About the session:

Educator wellbeing is at the heart of creating positive learning environments. When educators are mentally healthy, they are empowered to create learning communities where everyone has the potential to thrive.

However, in the latest Be You Mental Health in Education Report (2024) only 38% of educators felt the staff in their learning communities are mentally healthy. While self-care is important, research shows that supporting educator wellbeing is most successful when a whole learning community approach is taken. This means leaders, early learning services, schools and education systems all build and strengthen protective factors that promote educator wellbeing.

One of these contributing factors is how we support and promote positive and respectful collegial relationships. Join Alicia in this Community of Practice conversation to unpack how we can further promote and protect positive collegial relationships using the seven guiding principles for thriving workplaces.

About the presenter:

Alicia is a Be You Consultant with Early Childhood Australia. Joining Early Childhood Australia in 2017, Alicia is an early childhood educator with a background in psychology, early childhood mental health and adult education. With experience across multiple early childhood settings, including Consultancy work and VET training, Alicia is also a Circle of Security Facilitator and working towards a certification in implementation science through The Centre for Implementation.

Alicia is extremely passionate about the mental health and wellbeing for all community members and is a strong advocate for contextualising any form of professional learning or continuous improvement to your specific setting. All with the aim of achieving meaningful embedded and sustained changes for mental health and wellbeing across the early years.

What is the Inclusion Community of Practice (Southside)?

The Inclusion Community of Practice for Early Childhood Educators (Southside) is a Community of Practice facilitated by EACH in partnership with the Southside Initiative (YWCA, Woden Community Services and Community Services #1).

Who can attend Inclusion Community of Practice (Southside) sessions?

We invite early childhood educators, teachers, directors, and managers who work on the southside of ACT to attend.

Session details:

Date: Monday 24th March 2025

Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm

Location: Communities at Work Narrabundah Early Childhood Service,
23-27 Kootara Cres, Narrabundah ACT 2604

RSVP: Friday 21st March 2025

For more information, please email Stephanie Johnston: CCB@each.com.au