Educator Mental Health
Awareness Month
Dedicated to restoring balance, honoring boundaries, and creating space for educators to care for themselves as deeply as they care for others.
2025 Banner
Show your support by displaying the official 2025 Educator Mental Health Awareness Month banner at your school, district office, or event. This banner symbolizes a shared commitment to prioritizing educator well-being and creating space for renewal.
Download the file below and refer to the toolkit for simple printing directions and display suggestions.
“When I hear about Educator Mental Health Awareness Month, I feel an immediate sense of relief. It reminds me that I am not invisible and that what we carry as educators finally matters.”
- A. Wright
-Instructional Coach
“This month reflects everything Dr. Webb stands for. Her guidance helped me through one of the hardest seasons of my career, and knowing she’s behind this movement fills me with gratitude.”
-B. Brown-Bose, School Social Worker
“Hearing about Educator Mental Health Awareness Month feels like someone finally turned the spotlight toward the people who make education possible.”
F. Bundance
- Middle School Teacher
Resources & Events for Educators
Educator Mental Health Awareness Conference-
June 2026
The Educator Mental Health Conference is not a training. It’s an intentional pause , a curated space for educators to reconnect with their purpose, reflect on their mental health, and rewrite how they define balance, belonging, and joy in their work.
Through immersive sessions, wellness activations, and thought provoking dialogue, attendees will experience what it feels like to edit their own story, one that prioritizes humanity as much as productivity.
Attendees will leave inspired, motivated, and supported equipped with practical tools, shared stories, and new friendships that remind them they are never alone in this work.
The Educator Wellness Collective
The Educator Wellness Collective is a free community for educators who are ready to prioritize their mental health and intentional renewal. Members receive early access to events, wellness challenges, and conference updates, along with exclusive free resources and member-only merch.
There’s no cost to join, just a shared commitment to creating space for educators to pause, reset, and remind themselves that they deserve the same care and balance they give to others.
Educator Mental Health Awareness Month Toolkit
The Educator Wellness Collective is a free community for educators who are ready to prioritize their mental health and intentional renewal. Members receive early access to events, wellness challenges, and conference updates, along with exclusive free resources and member-only merch.
There’s no cost to join, just a shared commitment to creating space for educators to pause, reset, and remind themselves that they deserve the same care and balance they give to others.
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Meet The Founder
With over 25 years of experience in education, Dr. Shamira Webb has dedicated her career to supporting the emotional well-being of both students and the educators who guide them. Her combined experience as a School Counselor and Mental Health & Wellness Facilitator naturally led her to begin consulting on matters of Educator Mental Health, where she recognized a growing need for intentional spaces that honor the people behind the profession.
This mission is deeply personal. After experiencing burnout herself and questioning her place in education, Dr. Webb realized how many educators were silently carrying the same burden. Determined to shift the narrative, she launched a statewide advocacy effort that resulted in a historic proclamation signed by the Governor, making Georgia the first state in the nation to formally recognize Educator Mental Health Awareness Month.
Dr. Webb founded this month as an intentional pause—a time for educators to reset and take inventory of their own mental health. It is a call to reflection: Am I caring for myself as intentionally as I care for others? And if not, what will I commit to this month to begin taking better care of me?
Core Initiatives
Grounded in purpose, driven by renewal, and built to honor the people behind the profession
Awareness
Educator Mental Health Awareness Month is a call to pause and pay attention to the people behind the profession. It reminds us that educators carry the emotional weight of classrooms, schools, and communities often without space to restore. Awareness begins with acknowledging their need for rest, renewal, and reflection, and creating space for intentional self-care. This month invites every educator to reconnect with themselves and remember that their well-being matters.
Advocacy
The advocacy phase builds on awareness by moving the message beyond individual reflection and into collective action. This stage of the three-year strategic plan focuses on mobilizing educators, schools, and districts to speak openly about the need for systemic support and cultural change.
Advocacy means elevating educator voices at every level, district, community, and state to ensure that mental health and wellness become embedded in the policies and practices that shape education. Through storytelling, partnerships, and visible leadership, this phase lays the groundwork for lasting reform and prepares the movement for the next step: action.
Action
The action phase represents the long-term commitment of the three-year strategic plan turning awareness and advocacy into measurable, lasting change. This stage focuses on building infrastructure and accountability around educator mental health, ensuring it is reflected in policy, leadership priorities, and professional culture.
Action means creating sustainable systems that elevate educator voices, influence decision-making, and redefine what support looks like in schools. It is the phase where intention becomes impact, and the movement shifts from conversation to transformation.
Join Us
The Educator Mental Health Awareness Month Toolkit provides ready-to-use resources to help schools, districts, and communities promote intentional educator well-being and engagement throughout November and beyond.
Our Three-Year Strategic Plan
Educator Mental Health Awareness Month is more than a moment; it is a movement. This initiative follows a three-year strategic plan centered on Awareness, Advocacy, and Action.
This Year’s Focus: Awareness
Year One is about building awareness by creating intentional space for educators to pause, reflect, and prioritize their own mental wellness. It is a call to recognize that caring for those who care for others must become part of our culture, not an afterthought.
How You Can Help
Join the movement by sharing this message and helping spread awareness in your school, district, and community. The Educator Mental Health Toolkit is designed to help you do just that. It is not a one-size-fits-all resource; it can be used daily, weekly, or in small moments throughout the month to meet the unique needs of your staff and school culture.
Download to use on your communication or to create your own banner/signs
Earn Your Badge
Schools and districts can earn an official Educator Mental Health Awareness Badge by participating in this year’s celebration. To qualify, submit photos showing at least three ways your school or district took part in Educator Mental Health Awareness Month.
Please include your school or district name, contact information (phone number, email, and address), and note that by submitting photos, you are granting permission for them to be shared on the website and across social media platforms. Let’s showcase the creative ways educators are leading this movement across the nation.