Becoming a Well-being Ambassador to Create Happy Classrooms and Schools

Description

Training and developing personal and social skills challenge the traditional and performance-driven educational paradigm worldwide.

This approach aims to promote Well-being Ambassadors creating happy schools in a holistic perspective in the classroom and beyond, providing schools with knowledge and life skills to build a strong foundation in each student.

This contemporary educational approach is based on Positive Psychology and Playful Learning, focusing on strengths and exercises creating a common language of wellbeing in the classroom and the school in general.

Throughout the course, participants will learn a variety of mind-body activities to promote personal and social-emotional skills.

During the course, they will also be introduced to excellent leadership and the art of inspiring followers.

Today, leadership is less about formal titles and more about creating an environment where people feel positive about themselves and their surroundings.

Being a Well-being Ambassador means embodying effective leadership by fostering a sense of well-being and self-worth in those around you.

Participants will be invited to design a personal project based on a common language of well-being to share with their colleagues once they go back to school.

Additionally, they will be involved in an active learning process also focusing on personal experience and self-reflection, combining cognitive and emotional elements to make the learning process easier and ensure long-lasting retention of the new knowledge.

By the end of the course, participants will have learned how to design programs that combine academics and performance with the development of character strengthening and well-being, such as the experience of playful learning, Positive Psychology, and the well-being code.

Concept by Peter Junker

Learning outcomes

The course will help participants to:

• Educate yourself to be a Well-being Ambassador and learn how to implement a common language of well-being in the classroom and school in general;
• Develop and strengthen life skills to build a strong foundation for each student;
• Experience the benefit of Positive Psychology and Playful Learning to build relationships and strong communities;
• Learn a variety of mind-body activities and exercises to promote personal and social-emotional skills;
• Learn the fundamental aspects of excellent leadership to make followers – and design programs that combine academics with the development of well-being.

Tentative schedule

Day 1 – Introduction to the course

• Introduction to the course, the school, and the external week activities;
• Icebreaker activities.

Intro to be a Well-being Ambassador

• The balance between well-being and performance to create happy schools and a common language of well-being;
• Practical examples of schools with a common language of well-being and the benefit of Well-being Ambassadors;
• Identification of needs and goals for each participant;
• Presentations of the participants’ schools.

Day 2 – Building relationships and strong communities

• Hands-on: how to use Positive Psychology and work with the 24 character strengths to build relationships and strong communities;
• How to use Playful Learning to develop and strengthen team spirit;
• It all starts with a positive and healthy mindset – and you will get the shortcuts to get there;
• Sharing issues and experiences.

Day 3 – Create a common language of wellbeing

• Methods, activities, and tools to create a common language of well-being in your classroom or school in general;
• Approaches to integrate a common language of well-being in your classroom or school in general;
• How to use a common language of well-being to develop and strengthen social-emotional skills in your classroom such as empathy, kindness, and a positive tone;
• A variety of mind-body activities are needed to maintain and further develop a common language of well-being.

Day 4 – Pay it forward

• Designing your own educational Well-being Ambassador program based on a common language of well-being;
• Excellent Leadership and how to make followers.

Day 5 – Self-reflection

• The positive and visionary teacher and leader;
• Self-reflection activity.

Day 6 – Course closure and cultural activities

• Course evaluation: round-up of acquired competencies, feedback, and discussion;
• Awarding of the course Certificate of Attendance;
• Excursion and other external cultural activities.

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