Staff retention and wellbeing in schools:
How effective communication is reversing the trend

What is the event about?

According to the Teacher Wellbeing Index, 81% of education staff experience poor mental health due to their work and 46% say their organisations don’t provide enough support. With overwhelming workloads, disruptive classroom behaviour and a lack of support, many are choosing to vote with their feet – compounding the critical state of teacher supply and the substantial risk to education quality.

It’s no secret that when staff feel valued, empathised with and supported, they are more likely to find their work rewarding and stay longer term. Whilst ambitious, nationwide plans are needed to address staffing recruitment in schools, SLT up and down the country are tapping into their knowledge and understanding of Thrive to retain the valued colleagues they already have.

In ‘Staff retention and wellbeing in schools: how effective communication is reversing the trend’, Thrive’s Viv Trask-Hall and Thrive trainer and freelance social & emotional development consultant Laura Nicholson, discuss and role model how to have effective conversations that will ensure your staff feel heard – making it easier for you to support and retain them as colleagues when overwhelm creeps in.

By registering, you’ll also have access to a downloadable template that you can adapt for your own conversations at school.