Teacher Wellbeing

Here I introduced some ideas on Teacher Wellbeing.

Being regulated and knowing how your brain handles stress is really important as a teacher.

Alex Shervin Vennet outlines in her book -Equity Centred Trauma Informed Education

"The same way that we need to communicate our care to students for a trauma informed environment we need to create a culture of care for all the adults in the school"

"Teacher stress" is more than just managing a busy day. It is the weight of drowning in paper work, dealing with complex behaviour, new curriculum demands, keeping a classroom running smoothly. It is really important to develop strategies to stay regulate and make your own self care a priority.

Korero with Erin Steel

Erin is a Healthy Active Learning Facilitator Lead at Sport Northland. Erin is the Author of Oranga . It is packed with practical tools and insights designed to help teachers prioritise their mental health and well-being, both in the classroom and in everyday life. Drawing on the Five Ways to Wellbeing and Te Whare Tapa Whā, Erin's powerful, holistic approach offers simple strategies to boost resilience, balance, and joy.

Erin shares some wisdom with us.

Resources to support your own wellbeing journey

Taking Care of Educators | Supporting Mental Wellness | PBS LearningMediaBottom line: supporting educators improves student outcomes. While many schools have formulated individual self-care plans for teachers, many of these models do not go far enough to address organizational care needs. Dr. Perry looks at the key elements of organizational care within classrooms and school districts.

Dr Bruce Perry discusses the importance of organisational self care within classrooms and schools.

On this Leadership Lab Webinar Wiremu Gray shares whakaaro on Te Whare Mauri Ora, his framework for leading well by caring for ourselves and others. He talks about being a leader but these concepts apply to teachers as well.

As a leader, you have lots of different roles and responsibilities, which can make it difficult to maintain a good work/life balance. How do you keep your cup full?
As a leader what helps you to perform and to be at your best?
What learning can you take away from these concepts of Te Whare Mauri Ora?
What’s one goal you would like to develop for yourself from this model?
How does Te Whare Mauri Ora help us to reflect on our leadership?
How do we nurture the mauri of others? How do we listen, understand, value and involve others? (Give Mana to others)
How can we make sure we have the energy/vibrancy to lead in the mana-enhancing way we desire?

In this video Trina Tamaiti discusses Te whare tapa whā and how this model and Maori values and principles can create a positive impact on the culture within a business. These principles also applies to staff culture in a school.

Teacher Wellness: 6 Resources and Ideas for Self-Care | Panorama EducationA guide to teacher wellness. Discover six resources for cultivating self-care and well-being, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Panorama Education Teacher Wellness page has lots of wonderful ideas and resources for teacher self care and wellness.

Dr Kerry Howells is an expert in Gratitude. In this podcast she talks about how gratitude can support teacher well-being.

Importance of Self Care

These Ted talk discuss the importance of self care.

Dima Abou Chaabon combines neuroscience and self-care in her TED Talk. She looks at how the science we have can impact our well-being and improve the way we see ourselves.

Susannah Winters's TED Talk on Self Care breaks the myth that self care is a wine party, Netflix binge, or a pedicure. Self-care is what's needed for your well-being and should always leave you with more energy and feelings of revitalization. Often, the activities that are described as self-care leave you more depleted and with less energy. This talk will break the myth and discuss the 4 components of self-care that will support your overall wellness;

-nourishing foods,

-stillness & movement,

-time in nature, and

-self expression.

In Kelly Hopkinson's TED talk she outlines that self-care is proving to be difficult to master and weave into our teachers frantic lives. As human beings we must prioritise our own well-being and as teachers as well we can begin to place the same emphasis on staff well-being in our schools as we do for the mental health of the children we teach. Self-care starts with you and small acts every single day.

Covey's Circle of Control

Stephen Covey's Circle of control, influence and concern is model that helps you think about being proactive or reactive in your approaches to problem solving. Proactive people focus their energy on what they can change. Reactive people focus on things they are beyond their control. This is a great tool to have in your kete it is strength based and solution focused.

The Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand

The Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand has a range of Wellbeing Resources in its website.

https://teachingcouncil.nz/resource-centre/teacher-wellbeing/

Prioritizing Teacher Self-CareIt’s a simple self-care strategy: Teachers text a colleague to cover their class for a minute when they need to de-escalate and recharge.

This Edutopia video expains the Tap in/Tap out method as a self care strategy. This could be possible in your Kura. Some Kura have a card system that is sent to Leadership as sign they need time to regulate and recharge.

Teacher trauma: why it's time to start talking about it — The Teaching DistilleryIf you google search anything about trauma and education, inevitably you will receive pages and pages about how to treat student trauma and how to provide support for the students experiencing trauma, but what about the teachers? Who is supporting us?

This great blog post by The Teaching Distillery discussed Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education by Alex Shevrin Venet chapter on teacher wellness. A fab read to get you thinking about a culture of care.

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