Supporting Educator Wellbeing
Overview
Educators are constantly being asked to do more but rarely get new self-care and personal wellbeing resources. In this collection, educators can learn self-care tools and practices that match their busy schedules. We hope you find the training and resources helpful in supporting your wellbeing as you continue to educate and serve our communities selflessly.
Courses
Assess, Recover, Mitigate, Strengthen (ARMS): A Wellbeing Regimen for Professionals
Assess, Recover, Mitigate, Strengthen (ARMS): A Wellbeing Regimen for Professionals was developed by Dr. Bill Nash, a pioneer and expert in the prevention, recognition, and treatment of moral injury and leading researcher, educator, and clinician in psychological health. This course covers concepts and tools to prevent and recover from occupational moral distress, moral injury, and burnout. It is appropriate for all human service professionals, including those in health care, social services, education, crisis response, and any other role requiring compassionate service to others. The framework ...
Printable Tools
Supporting Educators: Social-Emotional Strategies for Stressful Times
Supporting your own wellbeing and the wellbeing of your students is important during both calm and stressful times. Use these strategies on your own, with students, and with colleagues to build awareness and healthy relationships.
Videos
Creating Healing Spaces for Teachers
Teachers have the enormous task of facilitating learning while also impacted by trauma, burnout, and grief. This video focuses on how schools can create policies and spaces for teachers that are centered in healing and racial justice principles.
Opportunities and Imperfections: Strategies to Support Educator Wellbeing
The COVID-19 pandemic has put our usual way of living and working on hold. Educators are navigating student, family, and personal challenges daily. Laura McMullin, PhD has been an educator for over 20 years and shares tools to enhance wellbeing and resilience on an individual and collective level. Recorded on: 4/8/2020
Trainings
Empowering Teachers to Determine Classroom Practice and Agency
Teacher agency can be defined as the voluntary exercise of power in thought, choices, and actions. Exercising this power of choice can enable teachers to create more equitable spaces for students. This presentation will provide teachers with practical and straightforward steps that can be implemented in their classrooms to create safe, affirming, and empowering learning spaces for all students. Areas of focus: Routines and procedures, curriculum, grading, and expectations.
Maintaining Professional Wellbeing for Educators
This training is designed to teach working educators how to improve their sense of wellbeing by defining strategies for emotion regulation, establishing and maintaining professional and personal boundaries, and exploring effective approaches to building personal resilience. Participants will be asked to consider their emotions during stressful times, as well as how their emotions impact their thoughts and behaviors. Live - 1 hour, 30 minutes Anytime - 1 hour
Restorative Justice for Schools - Rethinking Disciplinary Action
Disciplinary action like detention and suspension can often negatively impact student success. Additionally, BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) students are disproportionately disciplined, which can negatively impact their educational experiences, and outcomes. There is a robust field of restorative practices designed to help keep learning spaces effective, while helping students gain critical skills in behavior management, conflict resolution, and community building. In this session, Maisah Howard will share restorative practices and highlight how educators can begin to eradicate disproportionate punitive disciplinary action through restorative approaches ...
Self-Care for Educators
Teachers are always being asked to do more for our communities, but rarely are given ways to care for themselves. In this virtual training, instructor Steve Hydon will share practical tools for teachers that will help them manage their own wellbeing amidst a busy schedule. As a trainer on educator stress and wellbeing, Steve believes in designing self-care strategies that help educators live happier lives, while increasing their impact in their school communities. If you enjoy this virtual training, share it with a colleague to ...
