Be You has a range of Planning and Implementation Tools to help you get started, as well as a vast range of online mental health and wellbeing resources for sharing and learning with your community.
The Be You website has many detailed items to choose from. Be You Consultants are available at every step of your journey to help you choose the best tools and resources from the website for your learning community.
Laying the foundations for success
The first step of the Be You Implementation Process involves laying the foundations for success.
Here are some actions to assist in setting up your learning community for successful implementation of Be You. Choose one, or many, to get things started.
- Share the What is Be You? video with educators and families
- Display your Be You Statement of Commitment
- Encourage educators to register for an individual Be You account
- Book and attend a Be You Essentials event
- Watch out for your Be You Welcome Pack in the mail.
Here are some other actions you may wish to take either now, or a little further down the track:
- Establish collective leadership for Be You by forming an Action Team
- Read the Action Team Handbook
- Book a National Check-in to receive Be You Consultant support
- Start a Be You Action Plan
- Share a Be You Fact Sheet or news article with your learning community.
Identify your learning community’s needs
Planning for Be You can contribute to a learning community’s successful implementation over time.
It could also provide meaningful connections with your existing improvement plans. There are various tools that can help you identify priority areas based on existing strengths and areas for future focus.
You may like to conduct a self-assessment of where you are currently at with supporting a mentally healthy community. Useful tools available to Be You Action Team Leaders include:
Celebrate early successes
Every step getting Be You started at your service or school is significant – and is helping to improve mental health literacy.
Each time you reach a milestone acknowledge, consider and celebrate it and let your educators, families, children and young people know the steps you have taken to growing a mentally healthy community.
Next steps
To access the Planning and Implementation tools in this article your service or school must be registered as a Be You Learning Community.
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