Australian schools are great – but the task of sustaining the effort and thinking required to stay at the top comes with a price – the culture of your school, the stress levels of your people, the wellbeing of your students. A Real Schools Membership will provide you with all of the tools, tricks and motivation to keep your school healthy and ready for the next challenge.
Perhaps they got some formal conferencing going or perhaps they found a slightly less punitive pathway to handle student misconduct – and perhaps some staff members didn’t.
But most never quite enjoyed the full benefit of establishing and sustaining a truly restorative culture.
This program is for School Leaders have identified that, in their schools, there is some distance between the ambition for a strong, relational, productive School Culture and their current reality.
This program is for School Leaders who, frankly, are impatient for genuine implementation and have a bias for impact.
This program closes the gap between aspiration and current practice in a way that focuses on both building leadership capacity and the provision of practical tools and strategies.
Finally, your Teachers can participate in a long-term improvement cycle linked to genuine support, to your school’s strategic objectives and to the AITSL Teacher Standards.
Jayden is one of my favourite success stories from a career of practicing restoratively – but that success didn’t come easily or instantly. Battling Tourette’s Syndrome and a healthy appettite for general playing up, Jayden always ensured that I, as AP in charge of Behaviour & Wellbeing, had something to chat with him about. Mostly…
The below is a photo of me working in a rather unusual classroom position with a Prep student at Dorset PS, one of our valued Partner Schools. Well, that’s what most people see anyway. I don’t. I see at least twelve students, half of those participating in this particular whole class activity, fully engaged in…
If you are reading this article, it’s probably because you are the working in a school or have an interest in education so I don’t need to waste your time telling you how busy the school environment can be. If you’re in education, you get it. It’s crazy and fast paced. What I am on…
If you’ve not watched Brene Brown’s “The Call to Courage” amidst a recent Netflix binge, then I recommend giving it an hour of your time. Brown is under my skin in a way that isn’t comfortable. She makes me think about who I purport to be and how I live that every day … and also when…
“The Real Schools webinars are always right on point. The combination of teacher focused topics and also leadership topics means that there’s something in each webinar for all of us. We are always accessing our people to the live webinars, but we also use them to address needs as they arise and to support our…
“The topics of the Real Schools webinars are so important. The art of teaching and the job of building a great school culture is a considerable challenge and our school takes that very seriously. Having a monthly support from a proven Principal targeting genuine need is of great benefit to us. We include the webinars in our improvement…
“Our school uses the Real Schools webinars all the time. Not only do we encourage our staff to get involved each month, but we re-visit them as part of our strategic plans to meet our commitments to our wellbeing and engagement targets. Having them available in the Member Section of the Real Schools website means…
“Adam spent valuable time with our staff ensuring all were not only challenged in their practice but equipped to engage with students on many varying levels. Adam’s commitment to his work is evident in the manner in which he ensures all key stakeholders within the community are informed and led through necessary processes. Adam was…
“Adam immediately won the respect of our teachers by his grounded, challenging and relational manner. Teachers easily related to his examples, drawn from work as a Principal in challenging school environments. Adam’s proven capacity to bring about sustainable cultural change and improve student learning speaks volumes. He was not afraid to confront habits and rituals…
“The impact of our Real Schools Partnership on staff at Rosebery Primary School has been immense. I notice staff showing a great deal of empathy, being alongside the child and working through the issues, being in contact with parents/carers regularly, checking in with students on a daily basis, running regular check in and check out…
