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Teachers as Influencers/ Students as Followers- Is This The New Student/Teacher Relationship?
According to organizational leadership expert Ira Chalieff, the best way to view the leadership relationship is through the lens of influencer/follower. This makes sense in the workplace, but could it also work in an education setting? Could teachers be influencers...
Who’s Crazy About Your Child at School?
"In order to develop normally, a child needs the enduring irrational involvement of one or more adults in care of and in joint activity with that child. In short, somebody has got to be crazy about that kid." ~Brofenbrenner Parenting is hard. Kids don’t come with a...
What Positive Education Looks Like in Action
I recently spent a month at Geelong Grammar School. For any positive psychology or positive education junkies out there, you will know that this is the mecca for wellbeing educators. A little over 10 years ago a team of teachers from GGS flew to UPenn to learn...
World Leaders in Positive Education Announce 2019 Launch of Canadian Office
Justin Robinson (IPE Director), Tamara Lechner (Canadian Regional Manager), Ron Lalonde (Middle East Regional Manager), David Bott (IPE Associate Director) As the mental health of individuals continues to be of growing concern globally, the Institute of Positive...
The First Step to Happier Habits
When scientists discuss wellbeing they look at the domains of PERMA as discussed by Martin Seligman and add H for physical health. Knowing what is needed to create optimal health and wellbeing is one thing but actually forming the habits of regularly doing what you...
Positive Education in a Nutshell
Historically psychologists have dealt with mental health deficiency or mental illness. One pioneer, Martin Seligman, recognized that the absence of metal illbeing was not the same as mental wellbeing; if you remove unhappiness you don’t get happiness. Thus began the...
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