More about the Course

  • Who is the course for?

    Anyone working in an education setting who wants to take greater control over the stress they experience: Teachers, School Leaders, Support staff and Early Career Teachers (ECTs)

  • What will I learn?

    You'll understand more about the stress response, how to regulate your nervous system and take-away practical, evidence-based techniques for managing stress more skilfully.

  • What's included?

    Short, engaging video lessons you can watch anytime • Downloadable resources and practical tools • Self paced structure to go as fast or slow as you need • Year-long access to revisit strategies whenever you want

Explore the Course

Stress management for educators

    1. Meet your tutor - Adrian Bethune

    2. Course introduction

    3. Pre-course survey

    1. What does stress mean to you?

    2. The stress response

    3. Mind states

    4. When stress can be harmful

    5. The benefits of stress

    6. Stress inoculation

    1. Small things make a difference

    2. Awareness

    3. Perspective

    4. Control

    5. Exercise

    6. Sleep

    7. Breathing

    8. Nature

    9. Laughter

    1. What is burnout?

    2. Healthy workplace culture

    3. The burnout cliff

    4. 5 steps to avoid burnout

    5. Coping mechanisms

    6. Seeking professional help

    1. Understanding rest

    2. Planning for rest, recovery and decompression activities

    3. Planning for rest & recovery

    4. Creating healthy habits that stick

    1. Final message

    2. Post-course survey

    3. Further resources

About this course

  • 31 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content

The results you can expect

Teaching is stressful but there is lots you can learn to manage that stress more skilfully

  • Feel calmer and more balanced each day

  • Manage stress proactively, not reactively

  • Enjoy teaching with more pleasure, purpose and energy

Pricing options

For multiple schools and Multi Academy Trusts, or if you'd like to pay by invoice, please get in touch: [email protected]

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Instructor

Teachappy Founder

Adrian Bethune

Adrian Bethune is a primary school teacher, wellbeing nerd, and founder of Teachappy. He’s an Associate Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University and Deputy Chair of the Well Schools strategic board. Adrian picked up a ‘Happy Hero’ medal at the House of Lords for boosting wellbeing in schools and later found himself speaking on stage with the Dalai Lama — as you do. He’s the author of the award winning Wellbeing in the Primary Classroom, co-author of A Little Guide to Teacher Wellbeing and Self-care, and lead author of the Oxford International Curriculum for Wellbeing. In 2024, he contributed a paper on teacher wellbeing to the OECD’s Global Forum on the Future of Education and Skills 2030. When he’s not writing, teaching or trying to make the world a happier place, he’s busy being a dad to two boys and a lively cockapoo!