The Revised New Teacher's Survival Guide to Behaviour was published this year (2011). The original has recently been translated into Polish
Circle Solutions training course participants have often asked for a space to share ideas and experiences after training. This is now available at http://www.circlesolutionsnetwork.com.au/csn
The "Whole Child" primary program which addresses social and emotional learning, wellbeing, human rights and citizenship is now available. The program is published by RIgby/Pearson Whole Child and has three primary levels with five themes: Emotions, Getting Along, Family and Community, CItizenship and Human Rights, and Health and Wellbeing. Each theme for each level has two posters and a story to stimulate discussion and reflection. The stories are by authors such as Libby Gleeson and are a wonderful resource for schools.
Sessions in blue are open to allcomers, others have restricted access.
NB Circle Solutions Intro days are restricted to 25, Trainer programs to 10.
Dubbo Aboriginal Girls Project (AGC)
15 girls ages 12-16 spent three days in a residential workshop with Sue and Tania Major. We focused on identifying their strengths, their resilience, their dreams for the future and their ideas for promoting a more positive community. We helped them look at what healthy relationships were about and what they were entitled to. They played games, had fun, created collages, visited the zoo, asked good questions and came up with ways forward. This group decided to call themselves Miyaa (Wiradjuri for big sister) . We have now run two more AGC residentials in Dubbo and are exploring a further one in Perth.
Diary 2012
January 25th Wenona Girls School Sydney (tbc)
January 26th Orange
January 3st Northside Montessori, Pymble
February 22nd - 24th Catholic Education Office in Melbourne
February 28th Association of Independent Schools NSW
February 29th Association of independent Schools NSW
April 18th - 20th Catholic Education Office in Cairns
April 24th Association of Independent Schools NSW
May 22nd British Psychological Society Learning Centre, London
May 24th British Psychological Society Learning Centre, London
June 1st University College London
October 8th Association of Independent Schools NSW
October 9th Association of Independent Schools NSW
Diary 2011
January 31st Balcome Grammar School, Victoria
February 23rd Circle Solutions Intro SYDNEY run by Pearson Education
February 24th / 25th Circle Solutions Trainer program NSW
February 28th LIverpool West Public School
March 2nd CIrcle Solutions Intro HOBART run by Pearson Education
March 3rd and 4th Circle Solutions Trainer program Hobart, TASMANIA
March 8th Circle Solutions Intro BRISBANE run by Pearson Education with ISQ
March 9th and 10th Circle Solutions Trainer program Brisbane, QUEENSLAND
March 11th to 15th Adelaide
March 24th - 26th Second AGC in Dubbo
April 7th Ramsgate Out of School and Home Care: Beyond Behaviour Management
April 12th Circle Intro Townsville, QUEENSLAND
April 14th and 15th CIrcle Solutions Trainer program Townsville, QUEENSLAND
April 16th Positive Psychology in Education Symposium Sydney - panel member
April 27th Camdenville Public School, NSW
April 28th Changing Behaviour in Schools Melbourne run by Pearson Education
April 29th Circe Solutions Intro MELBOURNE run by Pearson Education
May 2nd and 3rd CIrcle Solutions Trainer program
May 5th -7th Third AGC in Dubbo
May 11th NAPCAN AGC meeting in Perth
May 12th Keynote at Positive Schools Conference Perth
May 20th Assistant Principals Conference, Sydney Inner West Catholic
May 25th Social and Emotional Learning CEOM Melbourne
May 28th - June 4th - Tokyo
June 4th - end September - in the UK
June 10th Workshop for trainee educational psychologists University College. London
June 27th - July 3rd Manchester ENSEC conference
September 20th and 21st Guest lectures at Manchester Metropolitan University
October 6th Circle Intro Cairns
OCtober 7th and 8th Circle Trainer program - Cairns
October 10th Circle Intro Melbourne
October 11th and 12th Circle trainer Melbourne
October 17th AIS Sydney ; Leading School Wellbeing
October 18th AIS Sydney : Social and Emotional Learning
October 21st Circle Intro Sydney"
October 24th and 25th Circle Trainer Sydney
November 9th ECEC Sydney
Diary 2010:
January 20th Walloon Primary School, QLD The Optimistic School
January 22nd Introduction to CIrcle TIme Solutions Adelaiade (Pearson)
January 27th Rozelle Public School Circle TIme Solutions
January 28th and 29th Victoria Schools (Macmillan)
February 25th Circle Solutions intro Sydney
Feb 26th and 27th Circle Solutions Trainer program
March 9th CIrcle Solutions intro Adelaide
March 11th and 12th Trainer Program (Hansberry Educational Consulting)
March 15th Circle Solutions intro Melbourne (Pearson)
March 18th Introduction to Circle Time Solutions Cairns (Pearson)
March 19th and 20th CTS Trainer program, Cairns
April 12th St Intro to Circle Solutions Clare's Primary School, Thomastown West, VIctoriat
April 19th Clovelly Primary School CTS and Building Relationships
April 23rd Circle Solutions Intro - Tasmania, Hobart (Pearson)
April 28th AIS Sydney Changing Behaviour
April 30th AIS Sydney The Intra and Interpersonal Competencies of Leaders
May 5th Nichimashi International School, Tokyo, CIrcle Solutions Training
May 6th The British School Tokyo - Parents workshop on Authrentic Wellbeing and Resilience
May 7th International Mental Health Professionals Japan - workshop on Positive Psychology and Authentic Happiness
MAY 8th to AUGUST 26TH In UK and Europe
May 14th Editorial Board meeting, Educational and Child Psychology,Scotland
June 11th University College London Educational Psychology trainees - Being an Agent of Change for Wellbeing in Schools
June 23rd - 26th European Positive Psychology Conference, Copehagen, co-presenting workshops 1) with Toni Noble, 2) with Robyn Hromek
September 1st Social and Emotional Learning in Secondary Schools CEOM
September 3rd CIrcle Solutions Intro Cowra Public School, Orange
September 7th Mowbray School parents evening
September 8th AIS Sydney Student and School Wellbeing
September 22nd Dubbo Circle Solutions Intro
September 23rd to 26th Dubbo Aboriginal Girls Project
September 27th AGCA Hobart: Challenging Behaviour
September 28th Hobart Circle Solutions Intro
September 30th Brisbane Circle Solutions Intro
October 1st and 2nd Brisbane Circle Solutions Trainer program
October 19th Intro to Circle Solutions, Ravenswood School
October 21st Sydney Circle Solutions Intro
October 22nd and 23rd Circle Solutions Trainer program
October 26th Wahroonga Public School Staff In-service
November 5th Intro to Circle Solutions Adelaide
November 9th Intro to Circle Solutions Devonport
November 13th Intro to Circle Solutions Perth
November 18th and 19th Mind and its Potential Conference
November 22nd Intro to Circle Solutions Melbourne
November 23rd and 24th Circle Solutions Trainer Program
Monday 6th December to 12th January 2011 - UK
Diary 2009
January 27th Putney and Meadowbank Schools, NSW
January 28th Glen Katherine Primary School, Victoria
January 29th Balcombe Grammar School, Victoria
January 30th Somerville Primary School Victoria
February 1st Guilford Young College, Tasmania
March 6th Circle Time Training Sydney - open to all, max 25
April 20th Beenleigh High School, Brisbane QLD
May 1st Lightning Ridge School, NSW
May 9th Positive Psychology Conference: workshop
May 12th Circle Time Training in Sydney - open to all, max 25
May 13th Northern Sydney High School Teachers: Keynote: Relationships, resilience and connection
May 17th Network Conference Manly: Workshop
May 25th South Australia Primary Conference: two workshops : Adelaide
May 27th Association of Independent Schools: Being Belonging and Behaviour
May 29th Association of Independent Schools : Enhancing Intra and Interpersonal Leadership Capabilities
June 3rd Northern Sydney Middle School Teachers: Keynote: Relationships, resilience and connection
June 11th Sydney: Beyond Behaviour Management: Pearson Professional Development
June 22nd Thriving not Surviving Pearson Professional Development Sydney
June 25th Introduction to Circle Time Solutions: Sydney open to all, max 25
June 26th and 27th: Train the Trainer - Circle Time Solutions (limited to 10 places - all participants must have had initial introduction) Sydney
July 3rd Ascham School Circle Time Solutions
July 7th Rouse Hill Anglican College: Primary School: Beyond Behaviour Management: High School: Wellbeing and Connectedness.
July 16th Introduction to Circle Time Solutions Adelaide Pearson Professional Development Open to all, max 25
July 17th and 18th Trainer program - limited to 12 places - all participants must have had intiat introduction.= Adelaide
July 22nd to September 28th in the UK
October 8th Introduction to Circle Time Solutions Adelaide
OCtober 9th and 10th CTS Trainer program Adelaide
October 15th Introduction to Circle Time Solutions Sydney
October 16th and 17th CTS Trainer Program Sydney
October 19th Mowbray Primary School
October 30th 9.30 - 1.00 pm CTS Seminar for Primary School Principals Penrith District Office
November 6th Northern Sydney Counsellor's conference
November 10th ICAN conferene Adelaide
November 15th - 18th APPCAN conference Perth
December 3rd Melbourne Introduction to Circle Time Solutions Melbourne - Pearson
December 4th and 5th Trainer program Melbourne - Inyahead Press
December 17th Wheelerheights Public School Authentic Wellbeing and Engagement
December 18th Menai Public School, CIrcle Time Solutions
Diary 2008:
January 25th, 29th, and 30th: Teachers's in-service days NSW
February 18th - 22nd Learning through Community Service UWS
March 3rd Sydney Circle Time Solutions training at the Commission for Children and Young People - open to all - max 25
March 14th Circle Time Solutions Training Melbourne: run by Hawker Brownlow
April 3rd Blue Mountains Circle Time Solutions training at Lawson School - open to all - max 25
April 5th and 6th Positive Psychology Conference Sydney
April 9th - 15th Melbourne Catholic Education Office Melbourne Wellbeing Coordinators: Agents of Change
April 23rd: Circle Time training Adelaide - run by Pearson Education
April 28th Nambucca Valley Learning Community: Good teaching: Real learning - Macksville
April 30th : Glen Katherine Primary School, Eltham North, Victoria
May 12th: The Whole Child primary program: Social and emotional wellbeing. Melbourne: Pearson
May 19th: Circle TIme: Lang Lang and Toorabin Schools, Victoria
May 23rd Resilience and wellbeing: Canberra ACT Deputy Principals Conference:
May 26th AISNSW Workshop at the Pastoral Care Conference , Sydney
May 27th: Resilience and Relationships: Parent and student Forum Putney Primary School, Sydney
May 28th: Whole Child primary program: Social and emotional wellbeing. St George's Sydney
May 30th: Relationships and School Connectedness: Stonnington Primary School, Victoria
June 6th: Circle Time Solutions training at the Commission for Children and Young People - open to all - max 25
June 11th and 12th: Whole Child Primary Program: Social and Emotional wellbeing: Brisbane, Pearson
June 18th: Resilience and Relationships: Parent and Student Forum to be held at Carlingford High School, Sydney
June 20th: Circle Time Solutions training at Hawker Brownlow, Melbourne
June 24th Parramatta Catholic Schools Counsellors conference: Positive psychology and Strategies for Wellbeing
June 26th - 28th: World Education Forum Being, Becoming and Belonging Conference, Adelaide. Workshops on Circle Time and Social and Emotional Learning
June 30th Circle Time training Adelaide
July 4th: Strategies for school and student wellbeing : Davidson Cluster of Schools, Sydney
July 21st: Circle Time staff training Banksia Road Public School Sydney
July 25th Community Circles KIDSCAN Blacktown Council
July 28th St. Raphael's school, Hurstville South, Resilience / Bounceback session for parents
July 30th: Beyond Behaviour Management: Adelaide Macmillan Professional Learning
July 31st: Beyond Behaviour Managment: Melbourne Macmillan Professional Learning
August 6th Southern Metropolitan Student Wellbeing Conference Melbourne
August 7th Community Circles KIDSCAN Port Stephens Council
August 14th: School connectedness and resilience: Hobart Macmillan Professional Learning
August 15th: Beyond Behaviour Management: Hobart, Australian Education Union:
August 18th Adelaide: Social and Emotional Learning in the Classroom DECS
August 22nd and 28th Personal and Interpersonal Capacities of School Leaders AIS NSW Sydney
August 24th Outdoor Education Conference Sydney: Keynote presentation and workshops
August 27th Beyond Behaviour Management AIS Sydney Part 1 of course
September 1st - October 6th in the UK.
October 16th/17th Glen Katherine School, Melbourne
October 24th NSW Itinerant Behaviour Support Teacher conference - Connectedness.
October 27th Beyond Behavour Management AIS Sydney (Part 2 of course)
October 29th Circle Time Solutions training Sydney
October 31st and November 1st Turner School Canberra: Friendships (early years and primary)
Beyond Behaviour Management (older primary) Living with Teenagers (Parents)
Teacher Resilience and Wellbeing (staff)
November 17th CIrcle Time Solutions training Melbourne - Inyahead Press
November 24th Catherine McCauley School, Sydney
November 28th Circle Time Solutions Training for ORIC Sydney
November 7th, 14th, 21st and December 5th Denistone Public School: ' Children can be Challenging' course for parents
December 8th Pymble Ladies College Academic Care
Diary 2007
January BPS conference in Glasgow on Psychological Wellbeing and Resilience. Co-ordinated a symposium on in-school relationships and wellbeing. Other speakers were James Park, Robyn Hromek and Kairen Cullen. The paper on teacher-student relationships was the subject of an article in the Times Educational Supplement. The original paper is available from the publications page.
Co-editor of a special edition on Educational and Child Psychology on Psychological Wellbeing and Resilience to be published early in 2008.
January and February Canberra - Emotional Literacy and Values.
Circle Time training througout the year in various venues.
May Keynote presenter at the AIS School Counsellors' Conference in Newcastle.
August Harcourt Leading Edge after school seminars take place in Melbourne. Beyond Behaviour Management
The Association of Independent Schools NSW with Dr. Toni Noble on the Personal and Interpersonal Capacities of School Leaders This is on June 1st and August 6th
July Northallerton North Yorkshire Educational Psychology Service : Positive psychology and a framework for emotional literacy
Parent Values Forums throughout the year
August Adelaide, Port Pirie and Cowell for Professional Standards in Education - Relationships
Port PIrie: Teachers New to the District - Survival skills.
August Children, Young People and Behaviour UWS School Counsellor Re-training course ( 20th-24th)
September Australian Guidance and Counselling Association Conference in Fremantle, WA - two workshops, one on the development of caring communities and the other on school counsellors as change agents.
October: Paper presented at the Australian Council for Educational Leaders conference in Sydney on EL and leadership
November Paper at the National Coalition against Bullying in November in Melbourne on the development of caring communities.
December Haringey Educational Psychology Service, London. Positive and Critical Psychology: Strategies for Wellbeing.
Materials on Friendship for the Australian Values Education initiative using Circle Time as a pedagogical approach will be available in all Australian schools by the end of the year.
Circle Time for Emotional Literacy is available from Footprint Books in Australia and also from Hawker Brownlow.
Hear Sue discussing the book on Radio National's All in the Mind. This book is a fully comprehensive guide to social and emotional literacy in the primary and secondary classroom. It has everything a teacher will need to start with Circle Time, including addressing some of the problems that arise - and will also provide the experienced practitioner with many new ideas. James Park, DIrector of Antidote has written the foreword. He says " This is a wonderfully lucid account of what needs to happen if Circle Time sessions are to promote the emotional literacy of children and young people" See discount offer on Publications Page.
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