Teaching to Be: supporting teachers’ professional wellbeing 

Teachers’ stress and burnout are major concerns across Europe, causing challenges to teachers’ health and school systems. Moreover, increased focus on social and emotional competences across Europe poses new challenges for teachers in maintaining their own wellbeing and effective teaching. 

‘Teaching to Be’ was a European policy experimentation project (2021-2024) and a cooperation of 11 partners from 8 countries. It aimed to support school teachers’ career improvement by exploring innovative professional development practices to foster and strengthen teachers’ professional wellbeing.  

The project developed the following outputs:  

• An online course on teachers’ professional wellbeing: The course aims to develop teachers’ practical skills for sustaining their wellbeing through self-regulated learning.
• A teacher's workbook (available in 9 languages): The book is part of the course but can be used also independently. It includes worksheets for self-reflection and for tracking progress.  
• A participatory action researchguide for schools (available in 9 languages): The guide helps school communities to work together on school issues, improve professional wellbeing and develop new professional skills for teachers and school leaders. 

Comments by the external reviewers on this resource: 

The project itself is interesting and relevant as it involves a great number of partners, including ministries from different countries. The topic and activities are relevant, and the workbook for teachers is a great resource which can be used among all teachers.