Teacher Wellness

Hitting a wall? Explore self-care strategies to battle teacher burnout, and rediscover your inner superhero to bring excitement and creativity back into your classroom.

Staff Meetings Get a Needed Makeover During the Pandemic
Educators across the country share their insights on how the pandemic has forced them to change staff meetings—for the better.
Emelina Minero
5 Simple Ways to Manage Stress This Year
Finding ways to process the challenges of this year will be critical for teachers.
Lori Desautels
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Building Adult Capacity for Social and Emotional Learning
By taking one day a month to provide staff with training and support, this organization equips adults to better care for the young people they serve.
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.
Stephen Merrill
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.
Stephen Merrill
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Making Students Feel Safe
A trauma-informed approach ensures that students feel safe, supported, and nurtured—to improve their chances of academic success.
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.
Emily Kaplan
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.
Emelina Minero
Curbing Teacher Burnout During the Pandemic
Teachers are adapting to a host of exhausting new challenges during the coronavirus. We asked educators and other experts for strategies to help address this new form of burnout.
Nora Fleming
Teachers Around the World Tell Us Reopening Is Tough, but Joyful
In countries where infection rates have stabilized, schools are reopening. When we asked how that’s going, over 600 teachers responded.
Stephen Merrill, Sarah Gonser
During Coronavirus, a Teacher Describes the Scramble to Go Digital
In Bergen County, New Jersey, just outside New York City, a school closure pushes teachers to confront the challenges of online learning.
Carly Berwick
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A New School Year Unlike Any Other
As schools reopened across the country, teachers rose to the challenges of navigating the new normal, both remotely and in their classrooms.
Prioritizing Self-Care While Working From Home
Teachers adjusting to teaching from home while schools are closed may need to work out new routines to stay grounded.
John McCarthy
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Sipping Water for Self-Care During the School Day
An action as easy as taking a sip of water can help teachers and students calm themselves in stressful situations.
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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.

Teacher Wellness

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Staff Meetings Get a Needed Makeover During the Pandemic

Building Adult Capacity for Social and Emotional Learning