Teacher well-being in early childhood: a resource for early care and education professionals

Laying the foundation: Understanding early childhood teacher well-being

Key issues addressed in this chapter

What is well-being?

Well-being and early childhood care and education professionals

The eight dimensions of wellness

Influences on the eight dimensions of wellness

Our guiding conceptual framework

Summary and conclusions

The importance of teacher well-being

Key issues addressed in this chapter

The impact of teacher well-being

Summary and conclusions

Well-being within early childhood teacher preparation programs

Key issues addressed in this chapter

Facilitating preservice teachers' understandings of teacher well-being

What teacher well-being is . . . and what it isn't

Understanding and supporting the well-being of preservice teachers

Supporting early childhood teacher well-being

Through effective teacher preparation

Strategies to manage personal well-being

Summary and conclusions

Promoting well-being with practicing teachers

Key issues addressed in this chapter

Promoting early childhood educator

Well-being across the ecosystem

Relationships: The magic sauce in every well-being recipe

Well-being champions

Readiness for change

Goal setting

Summary and conclusions

Learning from others: Illustrations of well-being

Programs and initiatives

Key issues addressed in this chapter

Supported self-care

Limited well-being promotion activities

Examples of well-being programs for early

Childhood educators

Summary and conclusions

Wells and frontiers: Deepening and broadening our understanding of teacher well-being through the intersectionality of race and gender

Dr. Eva Marie Shivers

Rationale

Framework(s)

History of childcare workers in the United States through a racialized lens

Social and structural determinants of teachers' well-being

Attachment, culture, and trauma

Internal processes

Moving from margin to center: How can we deepen and expand our awareness of teacher well-being?

Spirituality-Black liberation theology

Conclusion: A call to decolonize our understanding and support of teacher well-being

Where do we go from here?:

Considerations for policy and practice

Key issues addressed in this chapter

Education, penalties, and myths

Fair compensation and the burden of early

Childhood education costs

Regulations, standards, and measures of quality

Societal perceptions of young children and early childhood educators

Summary and conclusions.