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Jo Cook, the State Project Officer for MindMatters Tasmania, is passionate about promoting mental health and wellbeing within schools.

MindMatters TAS offers schools ...

As well as the MindMatters professional development workshops, the State Project Officer will work with schools to:

• provide in-school support for schools undertaking Level Two Planning Workshops
• facilitate whole school staff professional development about MindMatters approaches to promotion, prevention and early intervention around mental health and wellbeing
• embed MindMatters within the policies and recommended structures of all Tasmanian school sectors
• link MindMatters to the Department of Education's Supportive School Communities and Health and Wellbeing Curriculum
• work with school leadership using Staff Matters and the Principals Australia resource, Learn:Lead:Succeed, which supports the building of leadership in Australian schools.

Professional development 2010

There are a number of professional development workshops being offered around the State. The aim is to further increase schools' connection with the MindMatters resources and embed MindMatters in the school culture and throughout the school community.

Priority areas of focus are:

• working in partnership with the Aboriginal Education Unit of the Department of Education to strengthen the links with Communities Do Matter (More information about Aboriginal Education and MindMatters in Tasmania can be found on the Past Activities page.)
• working with schools and their young people with the Youth Empowerment resources.