Instructor Wellbeing Initiative

These resources were developed to support all instructors in prioritizing their wellbeing and that of their students.

Overview

The UCLA Teaching & Learning Center (TLC) uses instructor wellbeing as a conceptual framework for supporting all educators in our campus community as people and professionals. We understand personal and workplace wellbeing as intertwined and define wellbeing holistically as the relationship among hope, agency, and relatedness. These three needs together influence wellbeing and may be thwarted or supported by the institutional, environmental, and social contexts in which learning happens.

These needs must also be fulfilled so instructors may approach students with compassion and foster engaged learning communities that welcome all students. By collaborating with instructors to share wellbeing strategies applicable in personal and pedagogical settings, our goal is to collectively create and advance a university culture that champions wellbeing.

For questions regarding the Instructor Wellbeing Initiative, contact Sammy Solis, Assistant Director for Teaching Development.

Instructor Wellbeing: A Framework for Compassionate Teaching & Learning

This resource provides an overview of the research that informs the TLC’s conceptual framework of instructor wellbeing, as well as concrete strategies for instructors to prioritize their wellbeing and that of their students.

View the Instructor Wellbeing Framework.

Wellbeing: A Conceptual Framework

Resources

Mindful Play for Learning & Wellbeing

This resource examines how instructors can utilize active and reflective learning experiences that employ embodied mechanics to promote creativity, constructive intellectual risk-taking, and exploration in their courses.

Trauma-Informed and Care-Centered Pedagogies

This resource offers an overview of principles of trauma-informed care and how those principles translate into pedagogy for instructors developing a trauma-informed and care-centered approach

Instructional Resources in a Time of Uncertainty

These resources are designed to support instructors wellbeing while navigating the impacts of the devastating L.A. wildfires and current political and federal policy uncertainties.

UCLA Disability Management Office

Employee Disability Management Services (EDMS) focus on reducing the impact of disability on employees, including instructors, and on their departments.