Preschool Teacher Well-Being: A Review of the Literature

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Awareness of Preschool Teachers on the Concept of Well-Being

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A Comprehensive Systematic Review on the Multifaceted Factors Influencing Teacher Flourishing

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Social-Emotional Learning And The Personal Well-Being Of Kindergarten Teachers

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Head Start Educators’ Occupational Stress: Discovering Common Stressors and Underlying Causes Through the Improvement Science-Based Intervention Data

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Teachers of refugee children opening up dialogic spaces across interruptions and change

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For Teachers to Care Well, They Must Be Well

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The Effect of Preschool Teachers' Emotion Regulation Skills and Levels of Cognitive Flexibility on Classroom Management

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The Well-Being of Early Childhood Providers in Ireland

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The ultimate responsibility? The analysis of the position of special education teachers when the child is left without support in early childhood education

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Infusing Taoist Principles into Early Literacy Professional Learning

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Modern Day Leadership and Sustainability of Private Secondary Schools in ARUA Municipality, Uganda

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SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING OF TEACHERS IN KINDERGARTENS WITH VARIOUS TYPES OF EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

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Early Childhood Educator Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study and Emic Perspective

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How do teachers feel about work after preschools reopened during the COVID-19? Evidence from China

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Work Well-Being During COVID-19: A Survey of Canadian Early Childhood Education and Care Managers

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A Study of the Relationship of Stress, Burnout, Hardiness, and Social Support in Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Teachers

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The Contributing Factors to the High Turnover of Early Childhood Education Teachers in Auckland, New Zealand

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Estonian and Finnish early childhood education teachers’ views of well-being and changes at work during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Student teacher timeline: a tool for capturing early childhood teacher candidate well-being

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An exploration of pre-service technology teachers perceived preparedness to teach and promote well-being in Irish post-primary schools

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Adaptation and Validation of the Scale for Chinese Preschool Teachers’ Self-Efficacy (SCPTSE): Based on Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory

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Self-efficacy and work stress among U.S. preschool teachers: the mediating role of anxiety

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Utilizing state workforce registries and targeted surveys to investigate workforce wellbeing

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Underpaid but Choosing to Stay: Compensation Inequity in Kentucky Public Preschool

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Racial Disparities Among the Physical and Mental Health of Head Start Staff

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Comparing Louisana and Pennslyvania Head Start Teachers' Physical and Mental Health

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Die Arbeit von Elementarpädagog:innen in Zeiten der Covid-19-Pandemie

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An Empirical Study of the Use of Educational Techniques to Change Preschool Educators' Attitudes Toward Their Profession

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A Realist Explanatory Sequential Mixed Method Study: Investigating Occupational Well-Being in Early Childhood Education Settings Using Structural Equation Modeling and Causation Coding

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Partnerships as Professional Learning: Early Childhood Teaching Assistants’ Role Development and Navigation of Challenges Within a Culturally Responsive Robotics Program

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The impact of living in contrapuntal tensions on early childhood educator identity in primary public school settings

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Organizational commitment and teacher wellness: The mediating role of mission among kindergarten teachers

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Validating an Expanded Model of Teacher Satisfaction: Introducing Occupational Prestige in the Greek Preschool Context

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“Anything Would Be Easier than What We’re Doing Right Now”: Early Head Start Home Visitors’ Experiences Working Through an Environmental Crisis

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Teacher Turnover and Factors Contributing to Workforce Retention: Supporting Teachers Working with Children with Challenging Behaviors

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Quelle est votre conception du bienêtre ? Quatre pistes pour une étude et une pratique éclairée du bienêtre en contexte scolaire

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The Impacts of Stress and Support on Early Childhood Educators’ Emotion-Focused Teaching Practices: Lessons Learned during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Toward Sustainable Human Resource Development: The Influence of Workplace Friendship on Early Childhood Educators’ Retention Intention, with Workplace Well-Being and Job Embeddedness as Parallel Mediators

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Is a Hug Enough to Continue? The Barriers and Coping Strategies of Early Childhood Educators Relating to their Wellbeing

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Psychological Safety in Early Childhood Education: A Promising Pathway for Supporting Teacher Engagement and Implementation

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Emotion Regulation Difficulties and Depressive Symptoms among Chinese Preschool Teachers: Testing the Potential Mediating Roles of Perceived Social Support and Emotional Labor

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Professional burnout teachers of inclusive education: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Investigation of the Relationship between Early Childhood Teachers' Knowledge of Children and Their Job Satisfaction

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