| Owner: |
Mary A. Avalos
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| Owner Email: |
mavalos@miami.edu
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| Paper Title: |
Progressing Teachers’ Understanding and Practices of Personal and Professional Well-Being
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| Session Title: |
Nurturing Educator Well-Being: Insights Into Practice, Professional Environment, and Beliefs (Table 31)
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| Paper Type: |
Roundtable Presentation
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| Presentation Date: |
4/14/2024
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| Presentation Location: |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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| Descriptors: |
Emotion/Emotional Regulation, Equity, Graduate Education
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| Methodology: |
Qualitative
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| Author(s): |
Mary A. Avalos, University of Miami; Nastasia Schreiner, University of Miami; Marisol Meyer, University of Miami; Debbiesiu Lee, University of Miami
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| Unit: |
Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education
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| Abstract: |
Job-related stress is negatively linked with teachers’ physical and mental well-being, contributing to many leaving the profession. This exploratory study fills a gap in the literature to better understand how to progress teachers’ well-being knowledge and practices, which are critical to teacher and student success. We coded teacher reflections from a graduate course on teacher and student well-being to report the Micro-/Macro-/Exo- system influences on their well-being, how teachers’ understandings changed over time, and content that contributed to expanding their knowledge and well-being practices. Findings indicate students, family and friends contributed to teacher well-being, but education-related Macro- and Exo- system influences detracted from well-being. Emotional intelligence, flourishing, and small group sessions with class peers primarily progressed teachers’ understanding and practices.
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| DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.3102/2104021
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