Berry Street Education Model (BSEM)

Program description

The Berry Street Education Model (BSEM) aims to provide educators with knowledge and strategies to support the complex learning needs of all students.

BSEM acknowledges that every classroom contains some students who require a trauma-informed approach to build safety and connection and achieve their potential as learners.

BSEM offers a suite of professional development, consultation and mentoring opportunities for school leaders and teachers.

Intended outcomes

• Increased knowledge and use of trauma-informed practices.
• Increased knowledge about trauma.
• Increased knowledge of and ability to build, restore and maintain relationships.
• Positive changes in classroom practices.
• Increased ability to respond to the needs and strengths of all students.
• Improved teacher hopefulness to manage challenging behaviour.
• Improved classroom control.
• Greater teacher resilience, confidence and wellbeing.
• Higher student attendance.
• More positive classroom environment.

Program details

Implementation considerations

• Target population: Teachers, wellbeing staff, school leadership teams, and allied health professionals.
• Program adaptability: BSEM can be adapted to meet the contextually specific needs within local communities, in addition to the strategic aims of school leadership teams identified within each school's annual improvement and strategic plans. The program can be adapted for diverse cohorts including:
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
  • culturally and linguistically diverse students
  • students with a disability.
• Staffing: Schools do not need to backfill participating staff; however, schools will need to allocate pupil-free professional learning days.
• Training requirements: The program is delivered through a 4-day professional learning course, in-person when possible (or equivalent if blended with online delivery). Technology requirements involve visual projectors for presentations and sound.
• Factors to consider: There is no minimum number of participants required for schools to participate; however, in small schools (with less than 30 staff members) it is recommended to join with a neighbouring school to help meet travel costs for our training team and enable cost-effective delivery. No additional 'pre-work' is required by school leaders or staff. Training resource books are included in the price of foundation training. The program will be delivered by one facilitator unless there are more than 150 participants; in which case 2 facilitators will deliver the program.
• Australian context: The program has been developed and applied in Australia.

Cost

Minimum cost

$5,000+

Detailed cost

The cost of the 4-day BSEM Foundation Training program is dependent on the number of participants. All prices include GST.

• up to 20 participants: $15,300
• 21 to 30 participants: $18,540
• 31 to 40 participants: $20,070
• 41 to 60 participants: $464 per participant
• 61 to 80 participants: $419 per participant
• 81+ participants: $374 per participant.

This includes:

• 4 days (or 20 hours) professional learning
• training resource books (4) for all participating staff
• Alumni Resource Hub access for all participating staff
• ‘Getting Started’ webinar access for school leadership
• 3 x registrations to public (online) Implementation Masterclass.

The school may choose to purchase the following optional additions:

• Consultancy (post-foundation training):
  • full day/6 hours at $3,330
  • half day/3 hours at $1,710 or
  • $878 per hour.
• Whole-school workshop (post-foundation training):
  • full day/6 hours for up to 120 participants at $5,220
  • half day/3 hours for up to 120 participants at $2,610
  • one hour for up to 120 participants at $878.
• Public masterclasses (pos-foundation training):
  • full day/6 hours at $333 per participant
  • 2 day/12 hour Berry Street Educational Leadership masterclass at $1,116 per participant.
• Online catch up foundation course at $120 per participant, per day.

Other associated costs may include:

• resource book freight charge at $0.60 per book
• service charge for outer regional Victoria schools at $1,030 per return trip
• flights/care hire if required, charged at cost
• accommodation if the school is more than 2 hours’ drive from Melbourne CBD at cost
• additional facilitator, if requested, when workshops have less than 150 participants at $4,005 per program.