1. Kooloobong Village: Positive Education for the Tertiary Sector
A/Prof Lindsay G. Oades
Centre for Positive Psychology, MGSE
University of Melbourne

2. Consultancy started back here

3. within a positive institution.
Overview
AIM: To provide a rich organisational case study to understand the application of positive psychology and positive education
within a positive institution.
Introduction to Kooloobong Village (KBV)
The idea of a “positive residence”
The “five enablers” underpinning the Live Out Loud Program
The evaluation process

4. KBV is a 553-bed student residential community located on the main campus of University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia. After undergoing an expansion from 200 beds in 2013, the name ‘Kooloobong Village’ was adopted and a commitment made to run the facility as a “positive residence”. A further 350 bed expansion is being planned. Resident student leaders are employed to assist other student residents. High levels of student involvement in operations Over 30 nations represented

5. A sense of student living

6. Positive Organisation
Positive Residence
Positive Psychology
Positive Organisation
Positive Education

7. Key influences What is Positive Education? (Learning Well)
Positive Education is the development of educational environments that enable the learner to engage in established curricula in addition to knowledge and skills to develop their own and others' wellbeing.
What is a Positive Organisation? (Managing Well)
A Positive Organisation is one who's leadership and management seek to enhance the use of strengths, positive communication, positive emotions and positive relationships of all those associated with the organisation. Positive institutions facilitate the development and display of positive traits, which in turn facilitate positive subjective experience (Stansbury & Soneshein, 2012).
What is Positive Psychology? (Being Well)
Positive psychology is the science of optimal human functioning. It seeks to examine what is right rather than what is wrong. The applications of this science seek to improve people's wellbeing, both feeling good and functioning well.

8. The “Live Out Loud”
Program
Kookaburra as the
Patron bird
Kookaburra podium

11. “To provide an integrated framework to promote wellbeing in multiple contexts, based on evidence”. The Wheel of Wellbeing Body Mind Spirit People Place Planet

13. Wheel of Wellbeing
Tree banding
Implicit and Explicit

16. “To create a growth based coaching culture”
Training in coaching at KBV
Cascade model- i.e. Managers and student leaders trained in coaching, with view to ultimately develop a “coaching culture”
Principles of Positive Psychology Coaching and Strengths Coaching
Training includes
Boundaries and the fundamental perspectives of coaching
Listening skills and questioning skills
GROW
Roles of Reflection in Coaching:
For the coachee
For the coach
Supervision / Problem Solving
Positive Psychology and Coaching
Kooloobong Village Context – Challenges for Coaching
Intercultural Context

18. “To provide wellbeing promoting social activities”
Adapted to develop
Wellbeing Effectiveness Indicator Questionnaire
for all activity planning

20. “To enable all to use and spot strengths”

21. Know, Use and Spot Strengths in Others
Having a positive view of oneself (& others) is a cornerstone of wellbeing
The identification and use of strengths is one way to cultivate this (in oneself & others)
Residential life offers a unique opportunity to enhance strengths (e.g. via “strengths spotting” exercises)
KBV offers all new residents the opportunity to complete the Realise2 and be debriefed by an accredited practitioner
Strengths spotting is built into the student leader and resident activities
All student leader applicants complete a Realise2 as part of their application and discuss it during interview
Interpretation of university discipline protocols are done within a strengths framework

23. BeIntent “To enable people to regulate themselves”
Piloted for tertiary sector and smartphone use at KBV
“Assisted self regulation”

24. International Advisory Committee
International Program Advisory Team
Dr Afroze Anjum (Canada) - visited 2013
Tony Coggins (UK) - visited January February 2015.
Dr Aaron Jarden (NZ) - to visit 2015
Ms Sue Langley (Aus)- visited November 2013.
Dr Christopher Niemiec (USA) – visited March June 2014
Dr Christian van Nieuwerburgh (UK) - visited 2013
Dr Tayyab Rashid (Canada) - visited 2013
Dr Steve Zollezzi (Australia) - visited 2013

25. KBV program logic
A program logic sets out what a project will do and how it will do it
For KBV this is akin to the residence’s theory of change
Organised around the goal of creating “a comprehensive and sustainable program which promotes and enables lifelong wellbeing for all people connected to KBV”
Considers inputs, outputs (activities & participants), & desired outcomes (across 3 years)

27. What is the most significant personal change that has happened for you while at KBV?

29. For Further Information on KBV details
Forthcoming Publication
Oades, L.G. & Spence, G.B. (in press).
Kooloobong Village: Positive Tertiary Education.
In Slade M, Oades L, Jarden A (eds) Wellbeing, recovery and mental health, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
For Further Information on KBV details
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