Theresa Blake International Positive Psychology Association 8th IPPA World Congress 2023

Theresa Blake

Theresa Blake, M.Ed., CAPP, B3RT is the Director of Positive Education and is responsible for increasing faculty capacity to foster student wellbeing through theory and practice of Positive Education. Her appointment follows a very successful career as a secondary school teacher, during which time she taught Mathematics, Sciences and French as a Second Language, and has served in many different leadership capacities including Department Head of Languages, Director of Senior School and Director of Social and Emotional Learning. As Director of Positive Education, Theresa is involved in and oversees the development, implementation, and monitoring of Positive Education at Appleby College, one of Canada’s top independent schools, by ensuring that the principles of positive psychology and Social are embedded across the school’s academic and non-academic programs in an intentional and integrated manner to optimize student wellbeing. Other educational experiences Theresa has enjoyed include being a member of an Assessment and Evaluation Policy writing for the Halton District School Board (Ontario, Canada), and leading student global experiential education trips to Japan, Morocco, and Costa Rica. Theresa has shared her expertise and passion for Second Language Learning and Wellbeing Education at various conferences around the world through Canadian Accredited Schools Association, Teachers Association of Boarding Schools, World Leading Schools Association, Institute of Bilingualism/Canadian Second Language Teachers Association at the University of Ottawa. She has also worked with post-secondary students in China in collaboration with the U of T/OISE, in Nigeria in collaboration with One Girl Can, and in Australia in collaboration the Institute of Positive Education and The University of Monash. Moreover, she is a contributing author to Positive Leadership for Flourishing Schools (book).