The MacKillop Institute Archives - Education Matters Magazine

Teachers are human too: counter-stress environments make a difference

Written by Ben Sacco, The MacKillop Institute National Lead – Program Development & Implementation.  Ben Sacco, National Lead – Program Development and Implementation, talks about stress and burnout and strategies for reducing the negative impacts to the mental health and wellbeing of teachers.
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ReLATE model

Teachers are a lighthouse for all students, but how do teachers keep their light burning?

Written by Ben Sacco, The MacKillop Institute National Lead – Program Development & Implementation As a teacher reading this, you should be so proud of your commitment to improving the lives of your students. In your daily practice, you help your students make sense of the world around them, and create opportunities for your students to be literate, numerate, curious and healthy in mind, body and spirit. It’s no easy feat, and it’s become harder.
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Why we should take care of our teachers

With teachers supporting young people every day and with greater responsibilities being placed on schools’ to ensure the wellbeing of its students, The MacKillop Institute has created a trauma-informed model to support schools and teachers to improve learning and wellbeing outcomes.
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