar
Bookings: Email now to find out more and get started:

1:1 Counselling supprt

Working in schools can be stressful and sometimes we can benefit from some extra support. Visit your GP, utilise your school’s EAP service or click here to find out about our psychology and coaching services.

Growing Through Change

Growing Through Change

Growing Through Change begins in Term 2, 2026.

Leadership in schools can be wonderful, confronting, care-filled, challenging, life-affirming and awfully hard.  In this three-session afternoon workshop, we will discuss how our own wellbeing is a strategic resource that we can build and maintain in the face of school-based challenges.

Register here.

Who is this workshop for?

  • School leaders managing a lot at school, and feeling their wellbeing starting to slip
  • School leaders facing a particularly challenging time (students, families, staff) and wanting to learn ways to support their wellbeing personally and professionally
  • New school leaders who want to be proactive about their wellbeing.

What will we discuss?

  • Mindsets and strategies to build and maintain wellbeing in stressful school contexts
  • Common school leader scenarios unpacked from a personal wellbeing perspective
  • Individual plan for 2027 personal and professional wellbeing routines.

How will we learn?

  • Supportive small groups (max 6 participants)
  • Initial pre-session leadership wellbeing survey with private reports provided
  • Hands on learning, discussion and activity based
  • Suggested follow-up strategies between sessions
  • 2027 plan of action created in sessions
  • Readings/videos available for extra support/insight.

When: Term 2, 2026. 3 x 60 minute online sessions, groups below.

  • Tuesday 4pm group (May 5, 12, 19)
  • Wednesday 6pm group (May 13, 20, 27)
  • Monday 4pm group (June 15, 22, 29)
  • Wednesday 6pm group (June 17, 24, July 1)

Price: $95.00 for the three-session workshop (tax invoices provided for reimbursement/PL claims).