Dear readers,
Research increasingly demonstrates a positive correlation between teacher well-being and students’ academic achievement as well as their social, emotional, and cognitive development. Doing well is inextricably linked with being well.
Teacher well-being is not just about individual mental health factors, but also about the many supportive environmental factors that undergird it. This includes stable employment; professional remuneration and good conditions of work; respect and social status; professional autonomy and agency; and occupational safety and health.
We know we must organize to ensure teacher well-being is taken into account when designing and operating education systems.
Our recent 2024 Global Status of Teachers report, confirms that raising the status of the teaching profession—through better pay, improved working conditions, and professional respect—directly benefits student learning and well-being.
The evidence is clear: when teachers are supported, valued, and given the conditions to thrive, students always do better. As the adage reminds us, teachers working conditions are students learning conditions. The following articles highlight how our members are working and organizing to build education systems that value and support teachers and education personnel everywhere.
In solidarity,
David Edwards
General Secretary | Education International
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