Dear Colleagues,
I am writing with a reminder inviting you to “Building Resilience – the Tigger Effect”, a one day IBSC Conference being held at Harrow School on 23rd September 2015. Complete conference details are on the Building Resilience home page.
Registration for delegates will be from 9.45 a.m. with the conference starting at 10.15 a.m. and finishing at 3.30 p.m. In addition to head teachers, senior staff and those with particular responsibility for pastoral care would be most welcome at this event and find it of great interest and value.
To book your place please go to the Building Resilience registration page.
The conference is being led by Dr Tina Rae and will support staff in developing their understanding of Resilience Theory and offer very practical advice and strategies which can be implemented across Key Stages in both school and home contexts.
Participants will have the opportunity to further engage with the ideas and key themes presented by Dr Rae via a series of key challenges. Groups will be allocated a series of key questions which will include:
- How do we create a school ethos and community which fosters resilience?
- How do we ensure staff resilience in order to enable them to model resilient responses?
- How do we educate our boys about social networking and the dangers this may pose?
- What do we do to promote healthy body image in our boys?
- How do we teach our boys about mental health difficulties and ensure that they do not fall into the trap of stigmatising those who display such problems?
- How do we teach our boys to manage negative thinking patterns and engage in ‘happy habits’ of positive thinking and reframing?
- How do we motivate our boys to learn, achieve, take appropriate risks and keep going when the going gets tough?
Following lunch and an opportunity to network with colleagues, Tina Rae will draw together some of the key points that have been shared in order to arrive at a practical and workable model that can enhance our schools’ current provision.
Registration
- Places cost £80 for IBSC members ($125 USD)
- And £108 for non member schools ($170 USD)
- Registration is payable in USD by Visa, MasterCard, bank wire, or cheque. Click here to register.
Timing of Events
| 9.15 - 11.30 a.m. | Keynote talk one |
| 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. | Group discussions |
| 1 – 2 p.m. | Lunch |
| 2 p.m. | Feedback from groups |
| 2.30 p.m. | Keynote talk two |
We look forward to seeing you and your colleagues in late September!
Sincerely yours,
David
David M. Armstrong
Executive Director
International Boys' Schools Coalition
