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Theory, Research and Practice

Table 2 Steps towards implementing well-being policy in schools

From: Why won’t it Stick? Positive Psychology and Positive Education

Steps

Commentary

1: Leadership and vision

For well-being to be taken seriously it required committed and clear leadership with broad vision and mission to move schools/educational settings to move from being good, great to excellent

2: Governance, strategy and management

Clear alignment between the roles and responsibilities of governance, management and strategy development and the operational steps that are required to ensure that these improvements are sustainable and have owners to make it happen

3: Partnerships

Mutual partnerships with external thought leaders and experts in the field to build internal capability

4: Measurement

Rigorous measurement tools to ensure that leaders are able to articulate measures of success and key moments during project delivery

5: Knowledge transfer

Models that are developed to ensure that roles and responsibilities in schools a clear and cohesive definitions around key terms that are aligned across the whole system

6: Interventions

Evidence-based programs that have been shown to have positive impact on student well-being and development when fidelity to the course is observed

7: Communications

Clear and coherent communications that demonstrate the goals, objectives and strategies for well-being