The document discusses reflective practice tools for maintaining "mojo", which refers to meaning, energy and joy. It describes developing tools for peer reflective practice by interviewing staff in different roles and validating the tools in multiple settings. The tools are intended to help staff recognize their daily mojo levels and have methods for maintaining positive mojo through techniques like journaling and mindfulness. Staff feedback indicates the tools have helped boost morale and make the school a safer place to work by fostering a culture of self-care, colleague support and resilience.

1. Reflective Practice
Tools for Maintaining
“Mojo-Maintenance”
AASE
10th July 2018
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3. = Meaning, Energy, Joy
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4. A daily tool
The Mojo-Meter
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The story so far…

6. The process!
1.Shadow and interview staff in a range of roles
2.Draft tools for feedback and tweaking
3.Validate tools with a second setting
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Who is for?
Workplace Wellbeing Scale
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Surviving OK Thriving

8. Learning Questions
1. What is mojo and why use peer reflective practice to
maintain mojo?
2. How and when can each reflective practice tool be used?
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9. Why introduce
peer reflective practice
as a way to maintain mojo?
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10. Assumptions…
• Sharing Responsibility
builds resilience and makes people safer
• It s easier to talk openly when there is less of a
power imbalance
• Each of us can develop positive
stories of resilience in the face of adversity
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11. Key Elements
1. Be curious
2. Create a shared understanding
3. Offer empathy not sympathy
4. Focus on strengths
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I can recognise where my mojo sits daily - 2017
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17. Staff comments….
•I love the Toilet-Time Tool and it helps me every time I
go to the toilet! Sparkling moments is great!
•Consistent language is good.
•Very grateful to have colleagues who help
maintain my mojo.
•Having it formally addressed and the reminders
around the school are great to remind us to check in .
•Love the mojo check-ins during staff meetings

18. • The more structure and routines our school puts in place,
the easier it becomes to deal with school worries/stresses.
You know what you need to do. Debriefing with peers and
admin and reflecting on personal reactions and practise,
making plans for next time gives one confidence that We
Can Do It , with support!
• Great to have simple and quick tools. Excellent to
be in charge of own self care and have quick
boosters. We can t teach our kids to be
resilient if we aren t!

19. • I really like the way the whole school is moving towards a self-
help, colleague-help, school-help culture. Sometimes you don t
know the answer, so you say Just deal with it. , but I feel the
MOJO training has given us the tools to say This is how to deal
with it.
• The MOJO Maintenance Program has had a significant positive impact on
our school s mental health! The tools are specific, simple, effective and
efficient and, when implemented across the whole school environment,
have provided the confidence required to provide collegial support across
the education Team, inclusive of Administration, Teachers and Teaching
Assistants. Most importantly though, the MOJO Maintenance Program
emphasises the intrinsic need to know yourself, nurture your own mental
health, and overall maintain a positive work-life balance!

20. Journaling
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฀ Mindfulness
• Achieving goals
• Developing greater Emotional Intelligence
• Improving communication skills
• Developing self-confidence
• Recovery and healing
• Sparking creativity
Adapted from Thai Nguyen (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thai-nguyen/benefits-of-journaling-_b_6648884.html)

21. a daily tool
My Mojo Journal
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22. • TtT
– Special
– Deadly Mojo
– Primary
• Principals/SLT
Other Mojo-
Maintenance
Training!
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