If we don't take care of our teachers, they won't be able to take care of our children

Gill is an educational psychologist and organisational consultant. She specialises in enabling supportive relationships in schools, positive behaviour and emotional wellbeing. She is a highly experienced national trainer, workshop leader and conference speaker. Gill began her career as a primary school teacher in an inner-city local authority.

Gill’s work includes developing inclusive policy and practice within schools and children’s services organisations. This work includes supporting teams of teachers in their work with children with particular social and emotional needs; enabling the wellbeing and success of staff across the school. Gill led on developing social inclusion in schools across a city and was a senior adviser with the department for education’s national strategies for developing inclusive practice and improving behaviour and attendance across England. Gill pioneered the Circle of Friends approach in schools across the UK, as a way of supporting inclusion of the most vulnerable and challenging children.

'I have been a teacher in Surrey for over 20 years, in five different schools across the county. I have been a Headteacher, holding positions of responsibility for Maths, ICT and NQT mentoring along the way. Throughout my career, I always endeavoured to develop a team, to nurture an individual teacher’s career, to protect the wellbeing of children and staff. The Resilience Project is a natural progression to these aims'.

'Killisick is a happy, well-regarded and caring junior school with a welcoming atmosphere. We have a hard-working staff team, enthusiastic children and supportive governors and parents. The school is committed to raising standards and providing a high quality learning environment. We have enthusiastic, happy, well-mannered children who are keen to learn. The excellent support for pupils leads to pupils' good behaviour, highly positive attitudes and good spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.'

You will see Killisick pupils asking delegates for their views on teacher wellbeing.

Dr Edward Sellman researches mindfulness, transpersonal psychology and well-being as both a member and convenor of postgraduate research of the Centre for Research in Human Flourishing.

Edward originally trained as an art/primary-school teacher and then worked with children experiencing social, emotional and behavioural difficulties in a range of settings. He is also a qualified mindfulness teacher. He is the module convenor of 'Responding Mindfully to Challenging Behaviour' offered on several Masters programmes.

Edward is editor of 'Creative Learning for Inclusion' and co-editor of Restorative Approaches to Conflict in Schools, both published by Routledge, alongside 'Mediation Matters: Creating Peaceful Schools through Peer Mediation', published by LDA . He is also a member of the International Journal of Pastoral Care in Education editorial board and occasionally reviews articles for Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties and the British Educational Research Journal.

Edward is also a practising artist and winner of the Djanogly Prize at the University Summer Art Exhibition 2010 and the Attenborough Prize 2011.

Jennie's experiential workshop is an opportunity to explore simple and effective ways of keeping work stress to a minimum. It gives insight into how individuals can use their inner resources to stay centred and balanced, even in challenging circumstances or when approaching tricky interactions.

As demands on teachers grow, self-care has never been more important to enhance wellbeing and avoid symptoms of Burnout. Drawing on knowledge from evolutionary biology, compassion focussed therapy, Mindfulness and Social Action Methods, this session introduces simple techniques that can instantly make a difference to your levels of self-compassion and effectiveness in all that you do.

Steve Judge was involved in a car crash in Sheffield in 2002 which resulted in a partial amputation of his right leg below the knee and ligament damage to his left knee. As a keen marathon and 10k runner, it would have been understandable if Steve had concluded that his running days were over. However, he was determined that he would overcome his injuries and became a paratriathlete. He now tells the story of how he motivated himself all over the UK, including to schools and businesses. His keynote presentations and workshops are adapted to the audience, raising aspirations, improving motivation and including emotional and personal PSHCE education suitable for young people of various ages and backgrounds. His performance covers many ‘keystage’ areas and can also be used in ‘Enterprise’ days for staff CPD training.