Tired but wired: helping teachers improve sleep and wellbeing

About this resource

This webinar from Education Support, featuring sleep specialist Kerry Davies from The Sleep Charity, explores the relationship between sleep, mental health and wellbeing.

The session looks at why sleep matters and how work-related stress can affect it. It shares practical, evidence-based approaches that education staff can use to improve sleep quality, including ways to develop helpful everyday habits and protect time to wind down.

The webinar may be particularly useful for senior mental health leads looking for practical ways to support staff who are experiencing difficulties with sleep. It can form part of a wider approach to creating a supportive working environment and promoting staff mental health and wellbeing.

Using this resource

This resource is designed for:

• senior mental health leads

• senior leaders and leadership teams

• education staff.

Learning outcomes

This resource addresses the following learning outcomes:

• Access and utilise tools, strategies and resources to support their own mental health so that they can look after themselves.

• Identify and utilise tools, strategies and resources to confidently engage staff to help promote and support their mental health and wellbeing.

• Share simple evidence-based strategies and exercises with staff and pupils/students to help them manage their mental health and develop their own coping strategies.