Flexible wellbeing: An online workshop to prevent burnout in educators

About this research

Educators, including teachers and other school staff, have a higher risk for experiencing workplace stress and burnout due to the challenging nature of their work.

This project will test a brief, online wellbeing workshop for school staff grounded in acceptance and commitment therapy and the related approach of compassion-focused therapy (CFT) that seeks to prevent burnout.

Outcomes will focus on professional quality of life, including burnout, and psychological adjustment.

Who can participate

You are eligible if you:

are an educator teachers or other school staff who have direct contact with students.
live in Australia
work in primary or high school settings

What's involved

You will be asked to:

complete a 2-hour self-paced online wellbeing workshop
complete three surveys to evaluate the workshop

How to participate

For more information or to participate click on the link below.

Ethics, data collection and privacy

This study has been approved by The University of Queensland Human Research Ethics Committee [Approval No.2024/HE002516]

Contact

For more information contact Dr Grace Kirby: g.kirby@uq.edu.au.