There is a growing global concern about the rate at which teachers are leaving the profession. Much of this has been attributed to the increasing stress and workload faced by teachers. Teacher wellbeing and mental health is now a priority in the education policy agenda in England. This webinar addresses two important issues faced by schools today: teacher wellbeing and teacher retention. In this session we will introduce you to LADDER© (Leadership Alphabet of Disposition Development Engagement and Reflection). LADDER is a new approach to supporting teacher wellbeing. It is a comprehensive model of assessment, coaching support and guided reflective practice based on cognitive behaviour therapy. LADDER does not require any homework or diary keeping, thus it does not add to the teachers’ workload.
LADDER is designed to be used for preservice training and professional development of school teachers. It addresses teachers’ internal dispositions and habits of mind that might affect the way they manage stress. Our pilot study has shown positive effects for teacher self-efficacy, mental wellbeing, and teacher retention.
Leslie Blanchard, Executive Director-LSU Leadership Development Institute at Louisiana State University, is the author and creator of the LADDER framework. Her research focus is in the area of leadership development and workforce wellbeing in the human sciences, particularly in K-12 education. Her passion is to ‘develop the people that develop people’, to cultivate great leaders in the human services field.
Kulwinder Maude is an Assistant Professor at Durham University with over 24 years’ teaching experience in primary schools (England and India) and in higher education in UK. She currently teaches English on undergraduate and postgraduate Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes as well as at the master’s level. Her research interests include the experience of beginning teacher educators, English as an Additional Language and issues related to teacher wellbeing and retention. Kulwinder is currently undertaking a doctoral study at Durham University to understand and address teacher mental health and wellbeing.
Dr Lisa-Maria Müller, Head of Research, Chartered College of Teaching – Dr Lisa-Maria Müller leads on the internal and externally funded research projects. She is lead author of the Education in Times of Crisis reports which explored the potential impact of school closures on students and teachers, teachers’ experiences with distance learning, how they relate to existing research on the topic and what this means for the future of education. Lisa-Maria has also served as expert advisor on the OECD PISA 2025 Language Measure, is co-author of a literature review informing the deliberations of UNESCO CEART on preparing teachers for digital and diverse classrooms and has led a Welcome Trust funded project exploring the effectiveness of journal clubs as teacher CPD. Currently, Lisa-Maria is leading on an evaluation of blended approaches to teacher CPD funded by the Paul Hamlyn foundation and research informing the organisation’s policy work on teacher wellbeing. Prior to joining the Chartered College of Teaching, Lisa-Maria was postdoctoral research associate at the Universities of Cambridge and York, working on projects relating to foreign language learning. Lisa-Maria is a qualified MFL teacher with teaching experience in secondary schools in Austria and England and has obtained her PhD from the University of Vienna in which she explored the similarities and differences between typically developing bilingualism and bilingual language impairment.
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Additional helpful resources:
- Leadership Development Institute- Model Overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFk17eWO_jQ
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