Health and well-being hub

The chapter 2 of this EI briefing to the International Summit of the Teaching Profession 2025 verses about the positive correlation between teacher well-being and student academic achievement, as well as their social, emotional, and cognitive development. The brief identifies several key factors affecting teacher well-being, including employment status, remuneration, working conditions, professional autonomy, and occupational safety and health. It calls for comprehensive policies that address these aspects holistically, recognizing that improving teacher well-being is essential for fostering inclusive and supportive learning environments.

Open resource in English

Publisher: Education International (EI)
Year of publication: 2025

Topics: Cross-cutting resource
Available in: English
Categories of staff: Teachers Education support personnel School leaders
Resource type: Downloadable file

This briefing captures the recommendations of United Nations High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession that are focused on teacher well-being. Key recommendations include improving working conditions, ensuring mental health support, and promoting professional autonomy and development. The Panel calls for comprehensive national policies and multi-stakeholder commissions to enhance teacher well-being and support, particularly in crisis-affected regions.

Open resource in English Open resource in Spanish Open resource in French

Publisher: Education International (EI)
Year of publication: 2024

Topics: Cross-cutting resource
Available in: English French Spanish, Castilian
Categories of staff: Teachers Education support personnel School leaders
Resource type: Downloadable file

This policy brief outlines the importance of teacher and education support personnel (ESP) wellbeing to high quality education. It sets out a road map for education unions and their members on how to ensure that educational jurisdictions put in place practical strategies for enhancing the wellbeing of all teachers and ESP. All the evidence shows that student achievement is dependent on teachers and ESP who are positive about themselves and their ability to teach.

Open resource in English Open resource in Spanish Open resource in French

Publisher: Education International (EI)
Year of publication: 2024

Topics: Cross-cutting resource
Available in: English French Spanish, Castilian
Categories of staff: Teachers Education support personnel School leaders Researchers
Specific communities: Ethnic minorities Indigenous Peoples LGBTIQA+ Women
Resource type: Downloadable file

Resolution on wellbeing for quality education, adopted in 2024 by the 10th EI World Congress. The resolution highlights the lack of robust global research on this topic, the impact of poor wellbeing on education quality, and called for comprehensive policies and practices to support teacher and ESP mental health and wellbeing, especially in crisis and conflict settings.

Open resource in English Open resource in Spanish Open resource in French

Publisher: Education International (EI)
Year of publication: 2024

Topics: Cross-cutting resource
Available in: English French Spanish, Castilian
Categories of staff: Teachers Education support personnel School leaders Researchers
Resource type: Web page

This report verses about the urgent need to address teacher well-being globally. It emphasizes the importance of improving teachers' mental and physical health, job satisfaction, and resilience through systemic changes. The report identifies key factors affecting teacher well-being, such as workload, stress, and burnout, and advocates for collaborative efforts among governments, educational institutions, and international organizations to implement effective policies. It also explores the potential for a global index to measure teacher well-being, considering cultural and contextual differences.

Open resource in English

Publisher: Education International (EI) Education Support
Year of publication: 2024

Topics: Cross-cutting resource
Available in: English
Categories of staff: Teachers Education support personnel School leaders
Level of education: Early childhood education Primary education Secondary education
Specific communities: Early-stage career Ethnic minorities Women
Resource type: Downloadable file

This opinion article highlights the challenges faced by early childhood education (ECE) personnel, emphasizing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their employment conditions. It discusses the findings of the International Barometer of the Health and Wellbeing of Education Personnel (I-BEST), which reveal issues such as poor working conditions, low salaries, lack of professional recognition, and high levels of stress and job dissatisfaction among ECE workers.

Open resource in English Open resource in Spanish Open resource in French

Publisher: Education International (EI)
Year of publication: 2023

Topics: Cross-cutting resource Mental health Physical health Violence and harassment Workload
Available in: English French Spanish, Castilian
Categories of staff: Teachers Education support personnel
Level of education: Early childhood education
Resource type: Web page

The 2021 edition of the Global Report on the Status of Teachers 2021 provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenges and conditions faced by teachers worldwide. It highlights issues such as teacher workload, attrition, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the profession. Also emphasizes the need for better working conditions, professional development, and increased public investment in education to improve the status and well-being of teachers globally.

Open resource in Spanish Open resource in French Open resource in English

Publisher: Education International (EI)
Year of publication: 2021

Topics: Mental health Pandemics and epidemics Salaries and remuneration Working conditions Workload
Available in: English French Spanish, Castilian
Resource type: Downloadable file

The toolkit provides guidance on implementing the ILO Violence and Harassment Convention (No. 190) and Recommendation (No. 206). It includes practical resources for trainers, such as facilitator guides, activities workbooks, and detailed briefings on key issues. The toolkit aims to raise awareness, encourage discussion, and support unions in developing workplace policies, integrating violence and harassment into occupational safety and health management, and campaigning for the ratification of C190. It emphasizes the importance of gender-responsive approaches and collective bargaining to create safer, more inclusive workplaces.

The resources in Arabic and Turkish can be downloaded from the resource page in English.

Open resource in English Open resource in Spanish Open resource in French

Publisher: Education International (EI)
Year of publication: 2021

Topics: Safety Violence and harassment
Available in: English French Spanish, Castilian Arabic Turkish
Categories of staff: Teachers Education support personnel
Specific communities: Women
Resource type: Downloadable file

The document focuses on the pervasive issue of gender-based violence in and around educational settings, particularly in Africa. It draws on the experience of nine EI member organisations in seven African countries committed to combatting SRGBV in their contexts. The first section focuses on actions these unions have taken internally to adapt decision making structures, update policies and deploy resources to empower their members to act. The second section looks at how education unions have reached out to other stakeholders (legislators, ministries, civil society organisations, traditional leaders, parents, media and learners) to pursue coordinated strategies for change.

Open resource in English Open resource in Spanish Open resource in French

Publisher: Gender at Work Education International (EI) United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI)
Year of publication: 2019

Region: Africa
Topics: Safety Violence and harassment Women’s psychological and physical health
Available in: English French Spanish, Castilian
Resource type: Downloadable file

Resolution on wellbeing for quality education, adopted in 2019 by the 8th EI World Congress. The resolution highlights the critical role of quality education in the wellbeing of children and young people, emphasizing the need for investment in mental health support for students and education personnel.

Open resource in English Open resource in Spanish Open resource in French

Publisher: Education International (EI)
Year of publication: 2019

Topics: Mental health Working conditions Workload
Available in: English French Spanish, Castilian
Categories of staff: Teachers Education support personnel
Specific communities: Ethnic minorities Indigenous Peoples LGBTIQA+ Women
Resource type: Web page

Ei-iE

Health and well-being hub Education International’s resource center

Showing 10 Resources Filtered by:

Quality education: the key to prosperity and well-being

Activating the recommendations on teacher well-being

Teacher and education support personnel well-being : Vital for education

Teacher and ESP wellbeing and mental health: vital for quality education - Resolution from the 10th World Congress

Teacher well-being: A global understanding

Early childhood educators: New data on the challenges they face raises the alarm about an education sector at risk

The global report on the status of teachers 2021

Training of trainers toolkit on the ILO violence and harassment convention (No. 190) and recommendation (No. 206)

Strategies to end school-related gender-based violence: The experience of education unions in Africa

Teacher and education support personnel’s mental health - Resolution from the 8th World Congress