The Status of Teacher and Staff Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic

• In Event: COVID-19 and K–12 Teachers' Well-Being and Mental Health

Abstract

This study includes results from the administration of the workplace wellbeing survey with school staff in a rural/frontier region of a western state. This survey was based on the PERMA model with additional questions about the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic and was completed by 777 respondents (463 teachers). Noteworthy results include lower levels of wellbeing in the domain of Relationships for Hispanic school personnel and an outsized adverse impact from the COVID-19 pandemic on social and physical wellbeing (when compared with non-Hispanic personnel). Teachers showed lower levels of Positive emotion, Engagement, and Accomplishment, when compared to non-teachers in schools. Correlation coefficients between constructs and other results are also discussed.

Authors

• Benjamin C. Ingman, University of Denver
  Presenting Author

• Elizabeth Anderson, Embraced Wisdom Resource Group
  Presenting Author

• Sandra Bertram Grant Solis, University of Denver
  Presenting Author

• Elaine Belansky, University of Denver
  Non-Presenting Author