Accredited Professional Development
We believe that mental health education must start early in life. Our courses help pre and primary school staff to understand and implement wellbeing strategies for themselves and their students.
Grow Your Mind offers a range of online, on-demand professional development courses and facilitated workshops, designed and delivered by our mental health and wellbeing experts.
All courses can be counted towards teacher elective hours in your state.
Explore our self led and facilitated options below.
Educators say these are some of the most engaging courses they’ve done
That was without a doubt the best PD I’ve done for many years. Thank you for giving us a renewed sense of what wellbeing is and how to look after ourselves and our students. I … look forward to making a difference in the lives of our young people with the help of Grow Your Mind.
Melanie Bryden, Assistant Principal
Improving Student Wellbeing
PD PACKAGE – Growing kindness and respect at school (3x courses)
This self-led packages is designed for individual teachers in primary schools to strengthen and develop a skill set that enables a culture of kindness in their school environment.
2 hours
Self-led, online on-demand
Consent Education
A self-led course that explains age appropriate consent education. A strong focus on understanding permission, power imbalances, receiving a no with respect and the golden rules of consent.
1 hour
Self-led, online on-demand
Whole school approach to social, emotional & wellbeing learning in the early years and primary school classroom
This is an outstanding 3 hour accredited professional learning course which aims for participants to appreciate & analyse the importance of developing social and emotional learning skills in EYLF & K- Year 6 setting.
3 hours
Self-led, online on-demand
In-person or live virtual workshop
Helping kids feel resilient
We all want our children and students to feel resilient, but short of telling them to be resilient, do we actually know how to cultivate resilience in them? This course is for any educator or parent who is wanting to be authentic and practical in their approach to growing resilience.
1 hour
Self-led, online on-demand
It’s going to be ok – Puberty and Adolescence
Puberty and the path to adolescence is a time of enormous change in the brain. Known as a period of emotional storm and stress, of poor decision making and risky behaviour. On top of that, poor mental health starts to appear and the gender divide emerges, for every 3 cases of depression, 2 are young women. However, this is also a time of enormous learning potential
1 hour
Self-led, online on-demand
Engaging Character Strength Education
This 1-hour course is an exploration of how to create a positive classroom culture and increase resilience in your students via character strength education. We created this course to inspire educators to see the potential of strength spotting, quality children’s literature as well as the impact of stories and art.
1 hour
Self-led, online on-demand
Prioritising Staff Wellbeing
Teacher Wellbeing
The goal of this 2 hour professional development/learning course is for all school staff to discover, practice and hopefully be inspired to prioritise their own wellbeing. Using the latest research from the world of positive psychology, mindfulness and neuroscience we aim to keep the workshop engaging and playful.
2 hours
Self-led, online on-demand
In-person or live virtual workshop
Staff Resilience
The Teacher Resilience Course is an interactive and light hearted 2-hour workshop made with love and compassion by a teacher as a gift for you as a teacher. The workshop takes you through the latest research-based tools that are key components in building the resilience we all have within ourselves.
2 hours
Self-led, online on-demand
In-person or live virtual workshop
Staff Culture & Communication
Teachers (and administrators) who feel good about coming to work, have healthy relationships with their colleagues, communicate & collaborate in a clear and kind manner, and who feel good about the work they do, will be more effective employees. They will bring a higher level of energy into the classroom, and they will demonstrate greater resiliency when confronted with adversity.
2 hours
Self-led, online on-demand
In-person or live virtual workshop
Using our Program and Podcast
Advanced Implementation
This bespoke Implementation refresher is for schools that have been using Grow Your Mind for over a year and are looking for an easy way to onboard new staff, review the foundations of Grow Your Mind, get inspired and enjoy one on one consulting to get a clear direction for the year.
1.5 hours
Self-led, online on-demand
Implementing Grow Your Mind
This professional development course highlights how to embed + explicitly teach positive mental health strategies in the classroom and the school. We developed Grow Your Mind to make the life of a teacher easier when it comes to successfully teaching emotional wellbeing. This course explains how to make the most of our creations within the classroom and whole school environment.
1 hour
Self-led, online on-demand
Using the Grow Your Mind Podcast
This course walks school staff through the research and motivations behind each of the 14 FREE podcast episodes available to any person, anywhere in the world. Every episode is an offering to boost mental health, connection, and resilience. School staff will have opportunities to reflect on how this research applies to them personally + professionally.
1 hour
Self-led, online on-demand
Custom Workshops
Request a custom workshop
The highly-trained, professional delivery team are able to run in-person and virtual workshops, keynote speeches and events. Complete the form below and we will be in touch with more information!