Mentally Healthy Communities

Understanding the concepts of mental health and wellbeing in children and young people is key to your engagement with the Be You Professional Learning. We all have mental health, no matter our developmental stage – including for you as an adult.

Your position along a continuum of mental health will be influenced by a range of risk and protective factors, and environmental influences. In particular, mental health and wellbeing is most likely to occur in an inclusive environment, where people have supportive relationships with each other.

Accreditation and endorsement 

Modules within this Be You domain meet the requirements for teacher-identified professional learning across all states and territories. Each module is aligned to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers and contributes to one (1) hour of professional learning. At the completion of each module, a certificate will be awarded.

All registered teachers in every state and territory must ensure they have added their teacher registration number and state/territory to the My Profile page.

In the ACT, each module within this domain will also contribute to one (1) hour of ACT Teacher Quality Institute (TQI)-accredited professional learning addressing Standard 4.2.2 Maintain Student Safety of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. TQI-registered teachers must add their registration number and state/territory to the My Profile page to ensure that completed professional learning is recognised with TQI. TQI will be notified weekly of all completed professional learning.

In NSW, each module within this domain will also contribute to one (1) hour of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Registered PD addressing standard descriptor 6.2.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW. NESA-registered teachers must add their registration number and state/territory to the My Profile page to ensure that completed professional learning is recognised with NESA. NESA will be notified monthly of all completed professional learning.