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Sustainable Teacher Practices- Who is in the room

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Empowering school communities with mindfulness training that is simple, sustainable and impactful

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Self-awareness is the ability to be aware of one's inner life-one's emotions, thoughts, behaviors, values, goals, strengths, challenges, attitudes, mindsets- and how these elements impact our decisions.

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Empowering Students and Educators with Mindfulness and Self-Care Training that is Simple, Sustainable, and Impactful.

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Wellness Can’t Be Just Another Task for Teachers to Do

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Wellness Can’t Be Just Another Task for Teachers to Do

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Wellness Can’t Be Just Another Task for Teachers to Do (Opinion)

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If we want teachers to remain in the profession, state departments of education, school districts, and parent groups must step up.

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The Teaching Profession in 2021 (in Charts)

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The Teaching Profession in 2021 (in Charts)

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Teaching in 2021 brought continued challenges and stressors as teachers navigated the second year of the pandemic.

In the first half of the year, many schools were still at least partially remote, leaving teachers to juggle simultaneously teaching students who were at home and at school. Then, as nearly all schools opened for full in-person instruction this fall, teachers suddenly had to confront a host of new challenges, including staffing shortages, student mental health issues, and lost learning time.

Also this year, there was intense public scrutiny and debate surrounding how teachers taught about race and the country's history of racism. Many teachers worried about parent or community backlash against their curriculum and instruction. And there has been a troubling uptick in school violence.

Here are some of the most significant findings related to teachers. Much of this research is from the EdWeek Research Center's own surveys, which went out to nationally representative samples of teachers, principals, and district leaders on a monthly basis to gauge their opinions on issues related to the pandemic and other major events.

Chart #1: Teachers Are Stressed, but Many Aren't Getting the Support They Need From Their Schools

Only 2 percent of teachers said there's nothing their school or district could do to help relieve their stress. But the survey shows a disconnect between what teachers say would be helpful from administrators and what administrators say they're planning to do this school year.

Chart #2: Many Districts Are Struggling to Find Enough Substitute Teachers, Bus Drivers, and Instructional Aides

This school year, staff shortages have been crushing schools, adding more work to educators' already full plates. Districts are grappling with vacancies in many key areas as well as many educators having to stay home due to COVID-19 exposure. As a result, many teachers have been asked to give up their prep times or professional learning days to cover classes or are adding extra students to their classrooms. And many schools have limited or shut down in-person instruction due to staffing shortages.

An EdWeek Research Center survey of district leaders and principals that was conducted in October showed that substitute teacher shortages were the most severe, followed by bus drivers and paraprofessionals.

Chart #3: More Teachers Are Thinking About Quitting Now Than Before the Pandemic

"There are so many forces and so much stress and pressure on teachers, many of them do really want to leave," Tuan Nguyen, an assistant professor in the college of education at Kansas State University who's studied teacher attrition, told EdWeek this spring. But "intentions aren't the same thing as behaviors."

Chart #4: Most Educators Say Students' State Test Scores This Year Are 'Concerning'

Chart #5: There Have Been More School Shootings in 2021 Than in Recent Years

There have been 34 school shootings in 2021, 24 of which happened since August, according to EdWeek reporting. This is an uptick in violence not only from last year-which saw 10 school shootings, a significant decrease from previous years due to most schools going remote for much of 2020-but from 2019 and 2018, too. The Oxford, Mich., school shooting in late November was the deadliest school shooting since May 2018, with four students killed and six students and a teacher injured.

While school shootings remain rare, experts say the increase in school violence is likely due to a combination of factors. Gun sales have gone up since the pandemic, and researchers estimate that more than 4.6 million children live in houses with unsecured firearms. Children are traumatized due to the pandemic, with children's health organizations declaring a mental health state of emergency. The pandemic has exacerbated risk factors for violence, including isolation and economic instability.

Chart #6: Some Parents Have Pushed Back Against Social-Emotional Learning

Chart #7: Most Teachers Say They Talk About Historical and Present-Day Racism, But Some Aren't Sure if Systemic Racism Exists

Some teachers have said that this national debate, and the potential for parental pushback, is creating a chilling effect that could restrict how they teach about race or even which books they select for their classroom. Even so, an EdWeek Research Center survey conducted in June found that a third of educators said there should be legal limits on classroom conversations on sexism and racism, and 23 percent said they don't believe systemic racism exists.

Chart #8: Some Teachers Have Been Threatened Over How They Teach About Race

While most educators have not been threatened by someone who is displeased about a school's approach to instruction about race, 14 percent of educators said teachers in their district have received physical or verbal threats, according to an EdWeek Research Center survey conducted in late November.

Chart #9: Students (and Their Teachers) Say They're Experiencing More Problems in School Than Before the Pandemic

Chart #10: Most Educators Support Vaccine Mandates for Staff, Students

Teachers were among those at the front of the vaccine line at the beginning of the year, as state policymakers prioritized educators in hopes that vaccination would hasten the return of in-person learning. To date, about 90 percent of teachers say in surveys (including one from the EdWeek Research Center) that they've been vaccinated, though the percentage varies from place to place.

This school year, eight states ordered teachers to get vaccinated or take a weekly COVID-19 test-and two states, plus the District of Columbia, mandated vaccinations, without a testing alternative. Several other big-city districts began requiring vaccinations, too, although some walked back any consequences amid staffing shortages.

An EdWeek Research Center survey conducted in late August and early September found that most teachers, principals, and district leaders supported vaccine requirements for staff, and to a lesser extent, for students. (At the time of this survey, only students ages 12 and older could get vaccinated. Now, virtually all school-age children are eligible.)

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The Teaching Profession in 2021 (in Charts)

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Teaching in 2021 brought continued challenges and stressors as teachers navigated the second year of the pandemic. In the first half of the year, many schools were still at least partially remote, leaving teachers to juggle simultaneously teaching students who were at home and at school.

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Here is a compilation of resources that can be used to build increase a sense of ease