Educator well-being requires both top-down and bottom-up support. As Westside educators learn various strategies and supports for their well-being in the upcoming months, they will need guidance from leaders to uptake and use them consistently.
Two ways we discussed delivering this guidance was by fostering a supportive implementation climate and cultivating a sense of psychological safety. Those are the targets — now comes the work.
Below are handouts to complete various exercises to help wrangle the why and how of prioritization for well-being, as well as resources for continued education and specific strategies for fostering climate and psychological safety. There is also a single poll question to gauge how much support from MHTTC personnel you want for this work.
