Effectiveness of the Educator Well-being Program

NCT05641987 | Enrolling By Invitation

• 3 other identifiers: 22-123S-21 U19OH012299-01-001U19OH012299-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 4,000
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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).

Conditions

Participatory Action Research; Occupational Health; Educator Well-being; Employee Health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (10)

• Work Stress

  The "All-Employee Survey for Educators" includes 1 question related to stress. The score ranges from 1-10, where higher scores indicate more stress.

  Prior to random selection of immediate and delayed intervention site, and 1 years later

• Perceived Stress

  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.

  Prior to random selection of immediate and delayed intervention site, and 1 years later

• Anxiety Symptoms

  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.

  Prior to random selection of immediate and delayed intervention site, and 1 years later

• Depression Symptoms

  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.

  Prior to random selection of immediate and delayed intervention site, and 1 years later

• Well-being

  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.

  Prior to random selection of immediate and delayed intervention site, and 1 year later

• Burnout (Emotional Exhaustion)

  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.

  Prior to random selection of immediate and delayed intervention site, and 1 year later

• Burnout (Personal Accomplishment)

  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.

  Frame: Prior to random selection of immediate and delayed intervention site, and 1 year later

• Burnout (Depersonalization)

  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.

  Prior to random selection of immediate and delayed intervention site, and 1 year later

• Work-life conflict

  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.

  Prior to random selection of immediate and delayed intervention site, and 1 year later

• Intention to Turnover

  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.

  Prior to random selection of immediate and delayed intervention site, and 1 year later

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Change in Team Attendance

  Through study completion, an average of two years

• Change in Team Engagement

  Through study completion, an average of two years

• Change in Level of Committee Activity

  Through study completion, an average of two years

• Change in team-selected health/safety/well-being issue

  Through study completion, an average of two years

• Proportion of content followed according to the Educator Well-being Program protocol

  Through study completion, an average of two years

Study Arms (2)

Educator Well-being Program

EXPERIMENTAL

Staff at participating schools will experience the Educator Well-being Program process and complete pre- and post-intervention survey.

Behavioral: Healthy Workplace Participatory Program

Delayed Intervention

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Status quo program remains in place with new ongoing data collection, then experimental intervention as above.

Behavioral: Healthy Workplace Participatory Program

Interventions

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.

Delayed Intervention; Educator Well-being Program

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• All staff aged 18 years or older at the time of survey administration within the three school districts will be eligible for participation.

You may not qualify if:

• None.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• UConn Health: lead
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH/CDC): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

UConn Health

Farmington, Connecticut, 06030, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Jennifer Cavallari, ScD

  UConn Health

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Model Details: A stepped wedge design (prospective cohort with concurrent controls) among six paired, elementary schools, implement and evaluate the Total Teacher Health Toolkit

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 29, 2022
• First Posted: December 8, 2022
• Study Start: November 9, 2022
• Primary Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2026
• Last Updated: March 10, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)