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✓ Improve Teacher Wellness
✓ Reduce Teacher and Student Stress
✓ Improve Student Scores
The PROBLEM:
46% of teachers reported high daily stress that compromised their health, sleep, quality of life, and teaching performance.
When teachers are stressed, students show lower levels of both social adjustment and academic performance.
Teacher Stress Causes:
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
*Penn State & RWJ Foundation 2016
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
