CEB Staff Newsletter #21 - 14 July 2023

Feedback From Staff Meeting Questions

At last week's CEB staff meeting, Tom put forward 5 questions for staff to respond to amongst their table group. Following this, over the coming weeks one question will be selected and the feedback will be shared.

This week we share the responses to How does/should Artificial Intelligence play a role in our work?

Central Zone Principals Meeting

The Principals of our Central Zone schools are holding their meeting at the Gillies Street Office next Friday 21 July.

Please feel free to grab your cuppa and mingle with the principals for a catch up around 10.30am.

Article submitted by Jo-Anne Bond.

Updating Personal Information on ELMO

Over the course of a few weeks, it has been identified that personal information held on ELMO (such as date of birth, residential address, personal email address, etc) requires updating.

Staff are requested to enter ELMO and check their personal information and where necessary update their details please.

Please click here for instructions on how to access and edit your personal information.

For any further assistance please email Payroll.

Article submitted by Kerrie Zammit.

People and Development Update

Want to give feedback to help develop staff wellbeing at DOBCEL?

Staff Wellbeing Consultation Sessions -

As part of delivering the DOBCEL strategic priority to ‘develop and deliver a staff wellbeing plan, and a student/school community wellbeing plan including the roll-out of endorsed Student Wellbeing review recommendations’, we are holding two consultation sessions with CEB staff to gain invaluable feedback to assist in the development of a whole of staff wellbeing plan. Consultation sessions are also being held with staff in interested DOBCEL schools across all zones to ensure feedback is included from a wide range of roles and experiences.

The one-hour session will be conversational, aiming to gather opinions and experiences regarding staff wellbeing, such as -

• What does staff wellbeing mean to you?
• What are some of the challenges with staff wellbeing?
• What wellbeing initiatives have you seen or experienced that have worked well?
• And other wellbeing related conversations

The feedback gathered from the consultation sessions across the Diocese will help inform the contents of an all-staff wellbeing survey that will be released later this term. All the information gathered via consultation and the survey will directly feed into the development of a staff wellbeing framework, and the delivery of a staff wellbeing plan.

If you are unable to make one of the sessions but would love to chat about wellbeing, please feel free to reach out to Tania Lund directly - She would love to hear your thoughts!

Session options are below, please select one workshop only. The content of both workshops is the same.

Workshop One – FACE-TO-FACE:

• Where: Ballarat Office – Conference Room
  When: Monday 31 July 2023
• Time: 11:30am to 12:30pm
• RSPV: 26 July 2023. Register your interest via the QR Code.

Workshop Two - ONLINE:

• When: Monday 31 July 2023
• Time: 4:00pm to 5:00pm
• RSPV: 26 July 2023 - Register your interest via the QR Code.

Article submitted by Tania Lund.

Culture Amp Update.

It’s pleasing to see that many people have accessed and completed their 6-month self-reflections to date! Please aim to complete these check-ins by 31st July 2023.

Culture Amp Resources:

Further to last week’s CEB staff meeting, the Culture Amp demonstration slides and additional ‘how to’ documents can be found below.

If you need any assistance with Culture Amp please contact Fiona Murphy or Tania Lund. 

Outlook Training Resources.

A copy of the Microsoft Outlook training from the July CEB staff meeting can be accessed here.

Employee Engagement Survey.

A copy of the latest employee engagement survey update from the July CEB staff meeting can be accessed here.

Articles submitted by Fiona Murphy.

Staff News

Shoni Reimert

Shoni Reimert returns to CEB for a 4-week period as a relieving Psychologist, covering the vacancy left by Janette Trento’s resignation as we undertake the recruitment process for this role.

Shoni has previously worked with us and we are very fortunate to have him back for this short stint.

Teischa Coughlan

Teischa Coughlan will join us as a Visiting Teacher from Week 2 of the term. Teischa will be based in the Ballarat Office and is currently an Education Specialist with NDIS at Melbourne City Mission. 

Teischa has previously worked as a Senior Teacher in Utopia NT.

Ashleigh Graham

Ashleigh Graham will be our new Education Officer: Positive Behaviour Specialist, joining us in August.

Ashleigh comes to us from MACS where she is currently a Learning Consultant Behaviour/Autism.

Article submitted by Jo Huntley.

Career Opportunities in the Diocesan Education Community

Catholic Education Ballarat Vacancies:

• Psychologist – ongoing position at 0.8 FTE (closes 25 July)
• Data Analyst - ongoing position at 1.0 FTE (closes 31 July) 
• Education Officer: Learning Diversity – ongoing position at 0.8 FTE (closes 31 July)
  

Article submitted by Sarah Hanley.