Wellbeing Strategies for Women Educators: A Resilience-Centered Framework to Empower Teachers and Students

Even though female educators constitute a significant majority of the educator population worldwide, very little attention has been directed until now to their distinct socio-psychological needs when dealing with stress and burnout, the more so during the COVID-19 outbreak. This study examines the current state of research for gender specific support of women educators suffering from stress. Resilience-centred strategies, both personal and societal, are substantiated as positive correlates to wellbeing and empowerment outcomes. Using these findings, a multi-dimensional, gender-specific intervention is proposed with five overarching aims–emotional intelligence, growth mindset, mindfulness, professional learning communities, and mentoring. NeuroLearningPow- er, an evidence-based framework is suggested as a means to support female educators to thrive.