Leading Educator Wellness

Six Critical Actions to Support All Staff (Empower educators with actionable wellness strategies that build resilience and balance.)

Bill Barnes, Erin Lehmann

• Publisher: Solution Tree Press
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781962188487
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Adult Education

When leaders don't prioritize their wellness, supporting teachers and students becomes challenging. This resource emphasizes wellness as a core part of a leader's identity, addressing low morale and exploring personal connections. It outlines six critical actions for self-care, goal setting, and professional learning, enabling leaders to create systems that prevent burnout and build resilient school communities.

Readers will:

• Critically examine personal and communal health practices to identify wellness needs
• Develop a common educator wellness vision to guide improvements to health practices
• Identify clear, feasible goals and actionable steps to achieve desired outcomes
• Strengthen commitment to wellness goals through professional learning teams
• Sustain educator wellness through active assessment and improvement of health practices

Contents:
Introduction
Part I
Chapter 1: Engaging in Purposeful Self-Care
Chapter 2: Implementing a Common Vision for Educator Wellness
Chapter 3: Performing a Needs Assessment
Part II
Chapter 4: Goal Setting and Action Planning
Chapter 5: Designing and Facilitating Effective Professional Learning
Chapter 6: Monitoring Progress and Sustaining Educator Wellness
Epilogue
Appendix A: Engaging Stakeholders in the Needs Assessment
References and Resources
Index

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Acknowledgments
• Table of Contents
• About the Authors
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Part I
• Part II
• Epilogue
• Appendix: Engaging Stakeholders in the Needs Assessment
• References and Resources
• Index