Certification for Educators
In Visible Wellbeing
Build your own wellbeing expertise, at your own pace
A self-paced online certificate covering all six SEARCH pathways, with practical examples for classroom and school implementation.
The Full SEARCH Framework, at Your Fingertips
Designed by Professor Lea Waters AM, PhD, the course brings decades of positive psychology research to life through interactive, on-demand learning. You'll work through each of the six SEARCH pathways:
Strengths
Emotional Management
Attention & Awareness
Relationships
Coping
Habits & Goals
…with hands-on exercises, a PDF activity book to download and record your learning, classroom resources to download, plus a quiz at the end of each module.
Lea shares real SEARCH examples from schools, showing exactly how each pathway looks in practice.
The Certificate is a great fit for teachers who want to build their own wellbeing knowledge and practice, wherever their school is on its wellbeing journey.
It also works well for a small group of staff wanting to explore Visible Wellbeing firsthand - trying the approach in their own classrooms and gathering evidence of its impact before proposing it to all staff more broadly.
You’ll walk away from this course with practical wellbeing skills which you can incorporate into your personal life and daily teaching immediately, along with a genuine feel for what Visible Wellbeing looks like in practice.
A Flexible Way to Begin
“Staff could see straight away the value of making wellbeing visible for both themselves, their colleagues, and their students. The VWB approach provides easy, adaptable, and practical strategies that can be applied in any classroom."
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Susan Ogden - Principal, Dandenong High School
Your Questions, Answered
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No - the course is designed for individual teachers and can be completed independently of any whole-school program.
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It's fully self-paced, so you can move through all modules on your own schedule. Each SEARCH module takes roughly 2 hours to complete
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Yes - a free preview is available, showing a snapshot of some of the lessons.
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Yes - many teachers use the course to build early expertise and confidence before proposing Visible Wellbeing more widely at their school, but there's no obligation to do so.
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Yes, Victorian public schools can apply for SMHM funding to cover the costs. See the Department’s website for more information