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OTF Connects: Creating a Ripple of Wellbeing: Supporting our Collective Wellbeing as Teachers

January 25, 2024 to January 25, 2024

  • Category: Online, Webinar, Workshop
  • Region: Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario, GTA, Northern Ontario, Outside Ontario, Southern Ontario
  • Topic: Other, Professional Issues, Teacher Development
  • Grades: Intermediate (grades 7-10), JK-SK, Junior (grades 4-6), Primary (grades 1-3), Senior (grades 11-12)

As teachers, we invest significant time and energy supporting the wellbeing of our students. But who takes care of our wellbeing? This 90-minute interactive workshop begins by recognizing that our wellbeing at work is influenced by many factors: our individual actions, our relationships with students and colleagues, the school environment, and the deeper systemic factors that shape our working conditions. From this foundation, we will explore practical strategies to address stress, build psychological capital (hope, optimism, resilience, efficacy), and create supportive work and learning environments.

Kathleen Lane, Program Director, Well at Work
Kathleen is the Program Director for Well at Work by EdCan. Well at Work supports school districts and provinces to make K-12 workplace wellbeing a top policy and investment priority.
Kathleen studied population health before earning her Master of Business Administration from the University of British Columbia. She managed two cross-campus research projects to understand how the learning environment affects student mental health and wellbeing. Focused on bridging the theory-to-practice gap, Kathleen presented findings from her research into teaching practices that support student learning and wellbeing at the International Conference for Health Promoting Universities and Colleges and developed instructor resources to support implementation of instructional practices that promote student wellbeing. Over the past several years her work has focused on building management and leadership capacity to support healthy and productive workplaces.