The Holistic Teacher: Well-Being Matters

• In Event: 28.088 - Fairmont Royal York Roundtable Session Four
  In Roundtable Session: 28.088-8 - Mindfulness and Well-Being Among teachers

Abstract

It is important to critically examine the different aspects of teacher wellbeing, as research has demonstrated it can affect various aspects of their job performance. One of the most influential ways to combat teacher turnover and burnout is by ensuring teachers have a positive sense of wellbeing. This qualitative study explores interviews with 87 teachers at three comprehensive public high schools in California, and sheds light on their subject experiences with wellbeing. Implications highlight and examine how open-ended, personal interviews provides self-reflexive practices that can broaden our understanding of teacher wellbeing.

Authors

• Stacy Pulice, University of California - Santa Barbara

• Rebeca Mireles-Rios, University of California - Santa Barbara