The Principal Health and Wellbeing Survey puts the spotlight on the increasing stress and duress our school leaders are experiencing on a daily basis.
Welcome to the research hub for the longitudinal study of Irish school principal and deputy
principal health and wellbeing.
We would like to thank the following organisations for the launch of The Irish Principal and Deputy
Principal Health and Wellbeing Survey:
The Principal and Deputy
Principal Health and Wellbeing Survey is a confidential survey, independent of all employer groups, professional associations and unions.
When we look at the critical issue of
principal health and wellbeing, leaders have the permission and the responsibility to implement a control and influence approach.
Jo Mason, Director of Innovations and Professional Learning at the Principals Australia Institute, spoke to Education Matters magazine's Kathryn Edwards about the importance of harnessing teacher and
principal health and wellbeing in our schools, encouraging positive relationships and how principals can best deal with greater autonomy.
In 2010 Phil was recognised by Monash University with an inaugural Monash Researcher Accelerator award, which funded the first two years of The Australian
Principal Health and Wellbeing Survey.
The Australian
Principal Health and Wellbeing Survey has pointed out some of the reasons why.
The shocking figures are revealed in
the Principal Health and Wellbeing Survey, carried out by Associate Professor Philip Riley and colleagues at Australian Catholic University.
Stay tuned: In Term 1, Teacher will be reporting on how one primary school is tackling some of the issues raised in
the Principal Health and Wellbeing Survey.
The latest
Principal Health and Wellbeing Survey revealed one in four Australian school leaders have been threatened with violence by parents.
The Principal Wellbeing Workshop takes a quality, evidence - based approach to achieving a resilient mindset and developing problem - solving strategies particularly targeted at
principal health and wellbeing.
Not exact matches
Principal Investigator Dr Nicola Bellotto from the University of Lincoln said: «The system will build on recent advances in mobile service robotics
and ambient assisted living to help people improve
health and wellbeing.
«While important work is underway by schools, associations
and education departments to improve broader issues that impact on the
principal's job, PAI is focussed on working personally with
principals to help support
and boost their mental
health and wellbeing.
The Australian
Principal Occupational
Health, Safety
and Wellbeing Survey, led by Dr Philip Riley from the Australian Catholic University, is a key piece of research informing the wider community about the challenges
and struggles facing Australian school leaders.
PAI offers a suite of workshops supporting school leaders
and their communities, including Teacher
Wellbeing,
Principal Wellbeing, Youth Mental
Health First Aid, Graduate
and Grow (mentoring
and supporting early - career teachers), Leading Change (change management in schools),
and more.
It is part of a research project that aims to conduct a longterm study monitoring school
principals and deputy / assistant
principals»
health and wellbeing annually.
The Australian
Principal Occupational
Health, Safety
and Wellbeing Survey (Riley, 2017) highlights several worrying statistics:
The one - day, face - to - face workshop will address current
health and wellbeing issues for
principals, which have also been raised in recent research
and media reports.
A recent survey of Australian
principals and teachers conducted by the Australian not - for - profit organisation beyondblue found that almost all believed that student
wellbeing and mental
health was equally as important as school curriculum.
To read the full report, The Australian
Principal Occupational
Health Safety
and Wellbeing Survey, click the link.
School leadership is an increasingly complex role
and research suggests the demands certainly take their toll on the
health and wellbeing of
principals, assistant
principals and deputy
principals.
Principals Australia Institute (PAI) understands the importance of teacher
health and wellbeing and the impact this has on the everyday interactions with students.
Now there are not a lot of programs that are really focused on teachers alone mainly because money is short,
and many people also feel slightly nervous about focusing only on teachers or only on
principals»
health and wellbeing.
The full transcript of this podcast
and further information about the
Principal Health &
Wellbeing survey discussed in this episode is at teachermagazine.com.au.
That's why
Principals Australia Institute is doing work on graduate teachers
and we're talking to them right from the beginning of their career about looking after
health and wellbeing.
It is time to acknowledge that the problems exist
and have a national conversation to address the issues highlighted in the 2016 Australian
Principal Occupational
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Principals Australia Institute really believes the physical side of
health and wellbeing,
and also the social aspects are as important as anything else.
One of the things is,
principals are often, sort of left on their own or they have a sense that they are on their own in relation to
health and wellbeing.
It could be that you stop being in the middle of a hierarchy «sandwich», which causes a lot of
health and wellbeing difficulties for
principals,
and you may in fact have a lot more capacity to take action rather than being a bit frustrated.
So if
principals and teachers have
health and wellbeing themselves
and they also have talked about it in a conscious way,
and just haven't accepted it exists, then they're likely to understand that some students come to school perhaps needing the school to bolster their
health and wellbeing in some way.
Quite often we find that
principals and teachers are talking about intellectual things
and if they're involved in very good strong relationships, very emotional things, but they also need to have a sense of their own physical
health and wellbeing.
On all dimensions of
health and wellbeing principals score significantly lower than the general population on all positive dimensions
and significantly higher on all negative dimensions.
Since 2011, issues of
health and wellbeing have worsened among educators — an immediate response is therefore needed to address the growing problem, argues Rob Nairn, Executive Director of the Australian Secondary
Principals Association.
As school
principals across Australia have been granted greater autonomy
and responsibility over decisions
and directions at their school, the call to nurture their
health and wellbeing has been thrust into the spotlight.
School leadership is an increasingly complex role
and research suggests the demands certainly take their toll on the
health and wellbeing of
principals.
Its
Principal Wellbeing, Teacher
Wellbeing,
and Youth Mental
Health First Aid workshops have been well attended across the country,
and are being scheduled for more dates in 2018.
High performing leaders defend their values
and beliefs
and prioritise their
health and wellbeing, writes Dennis Yarrington, President of the Primary
Principals Association.
Secondly, global results will build a longitudinal picture of the state of
health and wellbeing for school
principals nationally.
«Nutrition plays a crucial role in the
health and wellbeing of pets,» said Dr Richard Butterwick,
Principal Nutrition Scientist, WALTHAM Centre for Pet Nutrition, Mars Petcare.
The PHAA is the
principal non-government organisation for public
health in Australia working towards
health and wellbeing for all Australians.
KidsMatter Primary
and Principals Australia Institute have scheduled a series of webinars focusing on applying KidsMatter Primary resources
and tools to improve the
health and wellbeing of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander students.
«Although formal classes are cancelled for the day, our yellow - themed fun fair aims to build on the school's mental
health and wellbeing programs that are teaching students how to cope with life's many stresses,» said Assistant
Principal Carmelina Cascio.
The School Guidance Officer
and the
Principal were keen to address the mental
health and wellbeing of all students.
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