Educator Wellbeing Practical Solutions to Reset, Recharge and Recover

Educator Wellbeing, written in response to the 2020 Global Pandemic, speaks to the long-ignored expectations that Educators live with and the impact on their wellbeing that going above and beyond to serve their students has. This book is a relatable and practical read for teachers to build tools for life, bringing their wellbeing to the forefront. It provides a toolbox of preventative and responsive strategies to help Educators look after their wellbeing so they can continue with supporting their students. Madhavi Nawana Parker provides a supportive and practical wellbeing framework that can be tailored to meet teachers’ unique and personal needs, and supports theory with personal vignettes to bring to life topics such as: Areas for improved wellbeing in the current climate Giving yourself permission to prioritise wellbeing Wellbeing for Educators going forward A timely response to an international event with far-reaching effects, Educator Wellbeing has never been more needed by practitioners, as a contemporary answer and basis for a new tradition of supportive practice.

Foreword Shawn Hutchinson Introduction Chapter One What the 2020 Global Pandemic highlighted about Educator wellbeing Chapter Two Resetting for healthy wellbeing Chapter Three Recharging your wellbeing battery Chapter Four A license to rest and recover Chapter Five Where to from here? Making wellbeing comebacks, not wellbeing ‘go backs’ Chapter Six Stories of courage, hope and endurance: Wellbeing during crisis and challenge Chapter Seven Where to from here?

Madhavi Nawana Parker is a behavioural consultant, working in schools and allied healthcare settings, specialising in building cultures of wellbeing, resilience, social-emotional intelligence and confidence. Madhavi is a keynote and public speaker, widely published author, counsellor in private practice and director of Positive Minds Australia.