Good work design, strengthening management capacity, and highlighting social contexts in school workplaces can help mitigate the risks these challenges may pose to staff mental health.
Schools are unique workplaces, hosting communities of students, families, and staff. Work in contemporary schools is complex, multifaceted and evolving, and the one constant is ongoing high demands on staff. Designing work to attract, retain and develop great staff is central in enabling schools to flourish as workplaces and learning communities.
At Compassionate Schools, we believe school leaders and staff can work together and [re]design for better work in classrooms, teams, and across schools. The authority, capacity and in-house expertise is just waiting to be tapped in each school community.
Good work design = better work practice = mentally healthy school workplaces.
