Happy Teacher Revolution is leading an international movement to increase teacher happiness, retention, and professional sustainability by providing educators with the time and space to heal, deal, and be real about the social-emotional demands they face on the job.
We train Revolutionaries to initiate Happy Teacher Revolution support group meetings in their own school communities.
Happy Teacher Revolution training is available in Canada through Well at Work by EdCan!
Well at Work by EdCan and Happy Teacher Revolution are excited to offer EdCan members exclusive access in Canada to Happy Teacher Revolution’s online training and certification program to initiate and lead their own teacher support group within their school community.
All EdCan Membership categories – Individuals, School Districts, Not-for-Profits, Faculties of Education, and Corporations – receive an exclusive 20% discount.
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What is Happy Teacher Revolution?
Happy Teacher Revolution is an international movement with the mission to support the mental health and wellness of teachers. Happy Teacher Revolution trains ‘Revolutionaries’ around the world to initiate Happy Teacher Revolution support group meetings in their own communities. The Happy Teacher Revolution is a network of teachers – a network that serves as a support system for teachers who are struggling with the shame, blame, guilt, and difficulties of balancing an incredibly demanding profession with their own sense of self and happiness. Often, teachers are asked to give so much in terms of time, money, and emotional capacity. Happy Teacher Revolution strives to empower teachers to push back on these expectations in hopes of them striking a balance between excellent teaching and personal sustainability.
Happy Teacher Revolution’s vision is for teachers to feel empowered to claim happiness as their own.
Teachers shouldn’t feel obligated to sacrifice their wholeness or wellbeing in order to perform well professionally.
Happy Teacher Revolution trains and certifies Revolutionaries through an asynchronous online professional development course
Happy Teacher Revolution’s online training offers the most affordable option for individuals to become certified as official ‘Happy Teacher Revolutionaries’ and thus be able to offer Happy Teacher Revolution meetings in their own community. This is an asynchronous online course that you can take on your own schedule, which includes a one-on-one capacity-building call with a Happy Teacher Revolution trainer to help you implement your own teacher support group.
Never before have teachers been able to come out of isolation to join fellow educators from diverse backgrounds in a social support group centred on the following mission: to support teacher mental health and wellness. Through the power of community, educators have the space to empathize with one another and participate in a social support network proven to alleviate the stress associated with teach.
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What Our Happy Teachers Are Saying
Danna Thomas is a former Baltimore City Public School teacher turned founder of a global initiative to support the mental health and wellness of educators. Her organization, Happy Teacher Revolution, is on a mission to increase teacher happiness, retention and professional sustainability by providing educators with the time and space to heal, deal and be real about the social-emotional demands they face on the job. Danna served as the national spokeswoman for the National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) Maryland and the “Music for Mental Health” Campaign. She is the recipient of the 2019 Johns Hopkins Community Hero Award and the 2019 winner of the Johns Hopkins Social Innovation Lab. Danna’s favorite form of self-care include playing backgammon, community hot yoga and rocking out on the saxophone.
Founder & CEO Danna Thomas struggled with anxiety, depression and panic attacks throughout high school and college, but she didn’t suffer in silence. Several of Danna’s teachers noticed her problems and encouraged her to seek treatment. Danna got help and became inspired to become an educator herself, so she served as a Baltimore City public school teacher for seven years. Throughout her teaching career, she noticed that many other teachers suffered from the same issues that Danna dealt with in her time as a student. Now, Danna wants to give back to the educator community by addressing the stress-induced mental health issues that arise from teaching.
