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.
Dr Monty Badami and Habitus are highly recommended. One of the keys in our work was to really understand the views and values of our community and to work in a coherent way within those views. Monty has a great mix of skills and abilities: he is highly aware and sensitive to his context as an ethnographer, and is also able to be very specific and outcome driven. Monty’s advice has helped shape our programs and experiences for our parents and kids and has been an important part of the success of those programs.
Dr Ray Swann
Head of the Crowther Centre I Deputy Headmaster at Brighton Grammar
The Habitus Facilitator Training is first class. The material is professional and user friendly. The training itself is immersive and powerful with a good balance of experiences and reflection. We left feeling connected, challenged and inspired, with the tools and confidence to get out a have a go at building our own processes and practises. Monty is an amazing facilitator, but the thing the thing I marvel at the most is the way he inspires others to do it themselves.
James Hilditch
Cultural Development Coordinator at Brighton Grammar School
Our staff really appreciated the opportunity to build their facilitation and leadership skills with Habitus at their recent workshop. Monty guided us to understand our roles as facilitators, to access the wisdom of the room and build our personal and professional toolbox. He lowered the stakes (through play and story) to raise the stakes - building authenticity and connection in our group.
Brent Brickhill
Numeracy leader and instructional coach at Brighton Grammar School
Monty recently ran a facilitation training weekend for our staff and it was exceptional. It was a highly immersive and engaging program that has given our team so much more confidence to take back to our school and implement with our students. Monty's subject knowledge and connection with participants is so valuable and I cannot recommend the program enough.
Robert Oglivie - Head of Outdoor Education at Brighton Grammar School
One of the best workshops I've attended during my 25 years in education. Monty is a brilliant facilitator who made the activities fun and engaging. Thanks for showing us the Monty Magic :)
Mat Ward
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