Teachers & Education Professionals
Create a positive shift in your classroom
Our school workshops can dramatically change the class dynamic – creating an environment of awareness and mutual respect.
Reach workshops
Primary and Secondary School Workshops can be a powerful complement to your social and personal learning curriculum, providing students with positive and relevant strategies and skills they can apply at school and to their everyday lives.
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For Year 5
Peer Connections Encourages lateral thinking and celebrates differences among classmates. Positive Behaviours Challenges students to explore limiting beliefs and behaviours.
- Location Incursion
- Duration 90 mins
- Size Max 30 students
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For Year 6
Resilience and Goals Introduces how ordinary people are heroes in everyday life. Change and Transitions Emphasises the importance of broadening perspective and identifies things holding us back.
- Location Incursion
- Duration 90 mins
- Size Max 30 students
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For Year 7
Connection Encourages empathy and support of authentic, positive expression. Identity and Influence Empowers students to gain a greater sense of self and to understand what influences their identity.
- Location Incursion
- Duration 90 mins
- Size Max 50 students
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For Year 8
Respectful Relationships Students explore reasons behind their behaviours and the impacts of their actions on others. Resilience Assists students to develop resilience they need in everyday life.
- Location Incursion
- Duration 90 mins
- Size Max 50 students
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For Year 9
Heroes Day High-impact workshops that ask students to explore their world, challenge their perceptions and find meaning and purpose in their lives.
- Location Collingwood VIC
- Duration 1 day
- Size 500 students
- Cost $20 per student
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For Year 9
Self Esteem and Positive Peer Dynamics Shifts the peer dynamic to encourage respect, empathy and awareness. Finding your voice Explores group dynamics with a focus on the individuals strengths, core values and passions.
- Location Incursion
- Duration 90 mins
- Size Max 70 students
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For Year 10
Birdcage (for those who identify as female) Lockeroom (for those who identify as male) Diversity Explores stereotypes faced in everyday life in Australia.
- Location Incursion
- Duration 90 mins
- Size Max 70 students
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For Year 11
Leadership Examines various definitions of ‘leadership’. Inspires participants to recognise their ability to be leaders in their own lives.
- Location Incursion
- Duration 90 mins
- Size Max 70 students
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For Year 12
Goals, Dreams and Motivation With self-belief and confidence, participants are encouraged to identify their passion and dreams.
- Location Incursion
- Duration 90 mins
- Size Max 70 students
Our impact
We measure the impact our workshops have
We’ve been doing this work for over two decades now and have worked with close to 900,000 young people. We measure the impact of every workshop we run through evaluations – here are just a few stats from 2016.
80%
of participants believed our workshops helped them have more confidence in themselves.
84%
of participants said they felt empowered to make more positive choices in their lives following a workshop.
90%
of young people would recommend our workshops to their mates.
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Schools that we’ve worked with
In 2016 alone, we worked in almost 200 schools across Australia. Here are just a few of them.
Professional development
Finding Heroes
This professional development program, consisting of an introductory and follow-up workshop, is designed to equip teachers, educators and youth professionals with the practical skills and resources essential to improving the emotional and social wellbeing of students.
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For Education Professionals
Watch this space for 2019!
- Location Collingwood VIC
- Duration 8 hours
- Size 2 workshops
- Cost $575
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For Education Professionals
Watch this space for 2019!
- Location Hornsby NSW
- Duration 8 hours
- Size 1 workshop
- Cost $275
Get in touch
Need more info or want to book a workshop?
Get in touch with Sharon, Bron or Eva to discuss booking a workshop for your school or Finding Heroes for your own professional development. We’re also here to answer any questions you might have about our approach.