It’s The Foundation Of A Functioning School
Your strategic plan depends on your people. We help Principals move beyond compliance paperwork to build the capacity, culture, and systems required to sustain high performance.
Most schools have a clear plan for student achievement. But the Human Infrastructure required to deliver that plan are often creaking under the weight of complex behaviours and silent expectations.
Burnout doesn't happen because teachers stop caring. It happens because they care too much without the right tools to sustain themselves.
We Don't Just 'Fix' Burnout. We Fix The System That Causes It.
We partner with schools to close the gap between Policy (what you say) and Practice (what is actually lived in the staffroom).
A Whole-School Approach to Wellbeing
Targeted strategies to strengthen the Classroom, the Parent Community, and the Staffroom.
Giving Staff the Tools to Stay Regulated
Teachers are facing complex emotional behaviours that drain their energy. We use the clinical framework of Tuning in to Students® to install Internal Regulation Tools—the emotional armour required for the role. We move beyond behaviour management to relational mastery.
The Result: Staff who feel competent, protected, and capable.
Aligning the Home Front
When parents and teachers speak a different emotional language, friction occurs. We train your parent community in Tuning in to Kids®, creating a shared 'Regulation Toolkit' that lowers the temperature for your staff. We align the home script with the school script.
The Result: Parents become partners in the process, not consumers of the product.
Unifying the Decision Makers
Great culture starts at the top. We use the iEQ9 Enneagram and systems coaching to help Executive Teams navigate their own dynamics. We don't do 'audits'—we do Dynamic Diagnostics. We help leaders understand their own 'Internal Supervisors' so they can lead with clarity rather than reactivity.
The Result: A cohesive leadership front that models the safety you want to see in the staffroom.
You Cannot Build a Safe School With Paperwork Alone.
Many schools are 'Data Rich' but 'Insight Poor.' You have the surveys, but you need the roadmap. We partner with Boards and Principals to turn that data into a living plan.
The Approach:
Diagnostic Phase: We look at your human data to identify the 'Implementation Gap'—the distance between your vision and the staff's lived experience.
Framework Design: We co-design the protocols and 'Rules of Engagement' that protect staff time and energy.
Capacity Building: We upskill your people—from the ELC to the Boardroom—giving them the shared language to manage psychosocial risk.
Founder & Principal Strategist
'You cannot build an effective strategy without supporting the humans who deliver it.'
I believe that the heart of a thriving school is the wellbeing of its adults.
Drawing on my Master of Human Development (UBC) and background as a Senior Trainer at Geelong Grammar’s Institute of Positive Education, I don't just 'facilitate workshops.' I help schools build the systems that make wellbeing sustainable.
I founded ThriveWise to bridge a critical gap: Most schools have a Strategic Plan for their students, but they lack the Human Support Framework for their staff. My work partners with School Leaders to build the internal capacity to handle the external pressure.
"Jen is an engaging and knowledgeable facilitator. I really appreciated the work she invested in learning about our unique context... The workshops were the perfect way to begin the term, promoting enthusiasm, curiosity and cohesion for our team."
You don't need to have the full solution figured out yet. Let’s have a conversation about where your school is feeling the pressure — whether it's staff burnout, parent friction, or leadership dynamics — and how we can lift the load.