Often unknowingly, teachers form networks within the school community to support their physical, mental and emotional health and wellbeing in schools. The relationships formed inside and outside school are key, particularly when celebrating achievements or expressing the need for emotional support. The ...
Rumbsy, R. (2007) Staff well-being: negotiating new organisational realities in schools facing challenging circumstances, International Electronic Journal of Educational Leadership and Learning,11(17)Rumbsy, R. (2007) `Staff well being: negotiating new organisational realities in schools facing ...
Wellbeing in itself isn’t a new topic, however, we believe it can and should be measured. Given the impact the pandemic has had on staff wellbeing, especially among staff teaching internationally, it’s now more important than ever that schools commit to creating a wellbeing-focused culture...
Instead of spending infinitely more money on flashy wellbeing schemes, perhaps requisitioning an underused space and creating an amazing new staffroom wouldn’t be a bad shout for schools who have a particular problem retaining staff. The most valuable resource in a school is undoubtedly those tea...
Bullying behaviour increases in late childhood and peaks in early adolescence (Cross et al., 2009). A 2015 study with 287 Australian primary schools found approximately 20% of students in grade four reported being bullied by peers on a weekly basis (Thomson et al., 2017). In another ...
How can school leaders build 'good school' cultures that foster well-being in both the classroom and the staffroom? How can schools enable an environment that has virtues embodied both at the institutional level and which foster virtues in students and staff? This chapter reports on the impact...
This paper reports findings from qualitative, semi-structured interviews with 14 school staff at eight secondary schools in England, examining emotional health and well-being (EHWB) activities in which they were involved. Three emergent themes are discussed: (1) a strongly held belief that teaching...
Introduction: Despite decades of school improvement efforts, maintaining lasting change in schools remains challenging. So far, traditional interventions h
A New York doctor’s alleged decision to send abortion pills to patients in Texas and Louisiana has pitted the Empire State’s shield law against the two conservative states’ abortion bans, which are among the strictest in the country
Over the years, discussions between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, as well as other Christian communities, have explored ways to reconcile differences, particularly regarding Easter’s celebration. The issue remains a significant topic in interchurch dialogues, reflecting a broader desire for ...