SAGAR at Vincentia High School
Objective
Support students’ socio-emotional needs including increase self-determination, agency and academic engagement, and decrease anxiety levels.
Measure of success
Improved student learning and wellbeing and teacher confidence and self-efficacy.
Measures include
Students
Anxiety levels
Self-determination
Self awareness
Social skills
Teachers
Self-determination knowledge and opportunity
Teacher rating scale of student engagement
Teacher self-efficacy
Partners
Partner school: Vincentia High School
External partner: Dr Amanda Webster, University of Wollongong
Overview
This Disability Strategy initiative uses a multi-tiered approach to support secondary students with additional mental health and socioemotional needs. It trials a self-assessment, goal setting, action planning and reflection (SAGAR) process that has an emerging evidence base for improving student wellbeing.
It also aims to increase the effectiveness of teachers supporting students’ socioemotional needs. It involves students in social emotional learning classes in Years 7 and 8 and 10 teachers.