Building a Trans-Inclusive School Environment
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Collective Care Planning Worksheet
To create a culture of support, connection, and collective care among teachers and administrators that fosters overall well-being, reduces burnout, and enhances resilience within the school community. This worksheet helps schools plan for caring for teachers’ and staff well-being with actionable steps and accountability.
Promoting Mental Health & Well-Being in Schools: An Action Guide for School and District Leaders
This action guide was designed for school administrators in kindergarten through 12th grade schools (K-12), including principals and leaders of school-based student support teams, to identify evidence-based strategies, approaches, and practices that can positively influence students’ mental health.
Promoting Mental Health & Well-Being in Schools: An Action Guide for School and District Leaders: Getting Started
Check out the companion “Getting Started” guide to help with your action planning, designed for school administrators in kindergarten through 12th grade schools (K-12), including principals and leaders of school-based student support teams, to identify evidence-based strategies, approaches, and practices that can positively influence students’ mental health.
Promoting Mental Health & Well-Being in Schools: An Action Guide for School and District Leaders: Presentation Slides
Check out the companion “Getting Started” guide to help with your action planning, designed for school administrators in kindergarten through 12th grade schools (K-12), including principals and leaders of school-based student support teams, to identify evidence-based strategies, approaches, and practices that can positively influence students’ mental health.
School Employee Wellness Toolkit
This quick-start toolkit is provided as a supplement to Healthy School, Healthy Staff, Healthy Students: A Guide to Improving School Employee Wellness, is designed to increase the capacity of district and school staff in addressing school employee wellness, to improve the health of all school employees, and to improve student health and academic outcomes.
Staff Wellness Presentation Slides
Use these slides for presentations to promote the benefits in staff wellness in schools.
Well-Being Spaces for Teachers and Staff
A well-being space (or wellness space, zen den -whatever you choose to call it) provides an area to relax and recharge during the school day. These areas can foster environments that promote physical, mental, and emotional well-being. They can also be a great place to promote staff connection and collaboration. A warm, welcoming well-being space is one way to show hardworking school staff and teachers they’re valued and appreciated, which decreases staff stress, boosts morale, and increases job satisfaction. Healthy and fulfilled school staff can perform at their best, model emotional regulation for students, and have fewer sick days.
Wellness Calculator
WellSteps created a series of research-based return on investment (ROI) calculators to help estimate the effect of well-designed wellness programs on health care costs, absenteeism, and presenteeism. Each of the three ROI calculators will examine a different employee expense. A well-designed wellness program is one that changes the health behaviors of employees, spouses, and dependents, thus lowering health risks, reducing chronic disease, and helping worksites create a culture of health. The design of the WellSteps wellness solution was based on this body of evidence
How to Promote Collective Staff Well-being
By understanding the warning signs of burnout, promoting collaboration and collective efficacy, and upholding a work culture that destigmatizes teacher health challenges, districts can promote a positive school climate and increase staff retention. This article describes how to identify teacher burnout and promote collective school staff well-being to increase professional retention and student achievement.
