healthy teachers = successful classrooms

who

Edu-Wellness serves teachers working in San Francisco Bay Area’s low- and under-performing public schools*.

what

Meals, meditation, and movement are provided to public school teachers once a week while they are on campus.

why

Teacher stress can effect their own emotional health and that of their students and peers, teachers are "always" or "often" stressed, teaching is especially challenging during the pandemic.

in each weekly wellness package

meals

Healthy meals are prepared and delivered by local restaurants and caterers. Once a week it's a nutritious meal designed to fuel the system and reduce the effects of stress on the body.

meditation

Meditation reduces emotional stress and helps bring a person's best self forward. A grounding meditation is created for teachers to access anytime they need the reminder to breathe. 

movement

Movement is for every body and can be done in the seat or at the desk anytime during the school day. Teachers get specially curated movements on a members-only channel.

how stress affects your brain

I think so many educators, especially in high-poverty settings, are barely holding on as is.

​~read about teacher mental health at Harvard GSE

about

As an educator in downtown Los Angeles and recently in East Palo Alto, Sher Amos-Grosser is very familiar with challenges while teaching in under-performing schools.

As a mindful meditator and yoga teacher, Sher created Edu-Wellness as a platform to support the health and wellbeing of public school teachers.

mission

We support teachers working in low performing public schools by providing meals, meditation, and movement to help increase their overall health and productivity.

vision

Through wellness initiatives, we reverse teacher turnover and burnout, decrease sick days which can be disruptive to students, and increase the likelihood of a positive self-care routine.

values

When teacher health is cared for, teachers are more successful in the classroom. When teacher health is cared for, they become healthy role models for their students and their community. 

diversity, equity, and inclusion statement

Edu-Wellness fosters an equitable and respectful community. We commit to learn from diverse experiences and engage with diverse voices understanding that change happens at the individual level, with action personally and professionally. This change comes from being uncomfortable as we learn about privilege and structural norms, speaking out when there is racism in action, educating and learning from others on the harms of racism, yielding positions of power, and being with others who think and look differently.

​Edu-Wellness honors and acknowledges the Ramaytush Ohlone people, the stewards of this land on which we live and serve.

*The California School Dashboard is an online tool that shows how schools are performing through state and local indicators.