This is the presentation by Shannon McJannet from the May SBA meeting on supporting staff mental health.

Teachers emotionally support our kids — but who's supporting our teachers? In this eye-opening talk, educator Sydney Jensen explores how teachers are at risk of "secondary trauma" — the idea that they absorb the emotional weight of their students' experiences — and shows how schools can get creative in supporting everyone's mental health and wellness.

Wealth of resources on:​

Healthy Spaces​

Promoting Belonging​

Building Resilience​

Mental Health Literacy​

Promising Practices

"Hitting a wall? Explore self-care strategies to battle teacher burnout, and rediscover your inner superhero to bring excitement and creativity back into your classroom."

This resource from the DLC explores the truth about mental health, the symptoms of depression and anxiety, what we can do for students, where you can go to get help, suggest resources, and mindfulness exercises.

"Do you want to do bodyweight exercises you can do at home? Craig Ballentyne of Turbulence Training provides a wonderful collection of no-equipment bodyweight workouts designed to help you burn fat and get lean.

These instructional videos are mostly short ones (i.e. under 10 minutes) and can be used to create your own home workouts."

Project this video and have everyone be mindful and calm along with the video for 2 minutes (or just do it by yourself)!

The video prompts the users when to breath in, hold, and when to breath out.

Calming and relaxing. Use this to refocus.

Work-related disorders aren’t just limited to heavy manufacturing or construction. They can occur in all types of industries and work environments, including office/classroom/working at home spaces. Research shows that repetitive motion, poor posture, and staying in the same position can cause or worsen musculoskeletal disorders.

Neck and shoulder pain are common in sedentary jobs. Get loosened up and work out the kinks with these 12 exercises you can do at your desk.

Included are exercises for your arms, upper body, legs, head and shoulders.

Join Learning for Justice for a webinar on the importance of educators practicing self-care. Featuring middle school literacy coach Geneviéve DeBose and school social worker Shoshana Brown, this webinar will help educators understand the science and psychology of self-care, including how educator self-care affects students. You will learn a variety of practices and tools, and you will be able to identify practices that work best for you so that you can thrive and really show up every day in your school community.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted schools across the nation and contributed to a general sense of uncertainty and anxiety. Join Ricky Robertson as he discusses ways to care for our well-being and support others through this challenging time.

A wellness inventory for overall Wellness. This inventory is used in Grade 10. (Wellness wheel)

Yoga Journal is your number one resource for yoga poses, sequences, meditation, and the lifestyle that surrounds it.

"Yoga Journal is a wonderful YouTube channel worth following if you want to learn how to do yoga at home. Highly experienced yoga teachers will show you how to do poses for the most relaxation, flexibility, and strength benefits. These short videos can be done whenever you have a few minutes to spare during your day."

A collection of short 5 to 33 minute videos for yoga for anxiety relief.
You've got this!

A 28 minute video for practicing yoga for depression from The Distance Learning Centre.