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Social-Emotional Learning Part 2: Well-Being of Educators
In the 2020-2021 school year, teachers and staff were dealing with a new frontier of education delivery. According to data from Panorama Education, more than 20% of the 13,000 educators in their dataset were “quite” or “extremely” concerned about their social-emotional well-being this year. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, a 2017 American Federation of Teachers study found that 61% of educators surveyed said their work was always or often stressful compared to 30% of workers in the general population. This second of a two-part series on social emotional learning will focus on the needs of educators.
Social-emotional learning (SEL) is how people learn and apply knowledge, attitudes, and skills for:
- Self-awareness of emotions, values, strengths, and limitations
- Social awareness and empathy
- Self-management of emotions and behaviors to achieve one’s goals
- Responsible decision-making about personal and social choices and behaviors
- Relationship skills to form positive relationships, work in teams, and effectively resolve conflicts.
While there has been much focus on the needs of our young people, adults in the education system need to consider their socio-emotional learning and skills. To develop students’ social-emotional skills, the adults in the districts need to feel supported and valued too. Student SEL ought to start with adults.
There are considerably fewer resources for adult professional development compared with what is available for children. Here are a few resources addressing adult social emotional learning and self-care that may be useful for educators:
- A Comprehensive Guide to Adult SEL from Panorama Education
- Advancing Adult Compassion Resilience: A Toolkit for Schools developed by Wisconsin Initiative for Stigma Elimination, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, and Rogers InHealth
- Take Time for You: Self-Care Action Plans for Educators by Tina Boogren and a related Q&A on YouTube
- An Edutopia blog on Five Social Emotional Learning Lessons for Adults
Scales Strategic Solutions hopes this field continues to grow and looks forward to finding ways we can contribute to this important work. Educators must receive what they need as professionals so not only our students succeed but our educators succeed.
In today’s data-driven world, local health departments (LHDs) play a critical role in shaping community health and advancing equity. Yet, to do this effectively, they need more than just national trends, they need access to localized, granular data that reflects the real conditions on the ground. Data sharing is not only a technical challenge but a strategic community-focused practice. When LHDs collaborate with community organizations such as schools, hospitals, social service agencies and law enforcement, they unlock new pathways to address public health challenges more effectively. Local data allows communities to identify emerging health threats, evaluate the impact of programs, and understand how the Social Determinants of Health influence well-being. Scale Strategic Solutions, in partnership with D.E.E.P. Consultants and Strategik513, is proud to announce the development of a robust, strategic roadmap designed to support public health professionals in leveraging data to improve population health outcomes and reduce disparities. Our team of subject matter experts collaborated closely with the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and local health departments to gain firsthand insights into the challenges and opportunities surrounding data sharing practices. This discovery process informed the creation of two key resources aimed at building data capacity in the field. The "Increasing Data Sharing Capacity for Local Health Departments" asynchronous training, alongside the complementary Data Sharing Resource Guide , are now available on NACCHO University , the organization’s online learning platform. At Scale, we are committed to advancing the culture of data sharing within public health ecosystems. These resources were developed to meet practitioners where they are, offering flexible, high-impact tools to drive meaningful improvements in health equity and data-driven decision-making. If your organization is interested in learning more or would benefit from a customized training solution tailored to your specific data sharing needs, we invite you to contact us . Together, we can empower local health leaders with the tools and knowledge needed to transform data into action.
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