#191: How to Collect Data on Teacher Well Being

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Becca Silver and Jessica Werner discuss the importance of collecting data on teacher well-being to inform leadership decisions in schools.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Becca sits down with Jessica Werner, founder of North Shore Learning, to unpack a hard truth in schools: many leaders believe they understand staff well-being, but are relying on assumptions instead of real data. Together, they explore how well-being, retention, and leadership decisions are deeply connected and why anecdotal signals like “people seem happy” or “no one is in crisis” are not enough to guide action. Jessica shares how collecting simple, meaningf...

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Host: Becca Silver

Guest: Jessica Werner

Topics covered

• teacher well-being
• data collection
• leadership decisions
• staff retention
• education

Keywords

• teacher well-being
• data collection
• staff retention
• leadership
• education

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Organizations: North Shore Learning

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