Growth Through Adversity: Teacher Mental Health in the Aftermath of COVID-19

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session Fourteen
  In Roundtable Session: Lessons Learned Through COVID-19: Understanding the Long-Term Impacts and Leader Responses (Table 2)

Abstract

The importance of teacher mental health as a critical focus of educational research and school improvement efforts has taken on additional urgency due to the long-term and sustained impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on schools and teachers. It is critical that research efforts explore the impact of COVID-19 on teachers and what is needed to function and grow in the face of unprecedented challenges. This quantitative investigation explored mental health outcomes of depression, anxiety, and stress, and growth among teachers, and the relationship between teachers’ mental health and posttraumatic growth experiences in response to COVID-19, identifying significant differences in mental health symptoms between female and male, and significant positive correlations between symptoms of depression and stress and posttraumatic growth.

Author

• Kirsten J Kasten, Wisconsin Lutheran College
  Presenting Author