Liesl Coope | Digital Learning Leader
Ravenswood School for Girls

Professional educator with over 20 years of experience in early childhood and K-12 classroom teaching, educational technology implementation, instructional coaching and adult learning facilitation.

Appearances:

Day 2 @ 12:30

Always towards better things: How a culture of wellbeing supports collaboration in and beyond the library

provide an overview of the PERMA model for wellbeing and how it has inspired collaboration between the Head of Learning Resources (school library) and ICT department
reflect on the positive impacts of collaboration as a method of professional learning
highlight research on libraries as wellbeing spaces in schools
share our collaborative project(s)
provide inspiration by sharing our future ideas and plans to continue our partnership

Geared toward Teacher Librarians but applicable to all teaching and non-teaching tech support roles in schools, this talk will outline how a partnership between the ICT department and the Teacher Librarians began and has continued as a result of the school’s positive education foundation. We will briefly outline our school-wide approach to positive education and wellbeing and how that influenced us, members of both teaching and non-teaching departments, to form a collaborative relationship underpinned by the PERMA model of wellbeing. We will share the process and products of this relationship (ex: a student-centred, self-paced online micro-credential built in our LMS, Schoolbox) as well as plans for future collaboration. We share our experiences with the hope that our unique partnership inspires others to reach across departmental boundaries to form collegial bonds that not only benefit student outcomes but sustain the wellbeing of teaching and non-teaching staff in schools.

Margaret Tracey, Head of Learning Resources, Ravenswood School for Girls