Visible Well-Being
At CIS, we seek to empower students to develop a sense of agency, learn from failure, nurture the resilience needed to challenge themselves and foster the self-understanding and caring relationships that contribute to a healthy emotional life. Our well-being focus is not a formally taught programme. Rather, it is a set of attitudes inspired by Chinese traditions of self-cultivation, as well as the insights of positive psychology, that we aim to bring into every classroom and all aspects of school life to make well-being visible and support students in becoming the best version of themselves possible.
Well-Being 1.0:
Positive Education
In 2011, school leaders responsible for student support and counselling began to look for new ways to support the emotional well-being of students. Vanguard members of the faculty attended seminars, met with advocates and practitioners, visited schools, and read widely.
In 2013, CIS began working with Professor Lea Waters from The University of Melbourne to train all staff in the foundations of positive psychology. With her support and inspiration, what we called “Positive Education” was introduced to CIS and took root.
In 2013, CIS began working with Professor Lea Waters from The University of Melbourne to train all staff in the foundations of positive psychology. With her support and inspiration, what we called “Positive Education” was introduced to CIS and took root.
Well-Being 2.0:
Visible Well-Being Partnership
In 2018-19, a task force comprised of students, staff and parents reviewed CIS’s well-being achievements to date and made recommendations to deepen opportunities for student and staff well-being and agency.
From 2020, CIS again began working with Professor Lea Waters to adopt her Visible Well-Being “SEARCH” framework and bring a common set of goals and practices to all stakeholder groups. The goal is to ensure that well-being and agency become integral parts of school culture, governance and policies, as well as academic and co-curricular life.
From 2020, CIS again began working with Professor Lea Waters to adopt her Visible Well-Being “SEARCH” framework and bring a common set of goals and practices to all stakeholder groups. The goal is to ensure that well-being and agency become integral parts of school culture, governance and policies, as well as academic and co-curricular life.
The SEARCH framework
which underpins the
Visible Well-Being Approach.
which underpins the
Visible Well-Being Approach.
