Developing and implementing a school anti-racism policy can have a number of benefits including, increased recruitment and rentention of racially minoritised staff and increased self-esteem and confidence of students. This document provides guidance on how to write an anti-racism policy.

Supporting staff from diverse backgrounds involves looking at the 'hidden workload' that teachers from racially minoritised backgrounds may encounter. This document provides actionable items that schools can do to support the mental health and wellbeing of staff from racially minoritised groups.

This Toolkit explores how to implement the Canadian Healthy School Standards, with a specific focus on the actions needed at a school system leadership level. It provides a pathway to follow in the form of six interconnected checklists, along with connections to additional resources.

The Ohio School Wellness Initiative is committed to supporting K-12 schools across the state and providing resources and guidance to promote well-being for school staff in all positions. The School Staff Wellness Manual provides assessments, planning tools, resources, and sample activities that can be incorporated throughout the school year to promote wellness for individual school staff members as well as thinking about wellness holistically for school teams.

The four-day school week has received mixed reviews in the literature. “A shortened workweek is not a ‘magic pill’ to solve the problem. If we don’t improve working conditions and compensate educators properly, the length of the workweek will not matter.” Barnes, 2022

A recharge room is a quiet space for teachers to relax featuring amenities like massage and lounge chairs, treadmills, hammocks, and yoga equipment.

This article outlines the power of taking something away as opposed to continually adding to work responsibilities/expectations. What could we subtract from the school day that would improve teacher mental health/wellbeing?

Teachers want to be heard and have choice/time to engage in professional development opportunities that will benefit their mental health/wellbeing. This will look and sound differently across school boards/districts depending on educator needs.

The SGBA Workplace Discrimination Bias Toolkit provides common definitions and language along with promising practices to help address workplace discrimination.

This article discusses how anti-racism is integral to staff well-being. School districts should feature acknowledgement, community partnership and leadership, accountability, disaggregated race-based data collection, transparent monitoring and reporting along with policy development and implementation.

Workplace Mental Health Training for supervisors is an evidence-based program that teaches leaders supportive strategies that protect and promote positive mental health. It also helps supervisors recognize and respond to signs that an employee may be experiencing distress.