Teacher Health and Wellness Act

Teacher Health and Wellness Act

This bill directs the National Institutes of Health to carry out a five-year study on reducing teacher stress and increasing teacher retention and well-being by implementing and analyzing the results of any of several types of innovative approaches that include:

• workplace wellness programs;
• social emotional learning programs;
• teacher stress management programs;
• mentoring and induction programs during the school year and teacher pre-service;
• organizational interventions such as principal training programs;
• teacher residency programs;
• complementary health approaches, such as mindfulness meditation; and
• school reorganization.