Brighton Grammar is currently engaged in a number of successful initiatives that support boys in their transition to manhood over the crucial developmental period during years 9 and 10.
Prior to their engagement with Habitus, all the ingredients were there, but what they really needed was someone who could drive that change from within. They had engaged external providers to deliver a Rite of Passage program for the boys and their parents, but those providers couldn’t fully understand or appreciate the unique needs of the school community like someone from the inside.
Habitus was engaged to consult with students, staff and key members of the community to identify their challenges and empower the school community to deliver a world class, research-informed and highly professional program for themselves.
Through a consultative co-design design process and ongoing coaching, we helped define and establish an internal position for a key staff member to drive change from within. Through an in depth coaching and mentoring process, we co-designed a Rite of Passage experience for students that facilitated their transformation from boys to men in an inclusive, experiential as well as a psychologically and emotionally safe manner.
Right from the start, my goal has always been to support them to get a point where they could run it for themselves.
We trained and empowered staff at Brighton Grammar to deliver the program for themselves on an ongoing basis, reducing systemic risk, financial costs, and building internal capability that positively affected student and teacher engagement across the school.
We built on existing structures and facilitated incremental change with minimal initial disruption to achieve maximum buy in from staff, students and parents.
Brighton Grammar went from having their Rite of Passage program fully facilitated by external providers, to now running it completely internally with past students returning to facilitate programs and coach current students.
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