Understand key concepts and current perspectives
Explain key ideas, opportunities and tensions connected to achievement, motivation, wellbeing and belonging in education.
Erasmus+ teacher training course
High Achievement and Wellbeing
How can schools support ambitious learning without sacrificing wellbeing?
Create learning environments where achievement and wellbeing strengthen one another.
Target group: Teachers, adult educators, mentors, school leaders and other education professionals from all educational levels.
- Activity type
- Physical mobility
- Duration
- 1 week
- Language
- English
- Equipment
- Laptop not required
Learning Environments Where Achievement and Wellbeing Work Together
This professional development course invites participants to examine how high achievement and wellbeing can be developed together through practical, reflective and collaborative learning. Participants explore how expectations, motivation, relationships, belonging, feedback and learning conditions can influence both performance and personal wellbeing.
Throughout the programme, participants experience practical methods, examine their limitations and adapt them carefully to different educational contexts. By the end of the week, each participant will have developed a realistic next-step plan using supportive challenge, strengths-aware practice, community building and reflective planning. The focus is not on one fixed model, but on choosing approaches that fit learners, colleagues, curricula and local realities.
Learning outcomes
What You Will Learn
Analyse professional practice
Identify strengths, barriers and development priorities related to achievement and wellbeing in a real educational context.
Use practical tools and methods
Apply supportive challenge, strengths-aware activities, community building and reflective planning through guided practice and collaborative tasks.
Design an adaptable learning response
Create a classroom, team or organisational activity that supports ambitious learning while remaining inclusive and sustainable.
Plan responsible and sustainable practice
Define realistic actions that support learner progress, wellbeing, inclusion and appropriate professional boundaries.
Six-day programme
Course Schedule
Day 1Achievement, wellbeing and educational context
Welcome, needs mapping and course compass
Participants introduce their educational contexts, identify their goals and map current experiences related to achievement, motivation, wellbeing and belonging.
Shared vocabulary and key questions
Participants develop a common language around high expectations, supportive challenge, motivation, belonging, wellbeing and sustainable performance.
Practice snapshot
Participants analyse a short educational case and identify factors that support or obstruct both achievement and wellbeing.
Day 2Motivation, expectations and supportive challenge
Method gallery
Participants explore concise examples, models and practical tools related to motivation, feedback, strengths, expectations and learner engagement.
Guided skill lab
Participants practise setting ambitious but realistic expectations, giving supportive feedback and designing conditions that encourage persistence.
Reflection and transfer notes
Participants identify which approaches feel relevant, challenging or adaptable for their own learners and educational setting.
Day 3Relationships, belonging and participation
Collaborative challenge
Small international groups examine an authentic educational challenge and consider how relationships, trust and participation influence learning outcomes.
Build, test and revise
Participants develop a short activity or approach that strengthens belonging and engagement, then improve it through testing and feedback.
Learning dialogue
Participants compare educational contexts and identify adaptations that make achievement and wellbeing strategies more realistic and inclusive.
Day 4Pressure, inclusion and professional responsibility
Case clinic
Participants examine a complex scenario involving pressure, disengagement, unequal expectations or learner wellbeing and consider responsible responses.
Perspective exchange
Participants explore how learners, teachers, families and school leaders may understand achievement and wellbeing differently.
Practical safeguards
Participants identify warning signs, professional limits, referral needs and strategies for maintaining ambitious but supportive learning environments.
Day 5Design studio and peer feedback
Design your own application
Participants create a classroom, team or organisational plan that connects achievement, motivation, belonging and wellbeing.
Peer feedback studio
Participants share work in progress, ask focused questions and receive practical feedback from colleagues.
Improve for implementation
Participants revise their design for feasibility, inclusion, sustainability and clear evidence of learning or progress.
Day 6Course Closure & Cultural Activities
- Reflecting on learning outcomes and key takeaways
- Awarding of Certificates of Attendance
- Cultural excursion and local heritage experience
- Informal networking and exchange of best practices
Course foundations
Recommended Reading and Theoretical Influences
- Seligman, M. (2011). Flourish.
- Norrish, J. (2015). Positive Education.
- OECD (2021). Beyond Academic Learning.
- UNESCO (2020). Global Education Monitoring Report: Inclusion and Education.
- Hattie, J. (2012). Visible Learning for Teachers.
Completing the course
Evaluation, Recognition and Practical Information
Learning is supported throughout the week through participation, reflection, practical activities and constructive feedback.
Evaluation of Learning Outcomes
- Format
- Continuous assessment based on class participation, practical work and self-assessment.
- Criteria
- Active participation in discussions, reflection, collaborative activities and practical course tasks.
- Procedures
- Trainer observation, participant reflection, feedback and attendance.
Recognition of Learning Outcomes
- Conditions
- Attendance at a minimum of 80% of the course and active participation in the learning activities.
- Recognition
- Learning outcomes are recognised through participant reflection, trainer feedback and completion of the course activities.
- Documentation
- A Certificate of Attendance documenting the course title, dates, venue and learning outcomes.
Learning approach
Practical, Collaborative and Learner-Centred
The course combines hands-on workshops, real-world examples, simulations, guided reflection and collaborative activities. Participants exchange good practices, work in international groups and develop ideas that can be adapted to their own professional context.
Optional cultural, social and networking activities support local engagement, intercultural learning and professional collaboration.
Before you travel
Practical Details
Duration
One week, normally comprising 25 academic hours.
Weekly Schedule
Classes take place from Monday to Friday, in the morning or afternoon. Saturday is reserved for cultural activities.
Final Timetable
The detailed timetable will be sent at least two weeks before the beginning of the course.
Preparation
No special preparation is required unless stated in the course programme. Any required materials or equipment will be communicated before the course.
Certification
Participants who meet the attendance requirements receive a Certificate of Attendance.
Course Fee
The standard fee is €480. See what the course fee includes.
Alternative arrangements: Other course durations and schedules may be arranged on request.
Erasmus+ funding: Course fees and mobility costs may be supported through an eligible sending organisation's Erasmus+ grant. Eligibility and final funding decisions remain with the beneficiary organisation and its National Agency. Read our Erasmus+ KA1 funding guide.
Administrative support: Understanding Academy provides course programmes, learning outcomes, registration documentation and certificates. Participants and sending organisations remain responsible for transport, accommodation and grant management.
Plan your Erasmus+ mobility
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