The pursuit of a Ph.D. is a demanding journey that requires doctoral students to prioritize their well-being and be mindful of their response to pressure. Mindfulness practice has shown to be effective in reducing stress and enhancing overall…

Teachers struggle with notably poor occupational health and well-being. Although social and emotional competencies (SECs) are posited to promote teachers’ occupational health and well-being, a direct test of these associations is needed to…

A RAPID Survey fact sheet reported in May 2022 that student loan debt is severe and pervasive among child care providers and that the economic hardship providers face is compounded by this student loan debt as well as low pay, limited benefits,…

Early Head Start (EHS) and Head Start (HS) staff comprise a large segment of the public sector workforce and experience numerous risk and chronic factors for medical conditions or symptoms. Few health and wellness workplace interventions, however…

This brief aims to improve our understanding of the well-being of the Hispanic ECE workforce and how ECE programs may play a role in their well-being (or “wellness”). Staff wellness is a term that refers to ECE educators’ mental and physical…

Early childhood educators (birth through second grade) have faced a wide range of challenges while providing education and care for the youngest group of children. Their positions often range from child-care settings to grade school, with…

Childcare providers experience a variety of mental and physical challenges that impact their personal wellbeing as well as the quality of care they provide for children. Rural family childcare (FCCH) providers—an individual who professionally…

For this qualitative study we were interested to hear the experiences of reservation-based Native American Head Start teachers to understand: 1. What stresses they experience and how they cope. Are these stressors similar or different to those…

This brief explores Head Start teachers’ health, anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, stress, and job satisfaction; the supports programs offered and the ones teachers used; and the associations between teachers’ well-being and those supports.…

Although efforts have been made to improve teacher professional development and ongoing supports, limited research has examined how early childhood education (ECE) teachers support each other informally. The present study describes how one type…

This perspective highlights the experiences and observations of an early care and education researcher reentering the field after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in the USA. Specifically, this perspective highlights the struggles of children…

This information memorandum (IM) provides guidance to Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) lead agencies regarding how CCDF funds can be used to improve the mental health and well-being of children, families, and the early care and education…

Mathematical understanding in early childhood lays the foundation for children’s later academic achievement, yet little is known about individual differences in U.S. early childhood educators’ mathematics instruction in preschool classrooms. The…