Prioritizing well-being in K-12 education: lessons from a multiple case study of Canadian school districts.
In: Health Promotion International, Jg. 38 (2023-04-01), Heft 2, S. 1-11
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Summary: Increasingly, school districts are looking for insights on how to embed a well-being focus across school communities. Well-being in K-12 education is proven to support positive mental health, improve academic performance and contribute to positive outcomes for students and staff. How districts transition to deeply integrate well-being into existing priorities and practices is not well understood. Insights on such shifts can help inform widespread change in education. In 2020, six Canadian school districts participated in case study research to examine how and why districts were able to shift their culture to one that prioritizes well-being. Fifty-five school community members participated in individual semi-structured interviews to explore their perception of well-being in their school communities. Analysis identified six themes: well-being is wholistic and requires balance, student and staff well-being are interconnected, organizational leadership sustains implementation, connection and voice as a catalyst to well-being, building capacity to support well-being action, and charting and re-charting a course. Findings increase our understanding of system-level change, and provide insights to support well-being in education. Lay Summary: Well-being in K-12 education is proven to support positive mental health, improve academic performance and contribute to positive outcomes for students and staff. How school districts can deeply integrate well-being into existing priorities and practices is not well understood. Many districts are looking for insights on how to embed a well-being focus across school communities. These insights can help inform change in K-12 education. In 2020, six Canadian school districts participated in case study research to examine how and why districts were able to shift their culture to one that prioritizes well-being. Fifty-five participants from six districts took part in interviews on the topic of district well-being prioritization. Supporting documents were also reviewed. Qualitative analysis identified six common themes: well-being is wholistic and requires balance, student and staff well-being are interconnected, organizational leadership sustains implementation, connection and voice as a catalyst to well-being, building capacity to support well-being action, and charting and re-charting a course. Study findings increase our understanding of system-level change in K-12 education. Findings provide valuable 'entry points' for school and district leaders to consider when making well-being a priority in their own contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Prioritizing well-being in K-12 education: lessons from a multiple case study of Canadian school districts.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Montemurro, Genevieve ; Cherkowski, Sabre ; Sulz, Lauren ; Loland, Darlene ; Saville, Elizabeth ; Storey, Kate E |
Zeitschrift: | Health Promotion International, Jg. 38 (2023-04-01), Heft 2, S. 1-11 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2023 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0957-4824 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1093/heapro/daad003 |
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