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Find the funny
To start 2020 on a positive note and tickle your funny bone Emma Kell asked teachers to share examples of things that have happened in their classrooms to make them laugh.
Developing an optimistic outlook
As the new year starts we can all learn to look on the brighter side of life more. Adrian Bethune outlines three simple ways that may help you on this journey.
What teachers want from SLT to improve their wellbeing
What schools and school leaders can do to develop an effective culture where there is trust and autonomy and happy and healthy staff.
Moving beyond the teacher wellbeing crisis: flourishing in teaching and leadership
Emma Kell interviews Karen Edge, who through her role at the Institute of Education, offers some practical and concrete suggestions to help teachers deal with some of the struggles that come with a demanding and stressful job.
Teachers share tips for managing workload in new BBC Teach film
To help others struggling with workload, we asked teachers how they effectively managing their time. Watch what they said in this new BBC Teach film.
Workload vs wellbeing
Workload and wellbeing are interlinked but different: workload is more about our ability to be productive, whereas wellbeing is about looking after ourselves to give us the best possible chance of being able to tackle our workload.
Staffrooms: safe haven or hotbed of discontent?
Who doesn’t come to your staffroom? Have you ever asked why? Are our staffrooms genuinely social areas or do we have some staff who never venture beyond their pigeonhole?
Shining a torch on teacher wellbeing… and keeping the candle burning
Emma Kell reflects on the findings of our Teacher Wellbeing Index and asks teaching professionals to challenge the culture of presenteeism and to look after themselves and each other.
Support for trainees: don’t suffer in silence
Early Career teachers face a huge learning curve and it’s easy to feel isolated if you’re struggling. Lisa Fathers shares some tips to help trainees manage their mental health and wellbeing.
Surviving November
Here are a few tried-and-tested tips for the teaching profession to get through the short days and long nights of November.
Teachers talk about workload in a new BBC Teach film
Teachers have opened up about their workload and the guilt they feel about taking time off sick, in a new BBC Teach film.