✓ Improve Teacher Wellness
✓ Reduce Teacher and Student Stress
✓ Improve Student Scores
The PROBLEM:
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46% of teachers reported high daily stress that compromised their health, sleep, quality of life, and teaching performance.
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When teachers are stressed, students show lower levels of both social adjustment and academic performance.
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Teacher Stress Causes:
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Poor physical health
Poor mental health
Poor teacher performance
Poor student outcomes
High teacher turnover
Lower student achievement
$7.3 billion in additional costs
Increased inequities in education
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*Penn State & RWJ Foundation 2016
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The GOOD News:
Interventions on the organizational or individual level, or those that reach both, can reduce teacher stress.
Programs for mentoring, workplace wellness, social and emotional learning, and mindfulness are all proven to
improve teacher well-being and student outcomes.
*Penn State & RWJ Foundation 2016
How to improve
SOCIAL and EMOTIONAL HEALTH
in the classroom
Resources and Support for Teachers
Practical tools that can be used in the classroom to assist teachers help their students to become more resilient.
Schools and districts play a vital role in teacher wellness. Evidence shows that programs work to improve teacher health and improve classroom outcomes. Here you will find additional ways administrators can help develop resilience in their fight to win the battle of burnout.
Find additional video resources on our YouTube Channel
Additional Support
See one of our webinars recently and want the Building Resistance for Teachers download?
Building Stress Resilience
Teacher Self Study
WHAT IS BURNOUT?
The World Health Organization has recently updated its definition of burnout as a "syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed" and the three major symptoms.
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Feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion
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Increased mental distance from one's job or feelings negative towards one's career
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Reduced professional productivity
Please read the following statements. Click the circle next to the number that best indicates your feelings about the statement.
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Every day
A few times a week
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WHY WORRY ABOUT BURNOUT?
PHYSICAL EFFECTS
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Higher rates of musculoskeletal pain
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Higher rates of heart disease
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Obesity
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Diabetes
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Sleep disorders
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Headaches
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Prolonged fatigue
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Weakened immune system
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Higher rates of hospitalization
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Higher mortality rates
MENTAL EFFECTS
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Higher rates of depression
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Insomnia
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Anxiety
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Higher rates of mental disorder treatments
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More likely to be hospitalized for mental health symptoms
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Higher rates of suicide
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Higher rates of mental breakdown
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OCCUPATIONAL EFFECTS
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Lower job satisfaction
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Higher rates of presenteeism (coming to work sick/not being productive at work)
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Higher rates of absenteeism
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Higher turnover rates
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Decreased productivity
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Lower work "culture"
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Increased healthcare expenditure
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Increased disability claims
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