School Stability and Student Welfare

Duration 2 weeks
Cost Fully sponsored with a registration fee of KES 500
Target Audience

This course is designed for:

•⁠  ⁠School principals and head teachers;
•⁠  ⁠Deputy principals and deputy head teachers;
•⁠  ⁠Teachers with student welfare responsibilities;
•⁠  ⁠Guidance and counselling personnel;
•⁠  ⁠Boarding and student welfare personnel; and
•⁠  ⁠Other school leaders involved in student wellbeing, safety, discipline, and school stability.

Course Overview

This course equips school leaders and teachers with practical knowledge and strategies for promoting safe, stable, and supportive school environments.

It focuses on identifying and addressing the causes and early warning signs of student unrest, applying effective prevention and de-escalation approaches, managing incidents appropriately, and supporting recovery after disruption.

Participants will strengthen their capacity to promote student welfare, improve communication and engagement, manage conflict, protect the school community, and build resilient institutions that sustain effective teaching and learning.
 

What you will learn:

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  1. ⁠Identify and respond early to school stability concerns by recognising emerging risks and warning signs before they escalate.
  2. ⁠Improve student communication and welfare systems to strengthen engagement, responsiveness and support for learners.
  3. ⁠Strengthen crisis preparedness and response through practical approaches for preventing, de-escalating and managing incidents of student unrest.
  4. ⁠Build trust, belonging, and a positive school climate that promotes student wellbeing, responsible behaviour and stronger relationships within the school community.
  5. Develop practical leadership tools for your school through the preparation of a Leadership Toolkit and an Integrated School Stability and Student Welfare Action Plan to support continuous improvement and sustainable school stability.

What you will take back to your school

Beyond acquiring knowledge, you will leave the course with practical tools that can be adapted and applied within your own school context.

Your Leadership Toolkit and Integrated School Stability and Student Welfare Action Plan will help you translate course learning into concrete actions for strengthening prevention, preparedness, student welfare, crisis response, recovery and long-term institutional stability.
 

"Preventing, De-escalating, and Recovering from Student Unrest in Kenyan Schools"

"Earn a certificate upon successful completion of the course"

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