Mental Health Coach
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Workshops with Passion
Ashlee works with SLT teams to identify areas of need. She then designs an approach to support staff to implement strategies in the classroom and playground to better support our children.
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Interconnected
Ashlee is passionate about nutrition, movement, sleep and other wellbeing markers - all critical to positive health outcomes. She also celebrates diversity in our communities and is passionate about meeting our children where they are.
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Integrative
Ashlee is passionate about child-led play, empowering our teachers and students, support for equality, and works to implement helpful strategies for classroom use, such as mindfulness training, breathing, emotional regulation and the use of language when speaking to our children.
Ashlee works directly with staff to improve classroom outcomes and the wellbeing of teachers.
One-off presentations in schools on specific health topics
Ongoing staff workshops to achieve an identified goal
Resources for teachers to use in classrooms
Addressing student behaviour in the classroom with teacher strategies such as mindfulness training, aromatherapy, breathing, emotional regulation and the use of language
Supporting better health & wellbeing for staff through nutrition, mindfulness, movement, stress management, anxiety techniques, connection to the outdoors
Guidance and support for teachers
Helpful tools, tips, and tricks for navigating your unique obstacles
Experience with ADHD, ASD, disability advocacy
Ko Pūtauaki te maunga
Ko Rangitaiki raua ko Tarawera ngā awa
Ko Mātaatua te waka
Ko Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa me Te Arawa ngā iwi
Te Netherlands whakapaparanga mai
Nō Whakatāne ahau
Ko Ashlee Sturme tōku ingoa.
As an Education Wellbeing Coach, Chair of two school Boards, member of the NZSTA Regional Exec Board, Māmā and nature school coordinator, I know our children are facing unprecedented stress, overwhelm, depression and other challenges, and I love to awhi our teachers and families to better support our children.
Coaching is such a magic combination of feeling heard, scientific evidence, and being inspired. When you’ve got someone walking the journey with you, pulling you through the lows and cheering you on when you succeed, you’re going to make sustainable change. As an Educational Wellbeing Coach, I am really passionate about supporting school communities to increase the health and mental health outcomes of our children. I believe a team approach to wellbeing captures that magic of coaching and all the beauty of whanaungatanga, peer support, and drawing on each others strengths. Mental Health Coaches are bridge for our children and teachers to be scaffolded in support for their wellbeing.
I’m a qualified health coach with certificates in nutrition, coaching and mental health. I’m based in the sunny Eastern Bay.
I’m a founding member of F L A X (Mental Health Coaches in Schools NZ) because I am passionate about supporting our tamariki in their wellbeing.