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Join Teacher Coach Josh Vine and Art Therapist / Secondary Art Teacher Michelle Sparrow as they discuss how Art Therapy can be used in schools.  More and more students are needing an outlet to express how they are feeling in a safe space. With anxiety related issues rife amongst school students in these uncertain times, it is vital that schools look for ways to give students the opportunity to be heard and understood. In this episode Michelle Sparrow discusses how her Art Smart program is providing this chance for students in many schools.  She has seen firsthand the power of the Arts as therapy and she is keen to continue partnering with schools and students in the future. 

Join Teacher Coach Josh Vine and Gallup Strengths Coach Linda Lenord as they unpack how schools can begin and embed a strengths based culture in staff and students. There is great power in the Clifton Strengths finder and when the language of strength is embedded in a school this power is even greater. In a world where students are so regularly told what is wrong with them the Clifton Strengths Finder is a tool that changes this arrive for teachers and students towards what is right with them.  In this Episode Josh and Linda discuss how a strengths culture has changed the culture of their schools for the positive.