As a leader, you often juggle immense and competing responsibilities while processing complex information and managing your staff or team members. Remember, it’s also essential to prioritise your mental health and wellbeing.
Be You can support you in looking after your wellbeing and help you build a learning community where everyone can thrive.
Looking after yourself
Be You Wellbeing Plan for Educators
This interactive plan will help you consider strategies and resources to promote and protect your wellbeing at and outside work and address the unique challenges you may experience in your work.
'Wellbeing and stress management' Fact Sheets
Read about topics and strategies that can boost your wellbeing, such as mindfulness, physical activity and stress management.
'Taking the lead' webinar recording
Watch Be You Consultants and school leaders discuss practical strategies they have used to successfully make their own wellbeing – and the wellbeing of their staff – a priority through leading by example.
'A culture of compassion – for self and others' webinar recording
A panel discussion about how compassion is a protective factor in supporting mental health at both individual and community levels. Discover strategies that can support you and help you build sustaining relationships with educators and families.
For more resources about looking after your wellbeing, visit Wellbeing tools for educators.
Fostering a thriving workplace
Beyond Self-care: An Educator Wellbeing Guide
This guide is designed to help leaders and Action Teams consider educator wellbeing as a shared responsibility. It includes practical advice, activities and case studies to help you and your staff build a thriving workplace.
A collection of actions you can take to support positive mental health across your learning community, with a section about promoting educator wellbeing. Actions include simple activities (‘quick wins’) and longer-term ones designed to support a whole learning community approach.
Creating a staff wellbeing policy
A wellbeing policy is a clear commitment to supporting mental health in your learning community. It can be a strong step towards positively shaping practice as well as developing helpful processes and structures. Read about how you can create a policy for your learning community.
If you're part of a registered Be You Learning Community, you have access to a range of planning and implementation tools that can support a whole learning community approach to mental health and wellbeing. These include surveys and tools for reflective practice, along with an Action Plan template to record your early learning service or school's wellbeing goals.