For school staff

Thank you for your interest in the Positive School Transition (POST) Project.

The POST Project aims to strengthen the home-school partnership through a collaborative effort to foster the wellbeing and resilience of Australian children, using a shared set of strategies and common language.

We aim to achieve this goal by offering i) an online program for school staff aimed at developing collaborative relationships with parents and ii) three free, online, interactive Triple P – Positive Parenting seminars for parents and complementary webinar and additional resources for school staff.

What are the benefits?

Offering these free programs through schools provides both parents and school staff with a shared language and set of strategies to support students’ learning and wellbeing – and the skills to work together. Investing in this partnership also decreases teachers’ stress by proactively building collaborative relationships with parents.

Family-School Connect Program

The school staff program contains 4 online modules focused on developing a collaborative home-school partnership that you can complete at a time that suits you. Each module takes 50-60 minutes and you can print a complimentary content summary at the end of the modules.

• Module 1 The home-school partnership; Parent-Teacher Interactions Traps
• Module 2 Building Relationships: Opportunities; Strategies for building a positive partnership
• Module 3 Managing Your Own Reactions: Managing Your Emotions; Taking Care of Yourself
• Module 4 What if Problems Occur; How to Have Difficult Conversations

As part of the program, you’ll also be asked to complete three short surveys (around 15 minutes each) to help the POST team learn and improve the program: one before the program, one after completing the program, and one 12 weeks after registration.

Seminar Resources for school staff

Staff from participating schools will have access to a free webinar, that contains a summary of seminar content and a copy of the parent tip sheets from each seminar.

Webinar

The complementary webinar, presented by Professor Matt Sanders, Professor Vanessa Cobham and Dr Karyn Healy provides you with the principles and strategies from each of the three seminars. This webinar can be accessed here. Ask your school contact for the password.

• The Power of Positive Parenting seminar helps parents and school staff to understand why kids behave the way they do, while also introducing practical strategies to support children’s social and emotional development.
• The Helping Your Child to Manage Anxiety seminar is designed to equip parents and school staff with the skills and strategies they need to support children manage their emotions and overcome challenges.
• Building Positive Peer Relationships and Keeping your Child Safe from Bullying seminar helps parents and teachers foster good communication with the children in their care, help them develop positive peer relationships, and address conflict and bullying.

Summary of strategies

The detailed summaries of each seminar, outline the strategies that parents can use to develop specific skills children need to thrive. Examples of what these strategies might look like and how these strategies can be used in the classroom are also be outlined.

Example:

Parent Tip sheets

Parent tip Sheets summarise the content of each of the 3 seminars.

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