National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence - ‘Growing Connections’
The National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence (NDA) will be recognised by many school communities across Australia this Friday...
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Majella McNeese
- May 8
Trauma-informed Social & Emotional Learning
Trauma-informed SEL aims to create stable learning environments where students who have experienced trauma can develop positive relationship
Stephanie Williams
- Mar 10
SEL Day 2023 - Uplifting Hearts, Connecting Minds
Did you know that schools and communities around the globe come together each year on the 2nd Friday in March to celebrate the importance...
Stephanie Williams
- Jan 30
Student Wellbeing a key recommendation in Review of National School Reform Agreement report
The Review of the National School Reform Agreement (NSRA) report was released on 20 January 2023. It examines how well national policy...
Stephanie Williams
- Nov 28, 2022
Second Step and the Australian Curriculum
In the last blog we looked at a recent report to come out of the Grattan Institute, an independent think tank that aims to improve...
Stephanie Williams
- Nov 21, 2022
Teacher Workload and Second Step
Teacher workload is gaining increasing significance as education systems around the world struggle to recruit and retain adequate numbers...
Stephanie Williams
- Oct 12, 2022
The Imperative of Tier 1
getting tier 1 right is pivotal for student success by ensuring positive school climate, wellbeing and equitable outcomes for all.
Stephanie Williams
- Sep 8, 2022
R U OK? Day – No Qualifications Needed to Connect and Listen
As important as the annual R U OK? Day is, these really are skill sets that we need to practise more than one day a year.
Stephanie Williams
- Jul 27, 2022
Integrating Social Emotional Learning & Positive Behaviour for Learning - Part 2
Research shows that prosocial and problem behaviours are mediated by social, emotional and cognitive processes.
Stephanie Williams
- Jul 20, 2022
Integrating Social Emotional Learning & Positive Behaviour for Learning - Part 1
When neuroscience is applied within the field of education, we generally see changes in policies and practices which are more conducive...
Stephanie Williams
- Mar 18, 2022
Kindness Culture – It Really Does Start With Us!
Despite ongoing community efforts, stories of bullying continue to be reported with the recent death of a South-East Queensland school...
Stephanie Williams
- Mar 11, 2022
SEL Day 2022 - Finding Common Ground, Pursuing Common Good
Schools and communities around the globe are coming together today to celebrate the importance of social-emotional learning (SEL) on the...
Stephanie Williams
- Feb 17, 2022
Make Kindness The Norm In Your World – Become A #RAKtivist!
Today, Thursday 17th February 2022 is Random Acts of Kindness Day. Random Acts of Kindness Day (RAK Day) is dedicated to making kindness...
Stephanie Williams
- Feb 9, 2022
Welcome to a New School Year
All around Australia, school students and their families are getting back into school routines of lunches, uniforms, searching for lost...
Stephanie Williams
- Nov 11, 2021
Resilience Activities for all Students
Resilience Activities for all Students - Second Step have put together a free resource to help students build resilience.
Stephanie Williams
- Jul 28, 2021
Managing emotions during extended lockdown periods
As lockdowns continue across many states and the uncertainty of this pandemic persists for all of us, let's remember the importance of...
Stephanie Williams
- Oct 14, 2020
How to engage your Emotional Intelligence to Support your Student’s Social-emotional Learning
There are many reasons to enhance your own emotional intelligence, one important factor is that emotions are contagious
Stephanie Williams
- Aug 3, 2020
Early Childhood is a Critical Time for the Development of Executive Function Skills
A report from CoLab has highlighted the importance of developing executive function skills and self regulation in early childhood. Click...
Stephanie Williams
- May 19, 2020
Second Step in New Zealand - New River Primary School
Earlier this year, the team at Positive Pieces Education were lucky enough to visit a Second Step school in Invercargill, New Zealand....
Stephanie Williams
- May 12, 2020
Guest Blogger: Monique O'Keefe - My experience teaching Second Step
This guest blog is written by Monique O'Keefe, Specialist Educator with Samaritans. In this article, Monique shares her experience...
Stephanie Williams
- Feb 10, 2020
Empathy - Guest Blogger, Roslyn Green
Our guest blogger, Roslyn Green is a Guidance Officer at a Brisbane state school. She holds qualifications in Psychology and is a...
Stephanie Williams
- Jan 28, 2020
Supporting students in the aftermath of the bushfires
Most students will be returning to school today, many of whom have been directly or indirectly affected by the devastating bushfires that...
Stephanie Williams
- Dec 6, 2019
Fostering School Belonging
Recently, I was privileged to attend a Positive Education Schools Association seminar on school belonging presented by Associate...
Stephanie Williams
- Nov 22, 2019
Principals Are More Ready Than Ever to Bring SEL to Their Schools
Recently, the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) presented a webinar on principals' perspectives of Social...
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