What Makes Teachers Unhappy, and What Can You Do About It? Building a Culture of Staff Wellbeing

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-32590-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 473 g

Many teachers, support staff and school leaders are tired, stressed and overstretched. And even though this frequently makes the headlines, it isn’t a new problem. In this book, Mark Solomons and Fran Abrams argue staff wellbeing should be rooted in the culture and climate of our schools. They provide a roadmap to recovery for struggling schools which should lead to improvements in staff morale, workload management and mental wellbeing.

With a range of real-life examples, this book focuses on how school leaders can build workplace wellbeing in even the most challenging environments. It includes clear links to research evidence and summaries of the key steps necessary to deal with common issues such as:

- Identifying and mapping issues in your school

- Leading for wellbeing

- Creating and maintaining a happy workforce

- Developing a culture of everyday wellbeing

- Overseeing change

Written in an entertaining yet informative manner, this is the go-to guide for school leaders who want to support staff by building a more positive and supportive workplace.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, Professional Reference, Professional Training, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Solomons, Mark

Abrams, Fran

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Grundschulen, Hauptschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Weiterführende Schulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; Section 1. Mapping the Issues; 2. Knowing your numbers; 3. Having a clear plan; 4. Where to take action; Section 2. Leading for Wellbeing; 5. Being the change; 6. Becoming a competent leader; Section 3. Getting and Keeping a Happy Workforce; 7. Teacher retention and recruitment; 8. Making staff feel valued; 9. Managing workload; 10. Looking after your support staff; 11. Don’t forget the senior leadership team; Section 4. School Culture; 12. Culture, Cake and Yoga; 13. Wellbeing and your students; Section 5. Overseeing Change; 14. The role of governors and trustees; 15. Bringing the outside in; Section 6. Rethinking Education for Wellbeing; 16. Rewriting the book; 17. Getting physical; 18. The policy picture; 19. The digested read

Über Autor(innen)

Mark Solomons, former Sainsbury’s Bank operating board member, has more than 12 years’ experience developing leadership and culture in education. A school governor and trustee for more than 20 years, he founded Welbee, a multi-award winning edtech start-up supporting schools to measure and systematically improve staff wellbeing. This is his second book.

Fran Abrams is a journalist and author with more than 30 years’ experience of reporting on education. She has worked for all the national broadsheet newspaper groups and for 15 years was a reporter on BBC Radio 4’s File on 4 programme. She is a trustee of the Education Media Centre and has written six previous books.