Tackling the drivers of poor mental health and wellbeing
There are many factors within the school environment that are drivers to poor mental health and wellbeing amongst staff. Many of these are highlighted in the 2020 Teacher Wellbeing Index. Lack of control and influence, poor work/life balance, limited flexibility and lack of appreciation are often cited by teachers as areas that have a negative on their mental health.
Below we have provided a range of resources to help you think about how you can tackle these areas, including a webinar on appreciation chaired by Education Support’s CEO Sinéad McBrearty.
Control, influence and concern
Circle of control, influence and concern
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Circle of control, influence and concern
Work/ life balance
Creating a wheel of life
This easy to use wheel of life can help school staff get a snapshot of how satisfied they are in their lives. In this document we have provided guidance on how to use the tool and have included an interactive wheel for staff to complete, within the document.
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Creating a wheel of life
Practical Tool: A Downloadable wheel of life
This is a downloadable version of the wheel of life for school staff to print off and complete offline.
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Practical Tool: A Downloadable wheel of life
Work/life balance
At Education Support we have a whole webpage dedicated to work/life balance.
Reducing workload for teachers: Estyn
This guide was produced by Estyn who are the education and training inspectorate for Wales.
Flexible working in schools
NEU flexible working advice
This advice was written by the National Education Union, a trade union in the United Kingdom for school teachers, further education lecturers, education support staff and teaching assistants.
Appreciation
Teacher wellbeing: why appreciation matters