- Consider using the AOE VTmtss Systems Tools (for assistance, contact VTmtss Technical Assistance).
- Provide systemic support for well-being and positive culture at the district & school levels:
- Identify & address systemic organizational issues that contribute to educator stress;
- Support all administrators’ growth in social-emotional leadership skills;
- Reform PD content & delivery to better equip teachers for the job they face;
- Support educators’ social and emotional development on the job;
- Create opportunities for distributed leadership, collaboration, & autonomy;
- Redesign jobs to reduce workload.
- Indicators of positive school culture:
- Caring, belonging, well-being, & safety are central;
- Interactions are characterized by openness, trust, respect, & appreciation;
- Staff relationships are collegial, collaborative, & productive;
- Staff members & students are held to high expectations;
- Successes of teachers and students are recognized and celebrated;
- School leaders, teachers, & staff members model positive, healthy behaviors;
- Important leadership decisions are made collaboratively with input from staff, students, and families;
- Ensure that resources, opportunities, & access are equitably distributed to ensure high outcomes for ALL.
- Develop educator expertise in supporting students’ social, emotional, and behavioral success.
- Identify and address barriers to improving systems.
- NEW! Educator Wellness: A Whole School Approach to Improve Staff Stress and Retention and Student Achievement
- NEW! Read this brief: Structural Supports to Promote Teacher Well-being
- NEW! Addressing The Effects Of The Pandemic On Educators: Tap into a multi-tiered school-community approach
- Consider attending the BEST/VTmtss Summer Institute in June 2022. The theme is “Reclaiming our Passion for Education: Ensuring safe and nurturing environments for our students and ourselves.” The Planning Committee is intentionally redesigning the schedule and content of the Institute to ensure time and space for reflection, connection, decompression, and rejuvenation. Afternoon team time will offer an opportunity to develop/strengthen systems for supporting staff, students, and families.
- Building System-level Solutions to School-wide Stress (PBISApps)
- NEW! Promote Trust, Community, and Collective Efficacy Among Staff
- Building a Culture of Staff Wellness Through Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
- Dept of Education Report: Supporting Child and Student Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and Mental Health Needs, October 19, 2021