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Moving Up - Steps For My High School Success

Life Business Consultancy

Moving Up is a strengths based coaching e-toolkit for educators aimed to empower students to alleviate common anxieties associated with transitioning to high school, by creating a personalised action plan that leverages their strengths, cultivates a positive mindset, and helps them set concrete steps to support an optimistic transition.

  • Online

Pricing: Paid

Origin: Developed in Australia for Australian schooling contexts

Affiliations: Australian Association of Social Workers

Product type: Program; Activity sheets; Student activities; Learning modules; Class lesson plans

Contact details

Life Business Consultancy
ABN: 45 405 365 029

https://www.coachingyoungpeopleforsuccess.com/about-moving-up/

https://www.coachingyoungpeopleforsuccess.com/contact-us

Focus areas

  • Positive relationships

  • Belonging and inclusion

  • Mental health literacy and life skills

  • Resilience and optimism

Curriculum alignment

  • Health and PE

Prospective users

Audience: Whole class universal (Tier 1)

Communities: Diverse cultures or language groups

Context: School or centre-based, Outside School Hours Care (OSHC), E-schools

Main beneficiaries: Year 6

Delivery style: Classroom teacher is trained

Aims & approach

Moving from primary to secondary school is a pivotal transition point in a students life and needs to be positively managed to ensure psychological safety and emotional wellbeing for a smooth transition. Moving Up supports schools to deliver evidence based curriculum over 3-5 hours. The aim is to support Year 6 students to design a personal transition plan that includes how they will:

  • Make new friends in Year 7
  • Build their confidence
  • Connect to their strengths
  • Set inspiring goals
  • Become more independent and organised
  • Adjust to new routines
  • Manage their time and schoolwork
  • Become involved, have fun and thrive!

Immediate access to the leader e-toolkit includes: Access to Online Leader Training videos, Student Workbook (PDF), Leaders Manual and Slideshow Gallery, 3 coaching e-card sets, CYPFS Moving Up Leader Accreditation Certificate, and ongoing updates through the monthly Newsletter.

The pathway plans provide students with a clear focus and can be shared with parents, Year 7 coordinators, mentors and case managers for additional support to fast-track behaviour change.

Implementation support

  • Access to professional facilitator, instructor or mentor
  • Implementation training webinars or modules
  • Ongoing helpdesk, email or phone support

Evidence

Moving up is structured around a two-stage coaching approach. It follows our signature five step P.O.W.E.R Coaching Model and The GOAL Coaching Conversation, which incorporates strategies from positive psychology, evidence based coaching, emotional intelligence and hope theory that are proven to enhance motivation, wellbeing and performance by promoting goal striving in students.

This simple yet powerful coaching framework ensures the coach stays on track and structures all their ongoing conversations to maximise change, learning and action. Designed to help educators lead impactful, future-focused discussions that keep young people motivated as they strive toward their goals. The program has received positive feedback by participants.