Quietly sharing the load? The role of school psychologists in enabling teacher resilience

Teacher resilience is associated with positive student outcomes and plays an important role in teacher retention and well-being. School ecologies can enable the resilience of teachers, with prior research illustrating the importance of supportive colleagues, strong leadership, and positive school cu...

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Main Authors: Beltman, Susan, Mansfield, C., Harris, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Sage Publishers 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18318
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Mansfield, C.
Harris, A.
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description Teacher resilience is associated with positive student outcomes and plays an important role in teacher retention and well-being. School ecologies can enable the resilience of teachers, with prior research illustrating the importance of supportive colleagues, strong leadership, and positive school culture. There is limited research, however, exploring the role of school psychologists in supporting or enabling teacher resilience. Using data from experienced Australian school psychologists and teachers, this exploratory qualitative study examines the role of school psychologists in enabling teacher resilience. Findings show that school psychologists directly and indirectly support teacher resilience, although teachers perceive school psychologists’ main role as work with individual students. Issues pertaining to variations in access and particular roles of school psychologists are discussed. Although further research is needed to clarify and promote the role of school psychologists, this study points to them potentially playing an important role in school ecologies that enable teacher resilience.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-183182017-09-13T13:43:52Z Quietly sharing the load? The role of school psychologists in enabling teacher resilience Beltman, Susan Mansfield, C. Harris, A. Teacher resilience is associated with positive student outcomes and plays an important role in teacher retention and well-being. School ecologies can enable the resilience of teachers, with prior research illustrating the importance of supportive colleagues, strong leadership, and positive school culture. There is limited research, however, exploring the role of school psychologists in supporting or enabling teacher resilience. Using data from experienced Australian school psychologists and teachers, this exploratory qualitative study examines the role of school psychologists in enabling teacher resilience. Findings show that school psychologists directly and indirectly support teacher resilience, although teachers perceive school psychologists’ main role as work with individual students. Issues pertaining to variations in access and particular roles of school psychologists are discussed. Although further research is needed to clarify and promote the role of school psychologists, this study points to them potentially playing an important role in school ecologies that enable teacher resilience. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18318 10.1177/0143034315615939 Sage Publishers fulltext
spellingShingle Beltman, Susan
Mansfield, C.
Harris, A.
Quietly sharing the load? The role of school psychologists in enabling teacher resilience
title Quietly sharing the load? The role of school psychologists in enabling teacher resilience
title_full Quietly sharing the load? The role of school psychologists in enabling teacher resilience
title_fullStr Quietly sharing the load? The role of school psychologists in enabling teacher resilience
title_full_unstemmed Quietly sharing the load? The role of school psychologists in enabling teacher resilience
title_short Quietly sharing the load? The role of school psychologists in enabling teacher resilience
title_sort quietly sharing the load? the role of school psychologists in enabling teacher resilience
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18318