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 For Education Leaders
The Three Horizons Model of School Planning: Looking to the Future  The Three Horizons model is a brilliant strategy for schools because it promotes discussion amongst the school community about the school’s future, longer term educational opportunities for students, and the professional futures of members of staff. The model delineates the drivers of change in a school setting and the school community becomes more future aware. Read more Student Resilience: The Role of Educators, Schools, Families and Communities  Paradoxically, the more we focus on how an individual student’s coping is a result of personal strengths (like a positive future orientation, intelligence, self-regulation and grit), the less we see the contributions that can be made to all children’s resilience by the multiple, co-occurring systems that influence successful coping. These other important and resilience-enabling factors include a student’s teachers, the quality of the school environment... Read more  The Essential Role of Consent Education in Schools  Recent statistics in the media highlight the troubling reality that gender-based violence is a significant issue that affects many in our communities, especially women. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 41% of Australians have experienced violence since the age of 15, and 1 in 4 women experience violence by an intimate partner. Why Wellbeing and Resiliency Programs Fail  For many schools, the focus has been on competitive achievement and marks, however something seems to be amiss. While some excel under that paradigm of success at school, many don’t. Some Good News About Academic Standards  A common trope is that Australian school students are declining in their ability to attain critical academic skills, fortunately it is not supported by large scale assessment data. Long-term Mental Health Benefits of School Belonging  School belonging plays crucial role in shaping mental wellbeing in adolescents. 
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