About the programme
Learning Level: Beginner, and Intermediate, Advanced Senior Leaders also welcome
This Senior Mental Health Leads (SMHL) training programme is unique.
The Raising Attainment with Wellbeing (RAW) for SMHLs (Senior Mental Health Leaders) Training Programme will help participants put mental health and wellbeing at the heart of learning, teaching and leadership within their learning communities, at a time of considerable social and emotional pressures that extend beyond the school gates.
Not only will participants develop the knowledge and skills specific to the position of SMHL, through understanding their leadership role in creating an inclusive learning environment that supports and nurtures the highest possible levels of emotional wellbeing for children and staff, RAW is a complete and extensive professional development opportunity open to every member of staff, including Governors.
The programme is Department for Education (DfE) quality assured.
Over the duration of a calendar year, through online workshops and coaching sessions plus individual personalised support opportunities, participants will:
- Devise an effective strategic plan, aligned to the eight WSA (Whole School Approach) principles, informed by a comprehensive audit of current practice and provision
- Put in place process and policy that will monitor mental health needs (of children and staff) and identify appropriate interventions, as well as whole-school professional development needs
- Through collaborative action research using the RAW resources, begin the journey of whole school improvement, involving individuals and teams through aligned and personalised training plans
You’ll also be able to share best practice with peers from other schools.
Expert Trainers
The training will be led by a pool of talented coaches, with a vast and varied experience of education improvement and mental health/wellbeing developments.
Raising Attainment with Wellbeing is pioneering a new approach to coaching: Coaching for Wellbeing, supporting a critical systemic move from “a way of doing” to “a way of being”.
How is the programme delivered?
Model A Cost £2450+VAT
This package is available with 8 hours of online support from a dedicated coach.
Each trainee will keep a PLJ (Professional Learning Journal) containing reflective activity, audit frameworks and links back to the extensive bank of materials within RAW, which accumulate to form a senior mental health lead record of professional development.
These journals will form the basis of regular individual online tutorial sessions (minimum of three over the duration of the course) culminating in the submission of a change management plan based on the professional learning and development undertaken during the course.
The RAW Managed Learning Environment has a built-in community of practice element to facilitate sharing and collaboration across all active education settings.
Every teacher, TA, non-teacher and Governor will have full access to the extensive RAW resource bank for the duration of the training programme.
The RAW Managed Learning Environment has a built-in community of practice element to facilitate sharing and collaboration across all active education setting.
Model B Cost £3300+VAT
As above, available with 16 hours of online support from a dedicated coach.
