Staying Mentally Healthy During Your Teaching Career

Samuel Stones is a doctoral student, lecturer and researcher in the Carnegie School of Education at Leeds Beckett University. His research outputs are linked with the Centre for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Education and the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools. Samuel's recent research explores the experiences of teachers who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender, with specific emphasis on the impact of sexual orientation on teacher resilience, agency, identity and mental health. He sits on the Editorial Board of The International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research (IJLTER) and the Science Journal of Education and is a peer reviewer for the Health Education Journal, the Journal of Public Mental Health (JPMH) and the Journal of the Chartered College of Teaching. Samuel currently supervises dissertation students on a range of postgraduate courses and he works with initial teacher training students in university and school contexts. Samuel also holds a national training role for a Multi-Academy Trust and is also an Associate Leader and Head of Year at a secondary school and sixth form college in North Yorkshire.

Jonathan Glazzard’s research focuses on mental health, well-being, and inclusion in education.  He holds the Rosalind Hollis Chair in Education for Social Justice at the University of Hull. Jonathan is a co-convenor of the British Educational Research Association (BERA) Special Interest Group, Mental Health and Wellbeing in Education. He has published widely on aspects of inclusion and social justice for marginalised groups and individuals and he is deeply committed to research that improves the lives of individuals and research-informed teaching.