Student Wellbeing Seminars For Canberra And ACT Schools

We deliver Canberra student wellbeing seminars in person, and ACT schools keep inviting us back. Daramalan College, Burgmann Anglican School, and Canberra Grammar School have all hosted Glen Gerreyn more than once.

The reason is what students do afterwards. At Daramalan College, Glen set one invitation: take an action and tell us about it. A Year 10 student wrote that same afternoon: “I was having trouble getting the motivation to do some of my homework, and I reread the booklet we filled out today and realised that this is one of the things I need to do to help me fulfil my dream. It put me in a positive mindset and I ended up smashing out my homework and getting it all right!”

A Year 11 student at Canberra Grammar School took a different action: “I went out and bought my own vision board and found my dad’s copy of Mandela’s autobiography, I hope it inspires me as much as it did for you!”

Some letters take years to arrive. One Canberra Grammar student wrote back long after graduating: “You spoke at my school Canberra Grammar four years ago… I’m proud to say I successfully completed Year 12 and am currently studying a Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the ANU! Your words years ago have had such a profound impact on my life.”

That’s the bar for a high school speaker. Not a good day in the hall. Students who walk out and do something that afternoon, and graduates still using the tools years later.

Glen has spent more than 25 years doing this in 750 schools across Australia. Canberra dates run in blocks, so if you are planning a term ahead, ask which week Glen is next in the ACT. Plenty of schools first find Glen by searching for a motivational speaker for high school students. The label fits, and the proof shows up afterwards in the goals students write and the letters they send.

What Our Canberra Student Wellbeing Seminars Bring Into the Room

Hope is a skill. We name it, we teach it, and we give students the tools to practise it: grit, optimism, courage, and resilience. Our seminars are built for Years 7 to 12 and they’re delivered in person, because a screen can’t hold a room of teenagers the way a person in front of them can.

Every seminar is research-based and aligned with the Australian Student Wellbeing Framework, and built to fit the wellbeing program you already run. We don’t replace your work. We give your students and your staff a shared language to keep using long after we’ve packed up and driven home.

Canberra Student Wellbeing Seminars You Can Book

Day of Hope. A cognitive reset for a full year level. Students leave with a plan on paper, not just a feeling.
Hope Express. A 70-minute seminar that shifts how students see their future. Built for Years 7 to 12.
Men of Honour. A character seminar for teenage boys, on what it means to grow into a man worth respecting. Also runs as our consent education for schools incursion.

Schools Across Canberra And The ACT We’ve Worked With

Canberra Grammar School, Canberra Girls Grammar School, Burgmann Anglican School, Daramalan College, Merici College, Marist College Canberra, Covenant Christian School, John Paul II College

See the full list of ACT schools we’ve worked with.

If your school is anywhere in the ACT, from Gungahlin to Tuggeranong, or across the border in Queanbeyan, we can be there in person.

Book a free 15-minute consult. Tell us about your students and your biggest challenge this term, and we’ll tell you which seminar fits and exactly what the day looks like.