Brighton Beach, Visit Brighton, photo by David Matthews.
Bryndís Jóna Jónsdóttir
Flourishing educators, flourishing education – the importance of educators’ occupational well-being.
Awareness is growing around the critical role of educators' health and well-being in effective teaching. Research highlights increasing stress, burnout, and declining mental health and increased turnover in the profession, making teaching a particularly demanding field.
As education systems evolve, teachers are essential in promoting both academic and social-emotional skills. Recognized as key change agents, supporting their well-being and professional growth is vital for the future of education.
In this presentation we will explore educators' occupational well-being from a broad perspective and discuss recent Icelandic research on the potential long-term effects of mindfulness training on educators' stress, self-efficacy, self-compassion, and social-emotional skills within a whole-school approach.
Bryndís Jóna Jónsdóttir is an adjunct at the University of Iceland’s School of Education. She completed her B.Ed. at UI’s School of Education in 1998 and an MA in School and Career Counselling in 2009, followed by an MA diploma in positive psychology in 2015. Now a doctoral student at the School of Education, her research focuses on the occupational well-being of educators, emphasizing health promotion, mindfulness, social and emotional skills, and school development. With over 25 years of experience, Bryndís Jóna has worked extensively in teaching, school management, and development at various educational levels.
Flourishing educators, flourishing education – the importance of educators’ occupational well-being.
Awareness is growing around the critical role of educators' health and well-being in effective teaching. Research highlights increasing stress, burnout, and declining mental health and increased turnover in the profession, making teaching a particularly demanding field.
As education systems evolve, teachers are essential in promoting both academic and social-emotional skills. Recognized as key change agents, supporting their well-being and professional growth is vital for the future of education.
In this presentation we will explore educators' occupational well-being from a broad perspective and discuss recent Icelandic research on the potential long-term effects of mindfulness training on educators' stress, self-efficacy, self-compassion, and social-emotional skills within a whole-school approach.
Bryndís Jóna Jónsdóttir is an adjunct at the University of Iceland’s School of Education. She completed her B.Ed. at UI’s School of Education in 1998 and an MA in School and Career Counselling in 2009, followed by an MA diploma in positive psychology in 2015. Now a doctoral student at the School of Education, her research focuses on the occupational well-being of educators, emphasizing health promotion, mindfulness, social and emotional skills, and school development. With over 25 years of experience, Bryndís Jóna has worked extensively in teaching, school management, and development at various educational levels.
Dr Diane Bell
Wellbeing and Healthcare: How (and Why) to Train Your Doctor.
Looking back along my career, I’ve learned this: healthcare professionals are excellent at treating diseases but often need a little “extra training” to focus on you. This session aims to explore why healthcare isn’t always about health, and what you can do to nudge your doctor into prioritising your wellbeing, bringing benefits not only to you, but also ultimately to the wider population and healthcare system. Combining practical tools, global insights, and a few personal experiences, I’ll discuss why healthcare has to re-find its way towards wellbeing, and how you can help: appealing to doctors’ love of data, and communicating what matters most to you in ways a doctor can hear. Whether you’re an active educator or enjoying retirement, this talk will explain why healthcare can sometimes feel like a battleground and help you advocate for the care you deserve – because even doctors can learn a thing or two from great teachers.
Dr Diane Bell. MA (Cantab) MB BS MSc FFPH. Director, Embear Ltd. Public Health Consultant & former NHS executive director. Harkness Fellow in Healthcare Policy & Practice. https://uk.linkedin.com/in/drdianebell
Diane’s career path has taken her into many healthcare roles and across the world. After training as a physician and working in hospital medicine for several years, she moved into public health, where her interest for strategy and applied health policy flourished. As a Primary Care Trust director of strategy, she embedded population health as the starting premise for her team’s approach to commissioning healthcare services, the results of which fuelled her passion for value-based care: using outcomes that matter to drive clinical improvements and make best use of the resources available. In her year spent in the US as a Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow in Healthcare Policy & Practice, Diane studied the impact of value-based care on front line clinicians in three different healthcare systems across southern California and New York, describing the impact of incentives and strong clinical leadership on front line culture and behaviours.
On her return to the NHS, Diane used her experience and knowledge to design and deliver a pioneering outcomes-based contract for musculoskeletal care. She then applied similar outcomes-based approaches to other disease conditions, before moving into consultancy, helping others across England and internationally adopt and adapt the techniques to catalyse healthcare that delivers improved outcomes for patients. With decades of experience, Diane has worked with national and local policy makers, clinicians, payers, and patients to inform, advise, train, support and nurture – all with the central tenet that healthcare is simply one route to improving health and wellbeing.
Wellbeing and Healthcare: How (and Why) to Train Your Doctor.
Looking back along my career, I’ve learned this: healthcare professionals are excellent at treating diseases but often need a little “extra training” to focus on you. This session aims to explore why healthcare isn’t always about health, and what you can do to nudge your doctor into prioritising your wellbeing, bringing benefits not only to you, but also ultimately to the wider population and healthcare system. Combining practical tools, global insights, and a few personal experiences, I’ll discuss why healthcare has to re-find its way towards wellbeing, and how you can help: appealing to doctors’ love of data, and communicating what matters most to you in ways a doctor can hear. Whether you’re an active educator or enjoying retirement, this talk will explain why healthcare can sometimes feel like a battleground and help you advocate for the care you deserve – because even doctors can learn a thing or two from great teachers.
Dr Diane Bell. MA (Cantab) MB BS MSc FFPH. Director, Embear Ltd. Public Health Consultant & former NHS executive director. Harkness Fellow in Healthcare Policy & Practice. https://uk.linkedin.com/in/drdianebell
Diane’s career path has taken her into many healthcare roles and across the world. After training as a physician and working in hospital medicine for several years, she moved into public health, where her interest for strategy and applied health policy flourished. As a Primary Care Trust director of strategy, she embedded population health as the starting premise for her team’s approach to commissioning healthcare services, the results of which fuelled her passion for value-based care: using outcomes that matter to drive clinical improvements and make best use of the resources available. In her year spent in the US as a Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow in Healthcare Policy & Practice, Diane studied the impact of value-based care on front line clinicians in three different healthcare systems across southern California and New York, describing the impact of incentives and strong clinical leadership on front line culture and behaviours.
On her return to the NHS, Diane used her experience and knowledge to design and deliver a pioneering outcomes-based contract for musculoskeletal care. She then applied similar outcomes-based approaches to other disease conditions, before moving into consultancy, helping others across England and internationally adopt and adapt the techniques to catalyse healthcare that delivers improved outcomes for patients. With decades of experience, Diane has worked with national and local policy makers, clinicians, payers, and patients to inform, advise, train, support and nurture – all with the central tenet that healthcare is simply one route to improving health and wellbeing.
Louise Evans - Winner of the Global Woman Leadership award in London.
Louise’s mission is to divulge the message of The 5 Chairs to individuals, teams and organizations across the world to re-awaken the fundamental Human Factors which are common to us all and are vital for our happiness, success and survival.
Louise is a humanist motivated by a profound desire to help people become the highest version of themselves in environments permeated by mutual respect. Her passion is to work with the human side of organizations.
She has developed her own powerful and transformative model for successful living and leading called ‘The 5 Chairs’, often described as ‘life-changing’. Her mission is to bring it to as many people as possible in organizations and communities across the world.
Having travelled to seventy-five countries and lived in three different cultures, Louise brings multiple perspectives to help people connect across their differences. She believes deeply in people’s ability to grow and transform and loves working with people who want to learn, grow and evolve, who have the courage to look at themselves in the mirror and change and who want the best possible life for themselves and others both at work and at home.
Louise heads up her own training and development organization ‘The 5 Chairs’ based in Florence, Italy, offering learning and coaching solutions, both virtually and in presence, to all levels of hierarchy in medium-sized and multinational organizations. The 5 Chairs specializes in behavioural development across all types of cultural diversity accelerating inclusive practices for effective integration
FOUNDER & CEO @The5Chairs
Transformational Coach, Leadership Trainer, Behavioral Changer, Long-term Entrepreneur Author & TEDx Keynote Speaker. English born. Living in Florence, Italy
Book by Louise Evans: ‘5 Chairs 5 Choices’ – Own your behaviors, master your communication, determine your success – 2016
Website: www.the5chairs.com TEDx talk: https://youtu.be/4BZuWrdC-9Q
Louise’s mission is to divulge the message of The 5 Chairs to individuals, teams and organizations across the world to re-awaken the fundamental Human Factors which are common to us all and are vital for our happiness, success and survival.
Louise is a humanist motivated by a profound desire to help people become the highest version of themselves in environments permeated by mutual respect. Her passion is to work with the human side of organizations.
She has developed her own powerful and transformative model for successful living and leading called ‘The 5 Chairs’, often described as ‘life-changing’. Her mission is to bring it to as many people as possible in organizations and communities across the world.
Having travelled to seventy-five countries and lived in three different cultures, Louise brings multiple perspectives to help people connect across their differences. She believes deeply in people’s ability to grow and transform and loves working with people who want to learn, grow and evolve, who have the courage to look at themselves in the mirror and change and who want the best possible life for themselves and others both at work and at home.
Louise heads up her own training and development organization ‘The 5 Chairs’ based in Florence, Italy, offering learning and coaching solutions, both virtually and in presence, to all levels of hierarchy in medium-sized and multinational organizations. The 5 Chairs specializes in behavioural development across all types of cultural diversity accelerating inclusive practices for effective integration
FOUNDER & CEO @The5Chairs
Transformational Coach, Leadership Trainer, Behavioral Changer, Long-term Entrepreneur Author & TEDx Keynote Speaker. English born. Living in Florence, Italy
Book by Louise Evans: ‘5 Chairs 5 Choices’ – Own your behaviors, master your communication, determine your success – 2016
Website: www.the5chairs.com TEDx talk: https://youtu.be/4BZuWrdC-9Q
Jenni Korte
Are we the creators of happiness or unhappiness in school?
Finland has been chosen as the happiest country in the world seven times in a row! Does the secret lie in the well-being of teachers and students? What can we do to add well-being at school? What is the future of education in Finland and elsewhere in the world?
Jenni Korte is a Finnish entrepreneurship teacher, who is currently writing a book about the differences between the Finnish and Japanese school systems in addition to her work as a teacher. She has won many awards and most recently her students were awarded as the best student company in Finland, which represented Finland in the EC competitions in Italy. She has developed and teaches many acclaimed courses in High School that she made herself, which emphasize the discovery of students' strengths and the experiences of success.
She boldly takes a stand on current issues in the school world also on social media and tries in many ways to promote change, where all schools in the world would become a better place for students and teachers.
Entrepreneurship teacher, Etu-Töölö Upper Secondary School, Neuropsychiatric coach, Master of Theology, University of Helsinki.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenni-korte-b7b48a110/
Are we the creators of happiness or unhappiness in school?
Finland has been chosen as the happiest country in the world seven times in a row! Does the secret lie in the well-being of teachers and students? What can we do to add well-being at school? What is the future of education in Finland and elsewhere in the world?
Jenni Korte is a Finnish entrepreneurship teacher, who is currently writing a book about the differences between the Finnish and Japanese school systems in addition to her work as a teacher. She has won many awards and most recently her students were awarded as the best student company in Finland, which represented Finland in the EC competitions in Italy. She has developed and teaches many acclaimed courses in High School that she made herself, which emphasize the discovery of students' strengths and the experiences of success.
She boldly takes a stand on current issues in the school world also on social media and tries in many ways to promote change, where all schools in the world would become a better place for students and teachers.
Entrepreneurship teacher, Etu-Töölö Upper Secondary School, Neuropsychiatric coach, Master of Theology, University of Helsinki.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenni-korte-b7b48a110/
Jacqueline van Meeteren
How we women keep up the good work in health and well-being? Which help is there around us? Can Artificial Intelligence - AI - give us some relief? We are going to have a look into this matter together. What are the good sides, but also what are the possible bad sides of AI? Will it bring us more well-being!
Already over 25 years a teacher in vocational education. Before working in education, I started in the sales / marketing business opportunities as a sales manager and account manager.
Educated in Marketing & Communication and English, I changed to education to combine my previous work and to care for my two children, as a divorced woman.
That's why our theme on this DKG conference 'education and well-being’ is important. We women, most of the time, have to put in more effort to work, to raise kids, to manage a household and next to that have a personal life.
How we women keep up the good work in health and well-being? Which help is there around us? Can Artificial Intelligence - AI - give us some relief? We are going to have a look into this matter together. What are the good sides, but also what are the possible bad sides of AI? Will it bring us more well-being!
Already over 25 years a teacher in vocational education. Before working in education, I started in the sales / marketing business opportunities as a sales manager and account manager.
Educated in Marketing & Communication and English, I changed to education to combine my previous work and to care for my two children, as a divorced woman.
That's why our theme on this DKG conference 'education and well-being’ is important. We women, most of the time, have to put in more effort to work, to raise kids, to manage a household and next to that have a personal life.
We are delighted to have two other main speakers
Mia Brady
The importance of kindness to wellbeing in higher education, both for students and staff.
Drawing on data from the Kindness Test, and other existing research, Mia's talk will explore the importance of kindness to wellbeing in higher education, both for students and staff. Mia will discuss some of the simple ways that kindness can be implemented in higher education, using examples from international research. Mia will also speak to the work of the University Mental Health Charter, which recently celebrated its 5-year anniversary, and the value of compassionate communication in supporting student and staff wellbeing.
Mia currently works as a Student Experience Coordinator at the University of Sussex, supporting the wellbeing of students in the School of Psychology. Mia completed her Master's dissertation in 2023, under the supervision of Dr Gillian Sandstrom (Senior Lecturer in the Psychology of Kindness and Director of the Sussex Centre for Research on Kindness), and has plans to complete her PhD under Dr Sandstrom's supervision in the near future. Mia has worked extensively with the charity Student Minds, most recently in her capacity as an Award Assessor for the University Mental Health Charter. Mia is also a member of the Higher Education Mental Health Implementation Taskforce for the Department for Education, where she uses her lived experience to advise on new and current initiatives to support student mental health and adoption of best practice.
The importance of kindness to wellbeing in higher education, both for students and staff.
Drawing on data from the Kindness Test, and other existing research, Mia's talk will explore the importance of kindness to wellbeing in higher education, both for students and staff. Mia will discuss some of the simple ways that kindness can be implemented in higher education, using examples from international research. Mia will also speak to the work of the University Mental Health Charter, which recently celebrated its 5-year anniversary, and the value of compassionate communication in supporting student and staff wellbeing.
Mia currently works as a Student Experience Coordinator at the University of Sussex, supporting the wellbeing of students in the School of Psychology. Mia completed her Master's dissertation in 2023, under the supervision of Dr Gillian Sandstrom (Senior Lecturer in the Psychology of Kindness and Director of the Sussex Centre for Research on Kindness), and has plans to complete her PhD under Dr Sandstrom's supervision in the near future. Mia has worked extensively with the charity Student Minds, most recently in her capacity as an Award Assessor for the University Mental Health Charter. Mia is also a member of the Higher Education Mental Health Implementation Taskforce for the Department for Education, where she uses her lived experience to advise on new and current initiatives to support student mental health and adoption of best practice.
Kemi Omijeh
Drama Therapy - 'Talking Heads' .
The underpinning of Kemi's work is to help individuals & organisations to think critically about identity and creating inclusive and equitable spaces for their community. Through her supervision work with Talking Heads, Kemi works on a one to one basis with school leaders to create a reflective thinking space that prioritises their mental health, which in turn has an impact on their professional practice and the school community. When leaders have space to pause & reflect on practice, they lead with intent and create safe spaces for their organisation.
Kemi Omijeh is an experienced psychotherapist and clinical supervisor with extensive and robust school-based experience, having worked therapeutically with children and young people for over 14years. Kemi is a former primary school teacher and school senior leader with experience developing a whole school wellbeing policies and practices.
As well as being a consultant and trainer, Kemi currently works as a Talking Heads Associate supervisor facilitating supervision for school leaders across the country. Kemi’s work focuses on inclusive mental health. Through her role as a TH supervisor, she works closely with school leaders to create a supportive space for them to reflect on developing their practice and having a deeper understanding of how their own intersectional identity interacts with others and within the workplace.
Drama Therapy - 'Talking Heads' .
The underpinning of Kemi's work is to help individuals & organisations to think critically about identity and creating inclusive and equitable spaces for their community. Through her supervision work with Talking Heads, Kemi works on a one to one basis with school leaders to create a reflective thinking space that prioritises their mental health, which in turn has an impact on their professional practice and the school community. When leaders have space to pause & reflect on practice, they lead with intent and create safe spaces for their organisation.
Kemi Omijeh is an experienced psychotherapist and clinical supervisor with extensive and robust school-based experience, having worked therapeutically with children and young people for over 14years. Kemi is a former primary school teacher and school senior leader with experience developing a whole school wellbeing policies and practices.
As well as being a consultant and trainer, Kemi currently works as a Talking Heads Associate supervisor facilitating supervision for school leaders across the country. Kemi’s work focuses on inclusive mental health. Through her role as a TH supervisor, she works closely with school leaders to create a supportive space for them to reflect on developing their practice and having a deeper understanding of how their own intersectional identity interacts with others and within the workplace.
