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INTRODUCTION OF EI PULSE
Research into student wellbeing confirms the importance of early intervention to support students. As a College, we are always striving to improve our approach to student wellbeing. We are pleased to inform you that we have engaged with Educator Impact to rollout a new wellbeing tool, EI Pulse. EI Pulse is a system that lets schools collect data that is frequent, familiar and formative. It works by asking a small number of questions regularly so schools can quickly build and maintain an up-to-date picture of wellbeing and engagement. The purpose of the tool is to provide students with a safe and easy way to ask for help and to ensure that staff get a clearer understanding of how individual students are feeling so they know who needs their support. There is a strong correlation between wellbeing and educational achievement and EI Pulse will provide the College with deep insight into wellbeing data to improve the student experience.
Students access the tool, in the form of an app, via their laptop. They will be sent a prompt once a week to fill out a short survey, which will take an average time of 1 minute to complete. Participation is voluntary. The first question, which will be the same each week, is ‘How are you feeling today?’ The response to this will be the only one that is not anonymous, and if a student indicates they are not feeling great, their response will be sent to a member of the pastoral team, prompting the team member to check in with the student. There are then a further five questions, which will vary each week, being pulled from a bank of 130. Responses to these questions are anonymous and the data will be collated for staff at cohort, house and school level.
This information will provide staff real-time insight into the wellbeing of students and help identify school trends, plan interventions and assess College programs and initiatives to holistically support student wellbeing.
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Mr Cameran Triffett
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