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NCT Number: NCT05641987

Effectiveness of the Educator Well-being Program

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).

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

UConn Health

Farmington, Connecticut, 06030, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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 and study plan

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.

Primary outcomes

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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 outcomes

  1. 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)

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  5. 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)

  6. 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.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

UConn Health

Other

Collaborators

  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH/CDC)

Registry information

Official study title

CPH-NEW IV - Total Worker Health - Total Teacher Health

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Dec 8, 2022
Registry last updated
Mar 10, 2026

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