Teacher Wellness
Explore practical strategies to battle teacher burnout and bring excitement and creativity into the classroom.
How to Thrive as a Teacher With Attention Deficit Disorder
A neurodivergent educator shares how she learned to understand her needs and found strategies to help her succeed in the classroom.444Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Making Students Feel Safe
A trauma-informed approach ensures that students feel safe, supported, and nurtured—to improve their chances of academic success.129.7kYour content has been saved!
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When Students Are Traumatized, Teachers Are Too
Trauma in students’ lives takes an emotional and physical toll on teachers as well. Experts weigh in on the best ways to cope.113.6kYour content has been saved!
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Teaching Your Heart Out: Emotional Labor and the Need for Systemic Change
Love for their students is what drives many teachers—but it’s also what makes the profession really, really hard.64.4kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Why Teachers Should Grade Less Frequently
Excessive grading stresses out kids and teachers, stifles innovative teaching, and fails to deliver as a true measurement of learning.
Teaching Through a Pandemic: A Mindset for This Moment
Hundreds of teachers, many of them operating in countries where teach-from-home has been in place for weeks, weigh in on the mental approach you need to stay grounded in this difficult time.46.2kYour content has been saved!
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Schools, Not Teachers, Must Reduce Stress and Burnout—Here’s How
Educators’ health and well-being should be prioritized in school culture; school leaders can help create the conditions for that.37.9kYour content has been saved!
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Defending a Teacher’s Right to Disconnect
Remember personal time? For many educators, technology has driven it toward extinction—and it’s time to get serious about reclaiming it.23.3kYour content has been saved!
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Schools Are Opening Worldwide, Providing a Model for the U.S.
Children are returning to school in countries that are weeks—or months—ahead of the U.S. in battling Covid-19. Here’s how it’s happening.30.1kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Leaders Must Address Teacher Well-Being With Action, Not Just Self-Care Talk
By listening to educators and building supports that reflect their genuine needs and concerns, these leaders are shifting school cultures in ways that go beyond lip service.6 Tips to Avoid End-of-Year Burnout
These research-backed strategies can help teachers end the school year feeling energized and connected to their work.
The How and Why of Trauma-Informed Teaching
In an extraordinary Twitter chat, educators discuss building trauma-informed social and emotional learning environments.33.6kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Prioritizing Teacher Self-Care
It’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.35.8kYour content has been saved!
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In High School, the Kids Are Not All Right
With social and academic pressure mounting, a teacher shares what he’s learned about tracking his students’ mental well-being.33.5kYour content has been saved!
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Why Black Teachers Walk Away
Teachers of color are leaving the profession at staggering rates. A new study highlights some of the reasons why.15.6kYour content has been saved!
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