• Welcome to the Teach Well Alliance!

      Steve Waters Founder and Director of the Teach Well Alliance

      Steve Waters: Founder/Director

       

      The Teach Well Alliance tackles staff Burnout, reduces workload, improves staff mental health and wellbeing, and frees up time and energy for your teachers to focus on teaching and learning.

       

      Our unique, comprehensive Teach Well Toolkit now includes the School Wellbeing iAbacus.

       

      You will be guided every step of the way to implement a culture of staff wellbeing and mental health in your school.

       

      Scroll down to find out more.

    • Lifetime access to the Teach Well Toolkit only costs £495, including 12 months' access to a School Wellbeing iAbacus licence.

      Click on the green button below to download our information booklet.

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    • Teach Well Toolkit - a step-by-step programme to enable your school to implement a culture of staff wellbeing and mental health
      Use the Teach Well Toolkit in your school to improve teachers' wellbeing and mental health

      Unique iAbacus School Wellbeing Planning and Evaluation tool.

      Comprehensive set of resources

      Done with your staff, not to your staff

      Identifies causes of stress

      Whole-school strategies

      Includes support and non-teaching staff

      Teach Well School Gold Award

      each Well Toolkit - a step-by-step programme to enable your school to implement a culture of staff wellbeing and mental health

       

      Click on the button to view a sample of the documents in the Teach Well Toolkit.

      Free Booklist from Teach Well Toolkit:

      Teacher Wellbeing, Stress and Burnout

    • The Teach Well Toolkit Process of Whole-School Change

       

      Well staff, teach well. Pupils taught well, do well.

      The School Wellbeing iAbacus equips your teachers to collaborate to identify issues of staff wellbeing and mental health and plan actions to address them

      1. Identify

      Our NEW iAbacus Wellbeing School Self-evaluation and Planning Tool will enable you to identify where staff are most under pressure and highlight what actions your school needs to take. Imagine an abacus on your screen...it's as easy as sliding beads! Scroll down to find out more.

    • School Wellbeing iAbacus Self-Evaluation and

      Planning Tool

      If you can slide beads on an abacus, you can use the School Wellbeing iAbacus.

      Take a look below to see how easy it is to use.

      A year's licence for one user is included in the Teach Well Toolkit.

      Find out more at https://www.iabacus.co.uk/schoolwellbeing/

      Put the School Wellbeing iAbacus into action to address issues of staff wellbeing and mental health

      2. Implement

      The Teach Well Toolkit will guide you every step of the way. Pre-written documents and emails can be easily adapted to your school's context.

      Monitor the progress of your school's action plan by using iAbacus half-way through a term

      3. Monitor

      Keep an eye on how things are going each term with our online surveys.

      The School Wellbeing iAbacus brings your teachers together to discuss how the implementation of the Teach Well Toolkit is going

      4. Evaluate

      Evaluate the impact of your school's wellbeing programme and integrate it with your School Development Plan.

      The Teach Well Alliance has written a Staff Wellbeing and Mental Health Policy for you. Fully customisable.

      5. Write Staff Wellbeing and Mental Health Policy

      Update your existing Staff Wellbeing and Mental Health Policy. If you don't have one, no problem - simply customise our sample policy.

      How much does it cost?

      Lifetime membership of the Teach Well Toolkit costs only £495, including 12 months' access to a School Wellbeing iAbacus licence - less than 3 days of supply cover.

      Click on the green button below to download our information booklet.

    • Teach Well School Award

      Complete the Teach Well Toolkit Programme. Display your Teach Well School Award.

      Deliver the Teach Well Toolkit and achieve the Teach WEll School Gold Award for your school

      The Teach Well School Award says:

      'Come and teach in our school! We will look after you!'

    • You can choose to do nothing about

      teacher workload, wellbeing and mental health

      or

      You can order the Teach Well Toolkit

      Lifetime membership of the Teach Well Toolkit costs only £495, including 12 months' access to a School Wellbeing iAbacus licence - less than 3 days of supply cover.

      Click on the green button below to order.

      Reduce the number of teachers with Burnout and stop them leaving the profession

      Are your...

      • Teachers struggling to cope? 
      • Staff frequently absent?
      • Scarce resources being spent on supply teachers?
      • Retention figures declining?
      • Vacancies difficult to fill?

      If your answer is 'Yes' to any of these questions, our Teach Well Toolkit is your solution.

      If you wish to place an order for the Teach Well Toolkit, please complete an order form by clicking on the Order button below.

    • Don't wait any longer to do something about staff wellbeing and mental health

      Can you afford to do nothing about staff mental wellbeing and mental health? The Cost of Teacher Illness...

      Being a Teach Well School makes financial sense.

       

      Watch as the slides move across the screen. Or click on the arrows.

      Reduce the number of teacher days lost due to absence with stress

      Days lost

      In a primary school with 100 staff, of which 50 are teachers, the average number of working days lost through sickness is 740.

       

      In a secondary school with 150 staff, of which 50 are teachers, the average number of working days lost through sickness is 1110.

      2.16 million days were lost to teacher absence through sickness

      Teacher absence

      In 2015/16, the last year for which we have figures, a total of 2.16 million days were lost to teacher absence through sickness.

       

      Since then, rates of absence have increased.

      It costs an average of £200 to provide supply cover for a teacher who is absent through stress

      Cost per day

      £200 per day per member of staff absent

      What it costs per teacher to cover for teacher absence

      Cost per teacher

      The basic cost of absence in schools is approximately £797 per employee for primary schools and £1328 per employee for secondary schools (based on working days lost at approximately 7.4 according to CiPD Absence Management Survey 2016).

       

      However, in reality, this cost is much higher because it is exclusively based on the salaries of employees on sick leave rather than the cost of temporary supply cover, overheads and indirect costs associated with reduced effectiveness of supply cover on student progress.

      Average costs of absence per school

      Average cost of absence

      In a primary school with 100 staff, of which 50 are teachers, the average total cost of absence to the school for a year is £153,692.31. This is based on using supply cover for 50% of the absences.

       

      In a secondary school with 150 staff, of which 75 are teachers, the average total cost of absence to the school is £310,230.77. This is based on using supply cover for 50% of the absences.

      Reduce your school's spending on staff absence by implementing a culture of staff wellbeing and mental health by implementing the Teach Well Toolkit

      What would you do with the money?

      You could cut your school's spending on staff absence by at least 50%.

       

      Reduce workload and stress. Prevent and tackle Burnout. Create a culture of staff wellbeing.

       

      Spend the savings on teaching and learning.

    • Student Wellbeing Ambassadors

      A one-day training course delivered in your school.

      For Year 6, Year 10 or Year 12.

      Student Wellbeing Ambassadors will support your staff in looking after the wellbeing and mental health of your students

      We train your students to work in partnership with staff to provide support to pupils who are experiencing problems at school

      The last school to receive Student Wellbeing Ambassador training was Cobham Hall School in Gravesend, Kent.

       

      On-site one-day interactive training day for nominated Student Well-Being Ambassadors in your school, tailored to your school's requirements. A great opportunity for students to demonstrate leadership skills. Click on the button to download information.

    • Click on the button below for our information booklet on Student Wellbeing Ambassador training

    • Wellbeing Lead Diploma

      Are you a school Wellbeing Lead?

      Or applying for a Wellbeing Lead post?

    • Our Wellbeing Lead Diploma is for you!

      Unique project-based Wellbeing Lead Diploma, awarded for implementing a culture of staff and pupil wellbeing and mental health

      • Online learning: no travel
      • Online tutor support
      • Introductory webinar
      • Closed Wellbeing Lead group
      • Secondary or Primary route
      • Assessment by project
      • School-based: practical and interactive - includes wellbeing of both pupils and teachers 
      • No formal writing assignments
      • Keep a journal in your own style
      • Track progress on Coach Accountable platform
      • Complete in two terms
      • 10% discount if your school has purchased Teach Well Toolkit

    • Yes please! Send me information about

      the Wellbeing Lead Diploma

      Please type the words: 'Please send me information about the Wellbeing Lead Diploma' in the request box

      Submit

    • Professional Development

      In addition to its The Teach Well Toolkit programme, the Teach Well Alliance runs a range of in-house and national courses, focusing on staff and pupil mental health and wellbeing.

       

      Dates and venues of external courses will be posted on Twitter at @teachwellall, Linkedin and Events Frame .

      Whole School Staff and Student Wellbeing interactive workshop in central Manchester

      Whole-School Staff and Student Wellbeing

      One-day interactive workshop, held in central Manchester.

      This interactive workshop looks at the role of the school wellbeing lead. It draws on best practice and case studies to enable delegates to return to school with a wealth of strategies and an action plan. An invitation-only closed group will be created for members of the workshop to keep in touch and support one another while promoting wellbeing in their schools.

       

      For further information or to register, go to: https://app.eventsframe.com/e/sPjyfPztm/whole-school-staff-and-student-wellbeing/

      The Teach Well Alliance will customise wellbeing and mental health to your school's requirements

      Customised Inset for Staff

      Tell us what your school needs and we will deliver it

      From presentations at staff meetings to workshops to pupil training - the Teach Well Alliance will design a well-being and mental health course to meet your needs. Complete the form below and we will contact you to discuss your requirements.

      An interactive workshop from the Teach Well Alliance customised to your school. It's important to talk about staff and pupil wellbeing and mental health

      Mental Health: You can talk

      For staff or student groups in school

      An interactive workshop, tailored to the needs of your school. It covers: What it means to have mental health; what it means to be mentally unwell; how to talk about mental health; how to support someone who is mentally ill; and how to take action to prevent mental ill-health. Complete the form below and we will get in touch to discuss your requirements.

    • Would you like a customised course for your school?

      Complete the form below. Overwrite the grey text in the message box and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

      Submit

    • Get Funded!

      Did you know that your school can apply to Awards for All Lottery funding to purchase or part-fund the Teach Well Toolkit?

      National Lottery Awards for All Guidance

      Click on the cover of the 'National Lottery Awards for All' Guidance to download the booklet.

      Awards from £300 to £10,000

    • Visit the Teach Well Alliance Resources Site

      Wellbeing and mental health strategies, resources, ideas and the Teacher Wellbeing Survey

    • Take a look at what happened on the Teachers Come First Conference #tcfc19!

      Monday 25th March 2019: Notts County FC

      Teachers Come First! Conference in Manchester on Thursday, 17th October

      Visit the Teachers Come First Conference Website and take a look at what you missed!

       

      www.teacherscomefirst.org

       

      Coming Soon! News of our next conference: 'Teachers Come First Manchester' #tcfmcr

      17th October 2019

      Put the date in your diary!

      iAbacus: A partnership

      We are proud to partner iAbacus. A licence to the School Wellbeing iAbacus is included in your Teach Well Toolkit

      The Teach Well Alliance is also proud to work in partnership with

      Jackie Wilson: Empower Education and

      David Gumbrell: The Resilience Project

       

      Teachers Come First Conference March 2019

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