9: Developing a Model of Trauma-informed Educational Leadership (TIEL)

In this book, we have reviewed our longitudinal findings in three research sites over six years of intervention with trauma-informed positive education (TIPE). Our aims were to explore how leaders first learned, then implemented, and sustained their own knowledge of TIPE strategies and inherent values towards social equity. Initially, our research collected evidence of trauma-informed education supporting student behaviours for learning. This was within the context of non-punitive learning environments that prioritised repair after rupture. Next, we developed a trauma-informed instructional approach to support teachers’ pedagogical delivery for teaching and learning while tracking academic attainment measures over several years, depending on the site. Simultaneously, we explored trauma-informed education impacts on both student and teacher wellbeing.