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Educator Wellness Resources

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

EAP is a confidential service available to you and your family, and is a program designed to help with emotional health issues and everyday challenges. EAP is easy to use and paid for by your employer. It may include: consultation and counseling sessions with an emotional health provider, programs and tools, tips, and resources for healthy living, information and assistance with relationship issues including marital or partner, parent-child and work relationships, work & life services for legal, financial, preretirement, child care, elder care and tax issues.

Care for Your Coronavirus AnxietyYou're not in this alone. Listen to meditations, get expert advice, and more with this mental health toolkit.

50 Resources to Support the Mental Health of Teachers and School StaffK-12 teachers often are so busy supporting others that they might overlook their own well-being. Teach.com has collected mental health resources for teachers and school staff.

Onward: Stories and Resources to Cultivate Emotional ResilienceYour first stop for resources, inspiration, and guidance on cultivating emotional resilience. The perfect site for anyone who is feeling burned-out and beat-down. Don't just survive. Thrive with Onward.

Free Mindfulness, SEL, and Yoga Resources for Educators, Students, & Parents During School ClosuresWellness Resources for Educators, Students and Families During Covid-19 and Related School Closures

A Care Package for Uncertain TimesA collection of podcasts, poetry, meditations and reflection for however you’re processing this moment.

The North Bay Cares Video Series, focuses on self-care. Here's a video about adapting to change and uncertainty.

10 Mental Health Tips for Teachers During COVID-19 | EVERFIThere has been little focus on teachers balancing COVID-19 & remote teaching. That’s why we put together ten mental health tips for teachers.

Resilience Is About How You Recharge, Not How You EndureTry really hard, and then stop, recover, and repeat.

Check out this article about why recharging matters.

Supporting Social-Emotional Learning & Wellness of Students

5 Minute Classroom Mindfulness Activities for KidsMindfulness is a superpower that your students can master with just five minutes practice a day. Check out these 18 mindfulness activities for kids.

49 Phrases to Calm an Anxious Child It happens to every child in one form or another – anxiety. As parents, we would like to shield our children from life’s anxious moments, but navigating anxiety is an essential life skill that will serve them in the years to come. In the...

Emotional Development | Sesame Street | PBS LearningMediaDo you know how to get to Sesame Street? This collection is designed to engage preschoolers in everyday learning by teaching core skills in Math, Literacy, STEM, and Social and Emotional Development. Here you'll find hundreds of videos, games, and printable materials to help you to excite even the youngest learners. Plus, check out more from Sesame Street, including cross-platform educational games spanning wide-ranging curricular topics and STEM educator guides - just browse through this collection page!

Resources for Educators | Child Mind InstituteTeachers are often the first to notice when children struggle with emotional, behavioral or learning issues. Browse educator resources on childmind.org.

Talking To Students about RAce & Equity Issues

Center for Racial Justice in EducationDismantling racism. Transforming communities.

Racial Equity Tools

Resources for building community in our schools.

Social Justice, Racism, and Equity

FSUSD Library Resources

Teaching About Race, Racism and Police ViolenceIn 2014, the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York City, Tamir Rice in Cleveland and too many others caused waves of nationwide protest and appeals for stronger protections against police brutality. These events—along with the lack of accountability for the police officers who shot and killed these unarmed victims—also prompted educators to seek resources on how to address these subjects in the classroom.

Speak Up

Opening a dialogue with youth about racism.

Just for Laughs :-)

Bored TeachersWe Live, We Laugh, & We Love what we do. We're teachers, but we're human too! Embrace it & never lose your sense of humour!

Injecting humor in the world of education.

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