Teachers: Why social-emotional confidence improves wellbeing, and how to get it

Teachers: Why social-emotional confidence improves wellbeing, and how to get it

Teachers’ confidence in their instructional skills is known to be an important contributor to healthy and effective functioning as a teacher. It has been linked with a range of positive teacher outcomes, including teachers’ engagement and wellbeing at work.  More recently, there has been growing interest in teachers’ confidence in their social-emotional experiences and interactions at work. This focus is important because teaching has many socia…