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Teachers worldwide experience significant stress and burnout, impacting their health and the education systems.Using a mixed-methods research approach, digital interventions on wellbeing in several European countries were evaluated, which led to tailored policy recommendations for enhancing teacher professional development and mental health. Teachers worldwide experience significant stress and burnout, impacting their health and the education systems. Recognizing the importance of social, prosocial, and emotional skills in education adds to this complexity. The European Policy Experimentation Project Teaching to Be (2021-2024) in Austria, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain, aimed to improve teacher wellbeing through innovative professional development. A digital game-based Online Wellbeing Course and a Teacher's Handbook were developed in the project to enhance various aspects of teachers' professional wellbeing and organizational health. Using a mixed-methods research approach, it evaluated digital interventions on wellbeing, leading to tailored policy recommendations for enhancing teacher professional development and mental health. Chapter 1 - IntroductionChristian Wiesner, Baiba Martinsone, Maria Therese Jensenand Kerstin Angelika ZechnerWellbeing in the teachers' profession: Theoretical Considerationsand Multi-Cultural Research in Europe .............................................................9Chapter 2 - SpainAlba Merino-Cajaraville, Carlos Ramírez-Moreno, Irene García-Lázaroand Salvador Reyes-de-CózarDefining a game-based learning proposal to work with teachers'professional wellbeing: the Teaching to Be video game.....................................35Chapter 3 - LatviaBaiba Martinsone and Aija VanagaApproaching teachers' professional wellbeing from different angles:Teachers' self-efficacy, burnout and resilience through participationin the Online Wellbeing course........................................................................55Chapter 4 - PortugalJosé Reis-Jorge, Patrícia Pacheco, Marco Ferreira, Ana Barqueiraand Isabel BaltazarSchool climate and teachers' professional wellbeing in Portugal:A School Climate Analytical Framework (SCAF).............................................81Chapter 5 - NorwayKaja Lillelien, Trond Rekstad and Maria Therese JensenDeveloping and Implementing a Cross-Cultural Digital Interventionon teachers' professional well-being in a Norwegian Context .........................107Chapter 6 - LithuaniaVilma Zydziunait and Ausra Rutkien Professional Burnout and its Relation to Self-Efficacy and Perceived Stress:The Case of Lithuanian Teachers....................................................................127Chapter 7 - AustriaChristian Wiesner, Kerstin Angelika Zechner, Sylvia Dörfler, Hannes Karrerand Beate SchrankPerspectives for unfolding well-being in the context of teacher education:Emerging well-being Insights from Theoretical Austrian Traditions................159Authors.......................................................................................................181 Martinsone, Baiba, Dr.psych., is a professor of Clinical psychology and senior researcher in Educational Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Latvia. Her research interests within clinical and educational psychology include SEL, promoting mental health in schools, development and evaluation of universal prevention programs. She actively works in national and international research projects and publishes extensively in the field. Baiba is a member of the European Commission's Expert Group on supportive learning environments for groups at risk of underachievement and for supporting well-being at school. Jensen, Maria Therese, PhD, is a professor in psychology. She currently works at the National Reading Centre, University of Stavanger. Her main research fields are organizational psychology, educational psychology, and occupational health. Wiesner, Christian, Prof. Mag. Mag. Dr., is a Professor of Educational Development and Relationship Pedagogy at the University College of Teacher Education Lower Austria in the Department of Diversity. His areas of work and research focus on didactic phenomena (teaching and learning cultures), being-in-relations and presence pedagogy, attachment theory, well-being as personal growth, educational diagnostics, competence - literacy - literacies, leadership culture, and evidence- oriented development. Zechner, Kerstin Angelika, Prof. Mag. PaedDr. MA Bakk., studied Educational and Pedagogical Sciences, Social Pedagogy, Lifelong Learning, and Inclusive Education. She is the Head of the Department for Diversity and a Professor in the field of Diversity, School Climate, and Inclusive Pedagogy at the University College of Teacher Education Lower Austria. Her areas of expertise include Diversity, Inclusive Pedagogy, and Educational Equity.
