Pre-service educators
Everything you need to know about getting started with Be You if you’re currently studying to become an educator.
As a future educator, you want to feel prepared, supported, confident and welcomed into a profession that values mental health and wellbeing.
Be You helps you begin that journey now by building the knowledge and skills to enter a classroom or early childhood education setting with confidence. With Be You, you’ll build the skills to recognise, respond to and support mental health and wellbeing as you navigate placements, study and the transition into professional practice.
Why Be You is for pre-service educators
Joining Be You as a pre-service educator helps you:
- strengthen your understanding of mental health and wellbeing in education
- develop inclusive, supportive practices
- promote positive mental health in children and young people
- support your own wellbeing as a student and future educator before you step into education roles.
Benefits of joining while you’re studying
Joining Be You while you’re studying means you’re not just preparing for a job – you’re building the foundations for a career that values mental health and wellbeing.
With Be You, you can:
- enhance your studies by preparing for real-world practice and future roles
- build a shared language and understanding of mental health and wellbeing to support meaningful conversations with colleagues or mentors
- access free professional learning and learn at your own pace – choose your starting point and select the modules that matter most to you
- keep your account throughout your career, for ongoing access to tools, professional learning modules and certificates of completion.
Pre-service Educators Handbook
Your step-by-step guide to getting started with Be You.
The Pre-Service Educators Handbook provides an overview of:
- how Be You can support your studies, placement and future career
- Be You Professional Learning and resources
- how to get started.
Be You Pre-service Educators Handbook (2.3 MB, PDF)
What happens next?
Once you've registered, you can start exploring straight away and move at your own pace.
- Access free Professional Learning and track your progress
- Bookmark and save tools and resources
- Build your understanding of mental health in education
- Use Be You’s tools and resources to support your wellbeing and learning
Explore Be You
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Courses
Build your knowledge, skills and confidence in mental health and wellbeing topics relating to children and young people.
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Resources
Be You tools and guides can support you in promoting a shared approach to mental health and wellbeing, creating inclusive learning environments and planning for critical incidents.
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Wellbeing toolkits
Practical wellbeing tools and resources to support you, your colleagues and the children and young people in your care.
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Be You Consultants
Expert support to help your service or school make a sustainable, whole learning community approach to change.
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Implementation tools
Resources to help you plan and implement mental health and wellbeing practices in your learning community.
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Fact Sheets
Be You Fact Sheets help you explore and gain knowledge on mental health and wellbeing topics, and to share information and ideas with your learning community.
Start your journey with Be You today
Access free evidence-based tailored tools, professional learning, and support to create a mentally healthy learning community.