Powerful Partnerships is so excited to announce a series of Professional Learning opportunities for teachers and leaders around Australia and the world. In these uncertain times we find ourselves in, with schooling looking different, social gatherings not happening and the ongoing worry for many people, we are determined to still find ways to connect and support teachers. Our face-to-face workshops are limited for now, as is our work with schools around the country, so Powerful Partnerships has been working hard to provide you with stimulating, engaging, powerful online learning courses. They are designed for you to do in the safety of your isolation zone, whether that be at home or at work, but include discussion topics and reflective questions throughout to encourage you to connect with your colleagues through professional discussion.

We have 4 Courses for you to choose from: Thrive Your Way, Effective Pedagogy, Leadership and Coaching / Mentoring. Details of each are below as well as the link to register. If you would like further information please don’t hesitate to make contact with me.

Thrive Your Way - A well-being course for educators

Written by Dannielle Charge, a registered psychologist working in the education sector.

Being an educator is one of the most challenging professions. The “Thrive Your Way” well-being program, is ready to go and available for you. This program will provide you with evidenced based, up-to-date information on the areas of well-being, and positive psychology. In addition, it will provide you with tools that you can use immediately to assist with increasing your well-being and getting the best out of yourself. Our aim is to have you “Thriving not just surviving”.

The “Thrive your way” well-being program has 4 easy to navigate Modules. The time taken to complete this course will vary, depending on the time you spend reflecting, communicating with colleagues etc. Allow between 3-4 hours. It has been designed for you to self-pace and you are able to come and go as your schedule permits. A Certificate of Completion will be issued.

Details of the Thrive Your Way Course

Module 1 What is Well-Being and how do I know if I’ve got it?

Module 2 Circles of Influence and How to Say “No” without losing your job or friends

Module 4 Increasing your “self-care” tool kit

Each module contains information, resources, videos, activities, reflective questions and quizzes. They are completely self-paced and you have access to these resources even after you have completed the program.

Effective Pedagogy

details of effective pedagogy online course

The Effective Pedagogy Online Course has 4 easy to navigate Modules. Each Module contains 6 Sections. The time taken to complete this course will vary, depending on the time you spend reflecting, communicating with colleagues etc. Allow between 3-4 hours. It has been designed for you to self-pace and you are able to come and go as your schedule permits. A Certificate of Completion will be issued.

Course cost $250 + gst

Leadership - Keeping it Simple

details of the Leadership online course

The Leadership Online Course has 4 easy to navigate Modules. Each Module contains between 5-10 Sections. The time taken to complete this course will vary, depending on the time you spend reflecting, communicating with colleagues etc. Allow between 3-5 hours. It has been designed for you to self-pace and you are able to come and go as your schedule permits. A Certificate of Completion will be issued.

Course cost $250 + gst

Coaching and Mentoring

Module 1: Leadership

Module 2: Mentoring

Module 3: Coaching

Module 4: Wrap Up

Each module contains information, resources, videos, activities, reflective questions and quizzes. They are completely self-paced and you have access to these resources even after you have completed the course.

course cost $250 + gst

When registering, enrolling or completing any of the online courses, we recommend using Google Chrome as your Internet Browser as it works more seamlessly with the video content than Internet Explorer.

School bulk bookings or school invoicing instead of online payment can be arranged, please contact Jodie directly.

what others are saying…..

Over 800 teachers and leaders from around Australia and the world have invested in themselves and completed one of the Online Courses provided. Particularly during this time of travel restrictions it is more important than ever to ensure you fill your own bucket. Here are a few comments we have received.

• I definitely found the Coaching / Mentoring Online course valuable! Emily, ACT

• During a very difficult time of the term, I came across the Thrive4Teachers PD “Thrive Your Way - a well-being course for teachers” – I took it as a sign and signed up! The course was what I needed. It reminded me of who we are as teachers and the very ‘normal’ feelings of guilt we have as educators, parents, husbands/wives. I was able to be reflective on my strengths and look to use these more in creating a better version of what wellness means for me. The strategies are easy to implement, and I found myself investing the ideas in all parts of my life – school and home. I am excited to see myself doing better in the knowledge that my journey to wellness is normal. I know that there will be ups and downs and I truly think I am better equipped to handle the downs due this course. It’s so worth it and I have been telling all my colleagues about it. Finally, a wellness course for teachers, about teachers, that understands teachers. Thank you. QLD

• I found your Effective Pedagogy Online course very valuable. It is the first of many PL courses I will be undertaking as a new educator. Erica, ACT

• It was a great course - thanks for offering it online! I'm definitely going to be keeping the strategies in mind. Thanks, Clara, ACT

• The course was great. I got a lot out of it. Ryan ACT

• The Coaching and Mentoring online course was great. It gave me a good understanding of how I can better support beginning teachers. Fiona ACT

• Thank you for the opportunity to complete the Online Leadership Course. It was a really good reminder for me on where to focus my attentions-we get so caught up in the day-to-day that the big picture sometimes gets diluted. Thanks again- it was really valuable. Kylie, ACT

• I found the Effective Pedagogy course very beneficial and have already implemented some strategies into my classroom teaching and learning process. Sam, NSW

• Hi Jodie, Your online courses were very beneficial. I had been looking at doing courses on these topics for a while and the online mode was very useful as I could get them done in my own time. Kelly, ACT

• I really enjoyed both of your courses, it was quite insightful and fits well with my schools clientele. I have shared a lot of ideas with my staff. Keshni, NSW

• Well, I followed through and am so glad I did. I feel as though I have just invested in myself. As an educator, friend, parent, mentor, committee member and life participant. You truly hit the nail on the head with your Leadership Course. Margaret SA

• I completed the 'Effective Pedagogy' course yesterday and printed my certificate. Congratulations on the structure and content of the course. Also, thank you for your affable nature throughout the presentation. It proved to be informative and enjoyable. Mark, NSW

• I thought the Leadership course was great - can you please let me know if you have anymore regarding leadership? Kate, ACT

• I have completed your online Coaching and Mentoring PL, and I have found it extremely helpful as I continue to mentor beginning teachers at my school. Christine NSW

• I really enjoyed your online course! I like the self-paced learning and the content was really good. It got me thinking and got me to think about priorities within my job and how I can be a lot more effective Steven ACT

• The course provided great ideas for reflection and I was able to adjust practice to improve my efficiency. Jamie NSW

• I just completed your Leadership course and loved it. I found it a really good course to ‘ease’ me into the idea of what leadership is all about – as I have not done any leadership PD and that was/is my goal this year to further my skills within a school setting. It really gave me a different perspective about leadership and I could see some qualities/things I already do but it really made me reflect on areas I can work on. Sheree NT

• I have completed the 'Effective Pedagogy' course. Thank you so much. It was great to be affirmed in some of current practice, and to hear insights into practices I can implement in my classroom. Angela, NSW

• I thoroughly enjoyed the course and have taken many learnings away with me to use with my current team in School and Family Services at Catholic Education, Canberra. I have recommended the course to a few of my colleagues in schools. Margaret, ACT

• I have just finished the pedagogy course and I must say I really enjoyed it. There are definitely some things I will be working on once I get back to school. I particularly enjoyed the discussion around the 4 elements of feedback. I must say it is good to go through this again and it reminds me to hit all 4 elements to make a big difference. Thank you for all your work that went into the course. It was very well presented and easy to read. Melinda, TAS

• I absolutely loved the course, thank you so much for providing it online. I really took away the importance of brain breaks, making the walls teach, structuring lessons. I think I may do some more research into Hattie as well. Cathleen, NSW

• I have completed your leadership course. It was excellent and certainly gave me much to consider. Thank you Chris

• Thanks, the course was great, I have the brain breaks saved on my computer for when we go back to school. Maya, ACT