In her role as the Cyber Awareness and Education Lead for the South Australia Department for Education, Rozika Pratap has a unique perspective to add when it comes to student online safety. In this episode of Saasyan's Wellbeing Wednesday Series, she shares her perspective on the growing student mental health crisis, identifying the balance between offering students the independence they crave with the need to intervene, and her advice for parents.

In this episode of Saasyan's Wellbeing Wednesday Series, Ally Eddy, Director of ICT at Our Lady of Mercy College shares his perspective on ethical use of AI, 24/7 monitoring and just-in-time reporting for student safety.

Philip Callil, Director of IT and Digital Learning at Yarra Valley Grammar works each day not only to implement innovative technology solutions, but to ensure that both staff and students are using them appropriately. In this episode of Saasyan's Wellbeing Wednesday Series, Philip discusses the role that IT plays when dealing with student online safety, the use of AI for learning, and establishing Yarra Valley Grammar's duty of care.

As Deputy Principal at St. Rita's College, Catherine Allen oversees the mental health, student online safety, and wellbeing efforts at St Rita's. In this episode of Saasyan's Wellbeing Wednesday Series, Catherine shares the expectations she has for her staff then it comes to student online activity and technology use as well responding to online safety incidents in her school.

Rozika Pratap, Cyber Awareness and Education Lead from the Department for Education, South Australia has extensive experience working with K-12 schools to keep students safe whilst online. In this episode of Saasyan's Wellbeing Wednesday Series, Rozika discusses the biggest mental health challenges students face today, the impacts that adverse online behaviours have on children, plus the policies put in place to respond to these incidents.

As the wellbeing coordinator at Encounter Lutheran College, Thomas Ling works closely with K-12 students each day to promote positive behaviour and mental health practices. In this episode of Saasyan's Wellbeing Wednesday Series, he shares some of his insights into student safety responses, the importance of getting parents involved in safe laptop usage, plus some inspiring advice for students today.

Whether you like it or not, AI is well and truly making its way into everyday life. With AI no longer solely the domain of tech professionals, everyday people are using AI to write emails, create lesson plans and even generate recipes based on what’s left in the fridge.

You might have chatted with Saasy, our famous support bee, but have you ever wondered where the Saasyan bee came from? Saasyan’s logo was strategically crafted and extensively deliberated before landing on a symbol that represents our mission and values.

On a recent Culture Creators podcast interview, our CEO Sidney Minassian shared how at Saasyan we truly value the importance of care, craft, creation, continuous learning, commercial awareness, communication, and celebration. These seven values are at the core of everything we do at Saasyan, and they guide us in our interactions with each other, our clients, and the wider community.