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Your essential guide to wellbeing in education.Despite many school leaders and teaching and non-teaching staff working hard to support children's and their own wellbeing, more needs to be done. This book provides you with the necessary tools and strategies to navigate your way through the changing educational landscape and shape the schools of the future. Written by a diverse range of experts in the field, it explores how all school staff can support their own, their colleagues' and their students' wellbeing, how leaders can lead well and be well, and the importance of relationships within the entire school community to promote personal, academic and professional flourishing.This book will make you think and take you out of your comfort zone. It will inspire discussions and support you - whatever your role in school is - to bring positive change to school policy and culture.Kimberley Evans is an experience teacher and founder of Nourish the Workplace.Therese Hoyle is an education consultant, leadership coach and trainer.Frederika Roberts is a Positive Education advocate and former teacher.Bukky Yusuf is a senior leader, science teacher and consultant.
List of contents
SECTION ONE: LEAD WELL
Chapter 1: Cultures and systems for whole school wellbeing - Frederika Roberts
Chapter 2: Self-care for leaders - looking after your mental health - Anna Bateman
Chapter 3: The role of leadership in retaining early career teachers - Stephen Waters
Chapter 4: Staff safeguarding and supervision - lessons from COVID-19 and beyond - Jane Bee and Ceri Stokes
Chapter 5: How EdTech can help maintain our wellbeing - Bukky Yusuf
SECTION TWO: EDUCATE WELL
Chapter 6: Self-care for busy educators - a practical guide - Maria Brosnan, Kimberley Evans and Thérèse Hoyle
Chapter 7: Wellbeing and safeguarding - Jane Bee
Chapter 8: Getting back to great behaviour by building connections - Adele Bates and Mark Goodwin
Chapter 9: LGBTQ+ Pupils, staff and wellbeing - Adele Bates
Chapter 10: The water is draining away - burnout and retention - Stephen Waters
Chapter 11: How do we address wellbeing in a culture of assessment? - Alison Kriel
Chapter 12: The role of self-care in retaining Early Career Teachers - Stephen Waters
SECTION THREE: LEARN WELL
Chapter 13: How to create resources for wellbeing activities with children and young people - Becca Faal
Chapter 14: Wellbeing - What SEMH Schools, PRUs and APs do really well, and how it can help all schools - Adele Bates
Chapter 15: Creating a new reality - making words matter - Mark Goodwin
Chapter 16: Exploring character and supporting wellbeing with Frida Kahlo and Albert Einstein - Frances Corcoran and Selena Whitehead
Chapter 17: Social and Emotional Learning - Circle Solutions and ASPIRE - Sue Roffey
Chapter 18: Taking the stress out of exams for students - Sarah Brazenor
SECTION FOUR: ENGAGE WELL
Chapter 19: Relationships and social capital - Sue Roffey
Chapter 20: Purposeful parent engagement - Kelly Hannaghan
Chapter 21: Staff wellbeing - it's not just for teachers - Kimberley Evans
Chapter 22: Supporting happy, healthy playtimes - Playground Wellbeing Buddies - Thérèse Hoyle
Chapter 23: Driving pupil engagement through the PSHE and R(S) HE curricula - John Rees
SECTION FIVE: INCLUDE WELL
Chapter 24: A man in a woman's world - Collated by Kimberley Evans, with sections by Matthew Brooker and Chris Reddy
Chapter 25: Flying the flag! How to develop a safe place for the LGBTQ+ community - Alex Purdie
Chapter 26: Wellbeing in a culturally diverse society - Collated by Kimberley Evans
Chapter 27: Disability wellbeing - why inclusion matters for disabled children - Elizabeth Wright
Chapter 28: Language and stigma around mental health - Jen Beer
Chapter 29: The education system and me - Holly Evans
Chapter 30: You and Me (a poem) - Anita Kate Garai
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An inspiring and comprehensive look at all aspects of wellbeing in schools. Thought provoking with many opportunities to step back and reflect, it is a resource that I wish I had had available as I embarked on my own leadership journey. James Hilton
