Creating the Conditions for Well-Being
There are conditions that need to exist for students and teachers to be their best selves and do their best work.
What Do We Know about Well-Being?
Well-being ensures that all students and educators thrive physically, socially, emotionally, mentally, and academically.
Thriving Is More than Surviving
Thriving is succeeding despite or because of a circumstance and includes the skills to work through difficulties rather than removing hardships. To thrive means to grow, flourish, and prosper.
Well-Being as a Comprehensive Term
The interconnected link between student well-being and academic learning is supported through supportive school climates, proactive Tier 1 instruction, and an increased commitment to the work supporting well-being in schools.
Coming to Terms with the Term “Well-Being”
Well-being includes the physical, social, emotional, mental, and academic knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed in navigating today’s world.