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Why join the Teachers’ Well community?
Megan explains the benefits that members receive in each tier of the Teachers’ Well community.
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Why Teaching?
I want to know why you chose teaching and continue to make that choice. You didn’t choose teaching because you thought it would be easy, for a promise of high pay or an easy workload. So, what led you here?
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Why do we need Wellbeing Education Leaders and Learners?
Where do we start? With an invitation to teachers who are passionate about whole-school wellbeing.
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The hidden teacher-wellbeing trap
There is a gigantic wellbeing trap for teachers that most will not recognise. We get into teaching for a multitude of reasons but most of us stay for the same reason: “this work means something to me” - far beyond a paycheck or a pat on the back.
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Our values at Teachers’ Well
At Teachers’ Well, our values are a core part of what we do to co-create and sustain a wellbeing community of practice for teachers.
Co-creating a culture of wellbeing at school
Changing the education system and lowering the administrative burden may currently feel out of reach, but truly looking after ourselves and each other is not.
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Are we teaching to survive or teaching to thrive?
I would like to propose we come together as a community of fellow teachers to work together on this question: are we teaching to survive or teaching to thrive?