Practical tools. Real strategies. Immediate impact.
Join us for a high-impact professional development day with Michelle Mitchell, focused on the real-world challenges facing today’s educators—and the practical solutions that make a difference.
You’ll walk away with:
- Strategies for building trust and rapport with students—even the tricky ones
- Clear, compassionate ways to support students through friendship and social struggles
- Practical approaches for responding to students with emerging mental health needs
- Simple techniques to create a classroom culture of safety, respect, and inclusion
- Tips for giving feedback that builds self-esteem and emotional resilience
- Tools to strengthen your own boundaries and protect your wellbeing
This workshop goes beyond theory.
In today’s classrooms, supporting mental health isn’t an ‘extra’—it’s essential. And it starts with relationships.
Michelle Mitchell brings a wealth of experience working directly with young people. Her work highlights how attachment and relational safety influence behaviour, engagement, and learning outcomes—especially for students navigating social, emotional, or mental health challenges.
This full-day workshop is grounded in what works. Through reflection, conversation, and hands-on tools, you’ll explore how to strengthen relational intelligence in your everyday practice—while keeping your own wellbeing front of mind.
Whether you're in a primary or secondary setting, you'll leave with strategies you can implement straight away to create stronger connections, safer learning spaces, and more sustainable teaching.
EVENT SCHEDULE
8am – Registration
8:30am - Us, Our Students, and the Classrooms We Meet In
In this session we will explore the relational climate in our classrooms. You’ll gain practical strategies to build meaningful connections that enhance all student relationships and learning outcomes, as well as teacher job satisfaction and personal wellbeing. We also discover your origin story and how that impacts your unique teaching style.
10am – Morning Tea
10:30am - Guiding Principles of Friendships
This session will explore Michelle’s 12 guiding principles of friendships as they can be used in classrooms. These principles offer a framework that supports social resilience. The session will also delve into social development, belonging, power and popularity. These insights will give you the tools to create inclusive, compassionate classrooms.
12pm – Lunch
12:45pm – Supporting Student’s Mental Health
More than ever before, teachers are at the frontline of supporting student mental health. This session will give teachers practical tools to support resilience and poor mental health. We will cover specific language during moments of distress, tips for parent communication, and regulation strategies.
2:15pm – Afternoon tea
2:30pm - Self-Esteem Development and Framing Feedback
This session is designed to help you understand how self-esteem develops and what kids and teens need from us to support their growth. We will explore the role of feedback within education including its benefits and challenges.
3:30 – Event concludes
REGISTRATION FEES (per person)
General - $379
Group (4+) - $349 (Discounted conference registration when 4 or more attendees from the same school/organisation are registered and paid in the same booking)
Registration includes:
- 5.5 hours professional development
- Full catering - morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea
- Workshop resources
- Certificate of attendance
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Location
Q Events Melbourne
123 Queen St, Melbourne VIC 3000
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- Cancellations must be made in writing to admin@illumelearning.com.au.
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