About
We support teachers to become Wellbeing Education Leaders and Learners.
What’s the problem?
School and teacher wellbeing is interconnected with student potential, and the wellbeing of future generations.
Yet right now, teachers are facing more compounding challenges and demands than ever, making the most purposeful profession feel unfulfilling and unsustainable.
Teacher burnout, compassion fatigue and mental health strain is on the rise, leading us to fundamentally question the nature and purpose of schooling.
What’s our approach?
Empowering teachers with the skills and confidence to lead school wellbeing initiatives will serve to evolve the capacity of schools to provide an education that is compassionate and responsive to the wellbeing and learning needs of all students.
Our work at Teachers’ Well is built on the foundations of a trauma-informed systems-aware approach.
A trauma-informed systems-aware approach recognises the collective impacts of trauma on the self to school to society. It empowers teachers with a perspective of interconnectedness; understanding how entwined networks and patterns of relationships can either entrench crises or lead to pathways of wellbeing, depending on our collective response.
Learning and leading together
We describe teachers who commit to learning and leading with a trauma-informed systems-aware approach as Wellbeing Education Leaders and Learners (WELL).
Guided by values of Purpose, Curiosity, Compassion and Courage, the teachers and schools who learn and lead with us can expect:
collaboration and empowerment across school systems
reflective practice and thoughtful dialogue
navigating challenges and uncertainty together
moving forward with creativity, confidence and courageous action.
Further reading: Greig, J., Bailey, B., Abbott, L., & Brunzell, T. (2021). Trauma-Informed Integral Leadership: Leading School Communities with a Systems-Aware Approach. International Journal of Whole Schooling, 17(1), 62-97.
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Our supporters
“Teaching is a vocation that requires constant renewal of mind, heart, and spirit – if we want to avoid burnout, take joy in our work and grow in our service to students. As we seek renewal there are two primary sources to which we can turn: the inner teacher who speaks in solitude, and the community of fellow teachers.” – Parker J Palmer