When it comes to wellbeing, there is no ‘one size fits all,’ you need to be able to pick and choose what works or doesn’t work for you. You may fit one of these profiles completely, or a few parts of each, or none of them and that is ok. Whichever method you choose to focus on, your wellbeing is personal to you.
Spotlight on: Adrian Bethune
Adrian advocates that there is nothing more important than your emotional wellbeing.
Developing Coping Skills: Helen Witty
Emotion-Based Coping techniques are all about managing our feelings and our thoughts in times of stress and overwhelm. These techniques can help us become less emotionally tied and affected by our difficult situations.
School Staff Mental Health: 5 Ways To Reach Out
Mental health in education is high on every teachers agenda but actually actioning positive steps towards supporting our own mental health, often takes a backseat.
The Issues Facing Post-Pandemic Early Years Pupils (Via TT)
There has been recognition across the world that pupils have had their wellbeing significantly impacted as a result of the pandemic. Children in
Supporting Our Pupils With The Ongoing Conflict (via Teacher Toolkit) + Further Resources for National Reflection Day
With the ongoing fighting, the plight of those who have been affected by war is not far from any of our minds. The conflict has been problematic for teachers to know what to say; what is too much and what is not enough. It is a huge challenge to cater to everyone’s wishes in this situation; kudos goes to all of our schools that deal with these issues with sensitivity.
The Life After Teaching Chronicles Episode 2: Chris Walsh (Tutor Right)
Here is the 2nd installment where I speak to Chris Walsh from http://www.tutorright.co.uk/ about how he left education world in order to start a tutoring business which has now expanded exponentially!
Let’s Stop Calling it Teacher ‘Burnout’ (via Nexus)
I am all for self-care but so many of us don’t have the capacity for this luxury.
What if we used the word ‘exploitation’ in place of burnout?
What if we changed the narrative?
SENCO Overview Of Workload (editable)
This is a useful document which you can use to explain your workload to others. It’s fully editable so you could colour code it to show what is the most/least time consuming for you or write approximate times next to each entry.
SENCO Talks – QFT strategies for secondary (via Spotify)
oducing SENCO Talks – Informative discussions on Additional Educational Needs, to help all Secondary school staff better support pupils with additional needs. May also be suitable for some of your primary children. There are nine episodes on a range of SEND needs. Hope you enjoy them and are able to share them with your colleagues.