Teacher Health and Wellness Act

2017-05-18

Introduced in House

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.

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