Leading Educator Wellness

When leaders don't prioritize their wellness, supporting teachers and students becomes challenging. This resource emphasizes wellness as a core part of a leader's identity, addressing low morale and exploring personal connections. It outlines six critical actions for self-care, goal setting, and professional learning, enabling leaders to create systems that prevent burnout and build resilient school communities.



Readers will: Critically examine personal and communal health practices to identify wellness needs Develop a common educator wellness vision to guide improvements to health practices Identify clear, feasible goals and actionable steps to achieve desired outcomes Strengthen commitment to wellness goals through professional learning teams Sustain educator wellness through active assessment and improvement of health practices

Contents:

Introduction

Part I

Chapter 1: Engaging in Purposeful Self-Care

Chapter 2: Implementing a Common Vision for Educator Wellness

Chapter 3: Performing a Needs Assessment

Part II

Chapter 4: Goal Setting and Action Planning

Chapter 5: Designing and Facilitating Effective Professional Learning

Chapter 6: Monitoring Progress and Sustaining Educator Wellness

Epilogue

Appendix A: Engaging Stakeholders in the Needs Assessment

References and Resources

Index