Bridging the gap between Regulatory Compliance & Human Capacity.
Your staff are your school's most valuable asset, but the 'Relational Recession' is taking its toll. We help Principals meet evolving Safety Standards — not by adding to the to-do list, but by building the Relational Infrastructure required to sustain the vocation of teaching.
Most schools have a clear strategy for student achievement. But the Human Infrastructure required to deliver that strategy is often creaking under the weight of complex behaviours, parent expectations, and compliance demands.
When the Adult Culture is fractured, Student Learning & Wellbeing suffer.
We partner with schools to close the gap between Regulatory Compliance (Policy) and Staff Reality (Practice).
A Whole-School System for Psychosocial Safety
Targeted interventions to secure the Classroom, the Parent Community, and the Staffroom.
The Classroom
Teachers are facing complex emotional behaviours that drain their energy. We use the clinical framework of 'Tuning in to Students®' to give them the micro-skills to co-regulate student dysregulation. We install 'Cognitive PPE' — Tier 1 regulation skills to protect staff energy.
The Result: A safer learning environment and teachers who feel competent and supported.
The parent community
When parents and teachers speak a different emotional language, friction occurs. We train your parent community in 'Tuning in to Kids®', creating a shared toolkit of regulation that supports the child and lowers the temperature for your staff. We align the 'Home Script' with the School, reducing the administrative load on leadership.
The Result: Parents become partners in regulation, not adversaries.
The staffroom
Great culture starts at the top. We use the iEQ9 Enneagram to help Executive Teams navigate their dynamics. We perform a Forensic Conflict Audit to align leadership styles and decision-making. We turn friction into understanding, ensuring your leaders have the psychological safety required to lead a complex school.
The Result: Faster decision-making and a unified leadership front.
You cannot build a safe school with paperwork alone.
Meeting the new Psychosocial Safety Standards requires more than just updated paperwork. We partner with Boards and Principals to audit the gap between your written frameworks and your staff's reality.
The Approach: We deliver a complete solution to close the 'Implementation Gap' through three strategic pillars:
Governance Design: We audit your frameworks to ensure they are operationally sound and compliant.
Human Dynamics: We audit your staff culture to identify psychosocial risks and the 'Lived Experience.'
Capacity Building: We upskill your staff to ensure they have the competence to deliver on your duty of care.
The Outcome: A school where the Policy (what you say) matches the Practice (what you do).
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.
As a former Senior Trainer at Geelong Grammar’s Institute of Positive Education and a framework designer for the UAE Ministry of Education, I have seen school culture from every angle.
I founded ThriveWise to bridge a critical gap. Most schools have a Strategic Plan for their students, but they lack the Human Dynamics 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.