Training & Events

Students need to learn the 3R's, but that is not sufficient. Academics should be the floor, not the ceiling of our aspirations. We must go beyond academics and develop students' social-emotional learning (SEL), in order to prepare them for a world in which the only constant is change. To do this, we must use a school's culture to develop students' Formative Five: empathy, self-control, integrity, embracing diversity, and grit. In this session, we will learn about the Formative Five success skills and how culture can be used to teach SEL.

Learning Outcomes:
• Will learn the value of SEL
• Will learn the Formative Five Success Skills
• Will come away with - learn and develop - ideas and strategies to implement SEL

Youth. Migrant workers. Elderly. Neurodiverse people. Ex-offenders. Underprivileged Families. The pandemic has drastically impacted many vulnerable and marginalised groups. How can we support these groups, and what does happiness look like in different perspectives?

From 19 - 28 March, we will be featuring six international films, each paired with a local short film and followed by a dialogue with community leaders working on the ground.

What does it take for Sustainability to move beyond a "buzz-word" into concrete, tangible educational outcomes? How do schools participate in the sustainability movement without exhausting their resources and tiring teachers out?

Join us in a free webinar by Jaimie Cloud, a global educator and pioneer in the field of Education for Sustainability. Over the past 25 years, Jaimie has consulted, advised and coached schools, governments and civic organisations around the world on how to educate for sustainability.

Positive Psychology Coaching combines the best of the science of well-being with the power of coaching techniques, to enable educators & youth workers to effectively support students/youth overcome their challenges and achieve greater well-being.

Join us in this online workshop, where we will introduce Positive Psychology Coaching in Education, specifically in the context of student development, as well as social and emotional learning (SEL).

This sharing session follows the recent publication of a local evidence synthesis on 21st century competencies (21CCs). For the purposes of this session, 21CCs are regarded as important learning outcomes that can prepare and equip students with what is necessary to navigate and do well in the increasingly digital, volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) present and future. Drawing from 119 Singapore-based studies, the session features key insights for characterizing and developing 21CCs. These insights cover three themes: teacher dispositions, lesson design and whole-school approaches. The session will conclude with the sharing of recommendations to enrich research, policy and practice concerning the teaching and learning of 21CCs.