Top tips for resilience: Understanding teacher resilience

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Introduction In these top tips, Cornelia Lucey, psychologist and leadership consultant presents some possible approaches to building resilience for teachers and educationalists and shares ways they can be applied to build resilience. It is important to note that these are only some tips to help you cope with everyday challenges at work and beyond. It is advisable to seek out professional help if you need support with your mental health. Education Support, a charity dedicated to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of education staff, also provide many helpful resources. What’s the idea? Resilience is a foundation stone for early career teachers wanting to perform at their best and role model resilient behaviours to students. The need for this resilience extends into further roles in the education system, including leadership roles. What does it mean?  Resilience is not about being ‘tough’ on a permanent basis – it is generally re

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References
  • Zwart RC, Korthagen FAJ and Attema-Noordewier S (2014) A strength-based approach to teacher professional development. Professional Development in Education 41(3), 579–596.
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