Perth College has a 113-year history of educating remarkable women. It is one of the oldest independent girls’ schools in Western Australia and prepares young women to think creatively, embrace personal excellence, live generously and lead.
The School’s self-leadership programme, InsideOut, equips students for success in study, career and life in general. Launched in 2012, it is based on a positive psychology model, is tailor-made for each year group, and prepares girls to face an increasingly complex world with confidence, courage and resilience.
This presentation shares many of the positive interventions for staff and students across several year levels between Kindergarten and Year 12. It includes the programme’s successes as well as what has been learned from mistakes and the subsequent changes that have been implemented. The presentation also focuses on InsideOut’s significant research findings.
InsideOut utilises the latest science from positive psychology to equip future female leaders with simple and tested actions that can be used to reduce stress and anxiety, cultivate a lasting sense of wellbeing and happiness, and allow young women to apply their strengths and flourish into the best version of themselves.