Strategies for Supporting Teachers’ Instructional and Mental Health Needs during the COVID Pandemic in Maine and Other States
Published: 2022
Publication Name: Maine Education Policy Research Institute
Publication URL: https://mepri.maine.edu/files/2022/04/MEPRI-Rpt-on-Strategies-Supporting-Tchrs-033022.pdf
Abstract:
This report is part of an on-going series of research studies conducted by the Maine Education Policy Research Institute (MEPRI), commissioned by the Maine State Legislature, to understand how PK-12 schools are supporting students and teachers during the challenging time of a pandemic where normal instructional practices have been disrupted. Previous studies explored remote instruction for special education students in Maine during the pandemic (Lech & Johnson, 2021a) and the delivery of therapeutic services to students through remote or “telehealth” modalities both before and during the pandemic (Lech & Johnson, 2021b). As part of a larger study conducted by MEPRI this year, we describe strategies to support student learning during the pandemic in a separate report (Lech et al., 2022), and strategies to support teachers in this report. This study focused on identifying and describing practices or strategies that emerged in Maine and elsewhere in the US during the pandemic to support teachers’ delivery of instruction through remote, online or hybrid modalities. Other types of support, such as mental health supports for educators were also investigated.
This study was jointly funded by the Maine State Legislature, and the University of Maine System.
Fairman, J.C., Lech, P.L., McCormick, M.R., & Buxton, M.P. (March 2022). Strategies for Supporting Teachers’ Instructional and Mental Health Needs during the COVID Pandemic in Maine and Other States. Maine Education Policy Research Institute. https://mepri.maine.edu/files/2022/04/MEPRI-Rpt-on-Strategies-Supporting-Tchrs-033022.pdf