staff wellbeing

[HettyD]

My school is restarting the staff wellbeing committee and is asking for ideas of things that would make a real difference to staff - anyone got any ideas of things that really work for you?

[justtheonethen]

Well being day sounds fabulous.

I'm currently trying to think of ideas for staff well being in our school so watching this with interest.

To be honest what our staff need is consistent management as we have had multiple heads over last 3 years and therefore constantly changing policies when new head wants to make their mark with little regard to if the marking/monitoring/behaviour policy actually needs to change. I'm feeling horribly frustrated and demotivated at the moment and regretting going back in to teaching despite absolutely loving actual teaching. Not loving the extra hours wasted making sure everything is in a specific font that's only on half the computers at school for example!

Essay sorry, but by god that was cathartic!

[Haggisfish]

We devolve an inset day in november to evenings throughout year, so we get a three day weekend in november. Helps break that looong term up and we can go Christmas shopping!

[Snazarooney]

Watching with interest. I want to be in a position to suggest things that make a real difference and not gimmicky things too.

[mercifulTehlu]

A school I worked at sent out a staff wellbeing questionnaire. It made me . They just wanted to pacify staff with cake and gimmicks in the desperate hope that they'd shut up complaining about all the things that are actually wrong with the job.

[mercifulTehlu]

Imo nobody but the government can do anything about the things which would REALLY make teachers' wellbeing better.

[justtheonethen]

My head has announced we are having "wellness week" next week. This seems to solely involve wanting everyone to leave by 4 but no reduction in workload

[MummySparkle]

I would like to be paid for the amount of hours that I actually need to get the job done. I'm a technician on a 15hr contract and it is impossible to get everything done in 15hrs. I've just started running. An after school club which takes up 2 hrs of my technician time (1 for the club, 1 for prep / tidying). But I still have the same amount of technician stuff to do in the same time. I end up staying late most nights.

Heating in our classroom. It's been broken over a year. We have 2 wall mounted fan heaters, but one very large double-height classroom with lots of windows on 2 of the walls and the heaters aren't far below the ceiling.

A laptop that actually works rather than wasting hours just trying to check my emails

Access to the school car park after hours / weekends as free town centre parking.

[PhyllisDietrichson]

I ran a creative after school club for the staff wellbeing and we had great fun after school drinking tea and making nice things. Sadly only LSAs and techies had the time to attend but it was still really rewarding for me and they said they loved it.

[Cetti]

The SLT supporting a centralised behaviour management policy.

Properly thought out initiatives which result in the children actually doing some work and/or less wasting of teacher time.

Currently doing supply in secondaries round here and am boggled at how different they are and how delusional some SLTs are. Have reached a state of total disillusionment with Ofsted as many reports appear to be works of fiction.

After that toilets with toilet paper and soap. Complementary tea and coffee.

[bloodyteenagers]

Yes, actually asked the people what they want.
We aren't. I am fed up of doing the same forced shit. I have complained. I have come up with alternatives. As have others, including costs which with some things have been zero. But because someone who organises it likes it all, then screw the rest of us.