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Investing in Psychological Capital

Online Pedagogical Strengthening Tool

SLEUTH

SLEUTH™ is a developmental tool.

It allows teachers to identify their pedagogical strengths and weaknesses and provides solutions to implement and track progress to improve the identified pedagogical areas.

If you would like to know more about SLEUTH™ please contact either Tony / Andrew or any of the team as they will be more than happy to provide further details. Situationally teachers are called on to lead even if they are not ready or have no desire to do so.

Successfully shifting from teacher of students to leader of adults, teachers:

• Protect themselves from becoming counsellors, coaches, mentors and confidantes to

emotionally needy parents;

• Do not overcommit, overpromise or take ownership of issues over which they have no authority or ability to influence when under pressure from demanding & pushy parents; • At parent-teacher meetings will seize all opportunities to improve outcomes for their learners by communicating what parents need to hear, as opposed to what they want to hear; and • Oversee teacher aides & learning assistants who consistently have a higher impact.

Teachers understanding situational leadership and who are in possession of strategies, skills and tactics to lead when called upon, experience higher levels of engagement, happiness, self-efficacy, resilience, hopefulness and optimism. These lie at the core of workplace well-being. These teachers also have a greater impact on progressing outcomes for learners. Should you be interested in exploring these areas as a staff or leadership team team next year we have enclosed information.

Research from the field of organisational and industrial psychology reveals it is possible to predict with accuracy teachers who are more vulnerable to workplace stress, anxiety and burnout.

Hyper-sensitivity, catastrophising, personalising, emotionalising, ruminating, perfectionism, cynicism, overextension and workaholism can all be linked to teachers’ personalities. The uncomfortable truth is how a significant number of teachers contribute to their own workplace stress because of their dispositional preferences without knowing. One of many areas within our Strengthening Our Psychological Capital programme, this may also be an area your leadership team or staff may be interested in exploring this year.

Whilst these focus areas are some of our newest they are also some of our most in-demand areas of professional learning in schools and across Kāhui Ako. If you seek more information on these, or any of our existing tailored for you opportunities for 2021, please do make contact.

Tony Burkin

021 729 008 t.burkin@Interlead.co.nz

Andrew Ormsby

+64 3 420 2800 ext1 a.ormsby@interlead.co.nz