Effectiveness of the Educator Well-being Program
Participatory Action Research · Occupational Health · Educator Well-being · Employee Health
What this study involves
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- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Age range
- 18 years - Not specified
- Sex eligible
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Participants
- 4000 Estimated
These are starting points, not an eligibility decision. The research team must review the full requirements.
About the research
Using a stepped wedge design (prospective cohort with concurrent controls) among six paired, elementary schools, investigators will implement and evaluate the Educator Well-being Program. The investigators will evaluate whether the process improves organizational-level factors, teacher mental well-being (stress, depression and anxiety symptoms).
Who may be able to participate?
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Inclusion Criteria:
- All staff aged 18 years or older at the time of survey administration within the three school districts will be eligible for participation.
Exclusion Criteria:
- None.
Treatment, groups and participation
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- Assignment
- Random assignment
- Masking
- No masking
Educator Well-being Program
Staff at participating schools will experience the Educator Well-being Program process and complete pre- and post-intervention survey.
Behavioral: Healthy Workplace Participatory Program
Delayed Intervention
Status quo program remains in place with new ongoing data collection, then experimental intervention as above.
Behavioral: Healthy Workplace Participatory Program
Healthy Workplace Participatory Program BEHAVIORAL
The Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace's (CPH-NEW's) Healthy Workplace Participatory Program (HWPP) is a participatory process in which end-users design TWH interventions that simultaneously change organizational and individual behavior to improve the health, safety and well-being of their workforce. The HWPP uses a process to empower workers to identify the root causes of health and safety concerns and then design, implement and evaluate interventions to address those problems. The Total Teacher Health Project adapted the HWPP for educators and refer to it as the Educator Well-being Program.
What researchers are measuring
Outcome measures describe what is being studied. They are not proof that a treatment works.
Primary measures
Work Stress
Time frame: Prior to random selection of immediate and delayed intervention site, and 1 years later
The "All-Employee Survey for Educators" includes 1 question related to stress. The score ranges from 1-10, where higher scores indicate more stress.
Perceived Stress
Time frame: Prior to random selection of immediate and delayed intervention site, and 1 years later
The "All-Employee Survey for Educators" includes 10 items from the Perceived Stress Scale. A summary score is created with score ranges from 0-40, where higher scores indicate more stress.
Anxiety Symptoms
Time frame: Prior to random selection of immediate and delayed intervention site, and 1 years later
The "All-Employee Survey for Educators" includes 7 items from the GAD-7. A summary score is created and scores range from 0-21, where higher scores indicate greater anxiety symptoms.
Depression Symptoms
Time frame: Prior to random selection of immediate and delayed intervention site, and 1 years later
The "All-Employee Survey Educator" includes 10 from the CES-D. A summary score is created by summing items score ranges from 0-30, where higher scores indicate greater depression symptoms.
Well-being
Time frame: Prior to random selection of immediate and delayed intervention site, and 1 year later
The "All-Employee Survey for Educators" includes 2 items adapted from the SF-36. One item assesses physical health, the other mental health with both on a scale from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) A summary score is created by averaging the two items with a range from 1-5, where higher scores indicate better well-being.
Burnout (Emotional Exhaustion)
Time frame: Prior to random selection of immediate and delayed intervention site, and 1 year later
The "All-Employee Survey for Educators" includes 9 items from Maslach Burnout Inventory for Educators. A summary score is created by summing the nine items, after reverse coding as required, with a range from 0-54, where higher scores indicate higher burnout.
Burnout (Personal Accomplishment)
Time frame: Frame: Prior to random selection of immediate and delayed intervention site, and 1 year later
The "All-Employee Survey for Educators" includes 8 items from Maslach Burnout Inventory for Educators. A summary score is created by summing the nine items, after reverse coding as required, with a range from 0-48, where lower scores indicate higher burnout.
Burnout (Depersonalization)
Time frame: Prior to random selection of immediate and delayed intervention site, and 1 year later
The "All-Employee Survey for Educators" includes 5 items from Maslach Burnout Inventory for Educators. A summary score is created by summing the nine items, after reverse coding as required, with a range from 0-30, where higher scores indicate higher burnout.
Work-life conflict
Time frame: Prior to random selection of immediate and delayed intervention site, and 1 year later
The "All-Employee Survey for Educators" includes 1 item on work-life conflict. The item is assessed on a scale from 1 to 5 (strongly disagree to strongly agree) where higher scores indicate higher work-life conflict.
Intention to Turnover
Time frame: Prior to random selection of immediate and delayed intervention site, and 1 year later
The "All-Employee Survey for Educators" includes 2 items to assess turnover intention. The items are assessed on a scale from 1 to 5 (strongly disagree to strongly agree) and averaged where higher scores indicate higher intent to turnover.
Secondary measures
Change in Team Attendance
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of two years
Attendance for each Educator Design Team meeting (1-4 times per month)
Change in Team Engagement
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of two years
Percentage of combined agree and strongly agree responses for 1 survey item collected following Educator Design Team meetings (1-4 times per month): "The discussion was meaningful for achieving health, safety, and well-being goals." (Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree, Not Applicable). Items are computed individually.
Change in Level of Committee Activity
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of two years
A qualitative summary of field notes collected by research personnel following Educator Design Team and Administrator Team meetings (1-4 times per month) over the course of the study.
Change in team-selected health/safety/well-being issue
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of two years
Targeted pre- and post-intervention surveys will be designed and administered by the Educator Design Team
Proportion of content followed according to the Educator Well-being Program protocol
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of two years
A process measure that will be determined by adherence to Educator Well-being Program protocol and pre-designed agendas for Educator Design Team meetings (1-4 times per month)
Supportive School Climate
Time frame: Prior to random selection of immediate and delayed intervention site, and 1 years later
The "All-Employee Survey Educator" includes 6 from the School Climate sub-scale for staff connection. A summary score is created by averaging the items with score ranges from 1-4, where higher scores indicate a greater more supportive school climate.
Review the complete result tables and limitations in the official record.
Open official results ↗Research locations (1)
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1 locations
UConn HealthFarmington, Connecticut, United StatesStatus unknown
Study team and timeline
- Lead sponsor
- UConn Health
- Study start
- Nov 9, 2022 Actual
- Primary completion
- 2027-06 Estimated
- Study completion
- 2027-08 Estimated
- First posted
- Dec 8, 2022 Actual
- Last updated
- Nov 10, 2026 Actual
Official study contacts
No central contact is listed. Check the locations and the official record.
Official study title
CPH-NEW IV - Total Worker Health - Total Teacher Health
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Retrieved: Nov 11, 2026 · Last registry update: Nov 10, 2026
