This document discusses the importance of teacher health in the teaching profession. It makes three key points: 1. Teaching demands strong health as it is a life-saving, performing art and craft of man-making. 2. The document outlines five aspects of teacher health - physical, mental, emotional, social, and school climate health. Physical health requires a balanced diet, sleep, and exercise. 3. Maintaining positive mental health requires cultivating the right family perceptions, a problem-solving mindset, positive attitude, and high self-esteem. Romanticizing life is also discussed.

1. THE VERY VALUE OF TEACHERS’ HEALTH IN
TEACHING PROFESSION
Dr. KAMALUDHEEN K.T.
MA (Eng), M.Ed (Edu), LLB, NET (Edu), M.Phil (Edu), PhD (Edu)
Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Education, University of Kerala
 0091 9656498980  drkamalkt@gmail.com

2.  “No other profession demands the condition of a
stronger health than the teaching profession” -
1. Teaching is a LIFE-SAVING EXERCISE
2. Teaching is a PERFORMING ART
3. Teaching is the SUPREME CRAFT OF MAN-MAKING
 “The sound health of teachers is the true health of
a nation”
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3. TEACHER HEALTH
PHYSICAL
HEALTH
MENTAL
HEALTH
EMOTIONAL
HEALTH
SOCIAL
HEALTH
SCHOOL
CLIMATE
HEALTH
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
PH MH EH SH CH
Teachers’ Health Chart
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4. I. PHYSICAL HEALTH
 Nobody will take care of your
health, if you are ill; many are
dependent on your health; be there
healthy for others, never leave
yourself behind
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 Managing the physical health is
closely tied up with looking after
the mental health; take time for
yourself, you are so important;
realise your worth
 Looking after yourself should be
the greatest priority and not an
occasional treat; invest in
yourself
 Self-care is not selfism; take time for
yourself; do not put yourself last ;
caring for yourself is an act of
survival; do not expect others to
take care of you
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5. PHYSICAL SELF-CARE
A Steady
Sleep
Pattern
A Regular
Physical Exercise
A Balanced
Timely Diet
 You are what you consume!
 Right Type
 Right amount
 Right Time
 Sleep is the Food for your Brain!
 Right Place
 Right Mood
 Right Time
 Exercise gives you every day a new day!
 Will Power
 Regularity
 Choice
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6. A BALANCED DIET
 Rushing and Racing is not a
QUALITY life of a TEACHER
 Romanticizing with hectic
schedule forgetting oneself is not
a Quality workstyle of a TEACHER
 Eating on the run (over eating or
under eating) is not a QUALITY
habit of a TEACHER
 No time for the self is not a
QUALITY talk of a TEACHER
 A teacher without a dietary time
table is not a QUALITY life style
 A school leader not conscious of
his teachers’ health along with his
students’ is not a QUALITY
LEADERSHIP
The SKILL of Healthy Eating
1. Kingly Breakfast
2. Rich Lunch
3. Power Dinner
4. Food Variety
5. Occasional Breakdowns
6. Plenty of water
7. Moderation
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7. STEADY SLEEP PATTERN
 Prioritising a good sleep is a
true self-love; keep a regular
rhythmic sleep-wake schedule
 Do not compromise with a
good sleep pattern; budget
time for sleep for a better
performance tomorrow
 Reset your clock for a better
sleep; extreme remake is
possible; old habits will die
easily
 Never go to bed mad; crafting a
pre-bed routine is so important
for a quality sleep
 Reserve your bed only for
sleep; bedroom is not a multi-
purpose room, but a sanctuary
for sleep and your love lab
 Early to bed and early to rise
makes a man healthy, wealthy
and wise
Sleep Inducing Love Lab
1. Quality Beddings
2. Wise Organization
3. Dim Lights
4. Conducive Colors
5. Sleep-friendly Temperature
6. Relaxing Aromas
7. Night Wares
8. Night Wash
9. Gadgets Banish
10. Zero Reminder
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8. REGULAR EXERCISE
• Those teachers who do not make
time for exercise will have to make
time for illness
• Exercise not only changes your body,
it changes your mind, your attitude
and your mood
• Don’t find reasons to quit exercise;
once you learn to quite, it will
become the habit
• Perseverance is the key to exercise;
keep the future in mind
• “All truly great thoughts are
conceived while walking”
• Physical exercise promotes positive
self-image, high productivity and
energetic wellbeing
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9. Educational Implications
1. An empty lantern provides no light. Self-care is the fuel that allows your light to shine brightly for m
your students
2. Students’ learn the basic physical literacy from his or her teacher’s physique
3. Teachers are the role models for students in healthy body, physical energy and physical enthusiasm
4. Your healthy entry into the class will sustain student’s energy till the last hour; while your weak
entry will kill all their enthusiasm till the last hour
5. Teachers’ physical health has tremendous and everlasting impact in the character and behavior of
students
6. Schools are the ideal setting for teaching physical fitness and healthy life style; it will be funny if
teachers misrepresent the teachings
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10. II. MENTAL HEALTH
Cognitive Reframing for a better Mental Health
1. Right Family Perception
2. Zero-Problem Mind-Set
3. Positive Attitude
4. High Self-esteem
5. Romanticizing with Life
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Your are Responsible for your Happiness; Being Responsible
means not blaming others of your unhappiness

11. RIGHT FAMILY PERCEPTION
 Family is the mental health provider as well
as metal health withholder
 Family is derived from the word “Famulus”,
means “Servants”
 Relationships sometimes may turn into on
neediness and not on love
 No one can be perfect partner and no one
choose a perfect partner
 ജീവിതത്തില്‍ സംഘര്‍ഷങ്ങള്‍ അനുഭവിക്കാത്ത
ഒരാളുപ ാലുമിലല, അതാണ്‌ ജീവിതം….
 ഈ സംഘര്‍ഷങ്ങളള യുക്തിപയാളെ
ശാസ്ത്തീയമായി കൈൈാരയം ളെയ്യുന്ന
ൈഴിവിലാണ്‌ ജീവിത സംതൃപ്തി
ആ്ശയിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നത്
 നാം ആ്രഹിച്ചതുപ ാളല സംഭവിക്കുന്നതലല
ജീവിതം. ൈിട്ടിയ അവസ്ഥപയാെും
വയവസ്തതപയാെും ള ാരുത്തളെെുന്നതാണ്‌
ജീവിതം
 നാം ിെിച്ചിെപത്തക്ക് ജീവിതം വരിലല. ൈിട്ടിയ
ജീവിതത്തിപലക്ക് നാം ഇറങ്ങി നില്‍ക്കുൈയാണ്‌
പവണ്ടത്
 ൈലഹിക്കുന്നതും ഒരു ൈലയാണ്‌; അതിനുമുണ്ട്
െില മരയാദൈള്‍
 Luckiest are those who have Fasting Tongue;
ഉ പദശിച്ചും ശാസിച്ചും നന്നാക്കാളമന്നു
വിൊരിക്കരുത്
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ഇന്നളല ലഭിക്കാത്ത ഒന്ന്
ജീവിതത്തില്‍ നാളള ലഭിക്കും എന്ന
് തീക്ഷയാണ്‌ ജീവിതത്തില്‍
സമാധാനം നല്‍ൈുന്നത്
അത് സാധിക്കണളമങ്കില്‍ ഇന്നളല
മുതല്‍ നിങ്ങള്‍ ളെയ്യാത്ത
എളെങ്കിലും ഇന്നു മുതല്‍ ളെയ്തു
തുെങ്ങണം

12. ZERO-PROBLEM MINDSET
Make a list of PROBLEMS without Solution and
PROBLEMS with Solution in your Life
A Problem without solution is not at all a
problem; it is a REALITY or fact; accept it
A Problem with a solution is not at all a
problem; it is a CHALLENGE; face it
There is no word “PROBLEM” in the dictionary
of a TEACHER’S life
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13. POSITIVE ATTITUDE
ഒരു ലക്ഷയത്തിപലക്കുള്ള യാ്തയില്‍
സപൊഷവും ദുുഃഖവും ഒരു
നാണയത്തിൻളറ രണ്ടു വശങ്ങളാളണന്ന
സതയം മനസ്സിലാക്കി സപൊഷങ്ങളില്‍
അമിതമായി ആഹ്ലാദിക്കാളതയും
ദുുഃഖങ്ങളില്‍ തൈര്‍ന്നു പ ാൈാളതയും
വീണ്ടും മുപന്നാട്ടുപ ാൈാനുള്ള
മനസ്സിൻളറ ൈരുത്താണ്‌
Essential Habits of Positive People
1. Find the POSITIVES first in the list
2. Do not guess; most of the guesses are
lies
3. Value and enjoy the small pleasures of
life
4. Find righteousness in every thing
5. Positive people smile a lot
6. Turn failures into lessons
7. Accept changes easily
8. No gossip and listen to; both the
gossiper and listener are equally ugly
9. Admit mistakes and show gratitude
10. Paying a compliment, even to a total
stranger
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14. SELF-ESTEEM
 The power of “I am enough” can make
wonders in life; one cannot be comfortable in
life without his own approval
 “I never felt another worthy the way I felt
worthy of myself”
 “The one who does not value oneself can not
value anything or anyone”
 “Once you embrace your value, it empowers
when others think less of you”
 “One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized
and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken
away unless it is surrendered”
Self-Esteem Boosters
1. Grooming
2. Favorite items
3. Expensive Possession
4. Relationship with higher people
5. Generosity
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15. ROMANCING WITH LIFE
 എ്ത മപനാഹരമാണ്‌ നമ്മുളെ ജീവിതം; ജീവിതം
അതിശയൈരം തളന്ന
 സവെം ജീവിതളത്ത ഉ ാധിൈളിലലാളത
സ്തപനഹിക്കണം; സവെം ജീവിതളത്ത
സ്തപനഹിക്കുന്നതിപനക്കാള്‍ അരാധമായ സ്തപനഹം
മളറാന്നിലല
 ളൈാെുത്തതിലധിൈം തിരിച്ചു ൈിട്ടുളമന്ന്
ഉറെുള്ള സ്തപനഹം സവെം ജീവിതപത്താെുള്ള
സ്തപനഹമാണ്‌
 തിരക്കുൈള്‍ക്കിെയില്‍ സവെം ജീവിതളത്ത
സ്തപനഹി ക്കാനും ജീവിക്കാനും മറന്നു
പ ാൈരുത്
 നമ്മുളെ ജീവിതത്തിളല സപൊഷത്തിൻളറ
താപക്കാല്‍ നമ്മുളെ ൈയ്യിലാണ്‌. അത് ൈളഞ്ഞു
പ ാൈാളത സൂക്ഷിക്കണം
 ജീവിതപത്താെുള്ള ് ണയത്തിന് ഓപരാ
് ായത്തിലും ഓപരാ മുഖമാണ്‌; അവ ആപവാളം
ആസവദിക്കണം
 ഇന്നപലൈളുളെ ൈുറപ ാധവും നാളളയുളെ
ആശങ്കളും തളര്‍ത്താളത ഇന്നിൻളറ
് സന്നതയില്‍ സപൊഷൈരമായിരിക്കുൈ
എന്നതിലും ുണയൈരമായ മളറാരു
് വര്‍ത്തിയുമിലല; ഓര്‍ക്കുൈ നമ്മുളെ
െിെൈളാണ്‌ ജീവിതളത്ത ് ണയാര്‍്ദമാക്കുന്നത്
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16. MENTAL FITNESS WORKOUTS
1. Mental Fitness Friend
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold
story inside of you”
2. Steady Short Travels
“There is no greater happiness than being a tourist in
our own town; make a ride for your mental health”
3. Ex-Photos Going-through
“There is no powerful brain exercise for mental
happiness than going through the old golden
memories of life”
4. Well-organized Home-Site
“There is no mental restlessness so disturbing than
the sight of one’s disorganized home site”
5. Pursuing of Passions
“There are multiple mental health benefits in
pursuing a hobby; regardless of how small and silly
you do”
6. Celebration Laughs
“There is no greater medicine that cures the mental
pains than a laugh in a social environment”
7. Pretty Relaxes
“There is no noble relationship so precious than the
relationship with yourself. Sit and relax with the
thoughts of yours”
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17. Educational Implications
1. A teacher with poor mental health can have a
detrimental effect upon all of those students
who are associated with him or her
2. Teachers are held accountable for the overall
mental health of students; all actions of a
teacher are observed closely by students
3. A happy teacher exudes positivity in the school;
a disturbed teacher is likely to impair the whole
learning environment
4. Only a mentally healthy teacher can creates
healthy teaching-learning situation, adjusting to
the diverse demands of diverse pupils
5. Mentally unhealthy teachers cannot be placed
on the frontlines of mental health care,
identification, intervention and remedy delivery
to students
6. Children are attuned to their teachers’ mood
and could usually pick up when they were
feeling stressed, even if teachers tried to hide it
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18. III.
EMOTIONAL
HEALTH
 All human emotions are positive;
once an emotion gets exceeded
the limit; the person’s capacity to
control the behavior is Emotional
Health
 Lack of emotional health will make
irreparable damages and dangers
in life
 Emotional Health is a conscious
process of honoring ourselves
through dealing smartly with
bottled up emotions
 Teaching is a highly emotional
profession; teachers are to
support their students not just
academically, but emotionally
 “Behind every successful man,
there is a teacher who told him
that you won’t achieve anything in
life”
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Teachers’ Sign Point
Dearest Teachers,
Leave all your worries here. Do not take
them to your classrooms. Let me keep
them all with me. I promise I don’t give
them back to you
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19. 10 Signs of
Emotional Immaturity –
Low Emotional Intelligence
1. Emotional outbursts in out of proportion to the
situation in hand
2. Intolerance to others when expressed a
different opinion
3. Unnecessary argumentation and unhealthy
blaming
4. Feeling righteous and bringing “ME Factor” at
inappropriate time
5. Unpredictable moods and cannot understand
how others feel
6. Do not own their own mistakes and believe that
others reasoned me to do so
7. Poor coping skills and struggle with
relationships
8. Asking questions first and speak second
9. Do not like compromise and always prone to
stress, disappointment, anger and struggling to
let things go
10. Shy away from walking in others shoes and
robotic actions
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20. Educational Implications
1. Teachers’ Emotional Health matters
for attention, decision making,
relationships and performance in
the teaching learning process
2. Teachers’ poor emotional health will
leave permeant psychological scars
on students
3. Emotions of teachers have been
shown to influence the emotions of
students, stress suffered by teachers
can be passed on to students
through actions
4. A happy teacher exudes positivity
which directly impacts the learning
environment. Whereas, a detached
or disturbed teacher is likely to
impair the learning environment
5. An emotionally unsettled student
may perform poorly. Therefore, it is
very important to ensure the
emotional well-being of teachers
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21. V. SOCIAL HEALTH
Colleagues
Students
Parents Community
Management
Government
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 Social Health is the ability to get
along with the community
around us harmoniously and
make relationships satisfying and
meaningful
 The quality and quantity of our
relationships affect our mental
and physical wellbeing
1. Approachability
2. Fair Communication
3. Passionate to meet
4. Give and take support
5. Easy Interaction
6. Quick relationship
7. Strong influence

22. Teachers’ Poor
People Skill is a Sin
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Many teachers are self-described
introverts
1. Cannot learn from colleagues
2. Immediate call for help
3. Cannot diversify teaching style
4. Preparing for silence
5. Demonstrate lack of confidence
6. Do not take risks
7. Avoid opportunities
8. Do not share ideas
9. Struggle to work in groups
10. Do not embrace change

23. Educational Implications
1. It is the teachers with high social health
rock the education world
2. Teachers’ higher level of social health is
associated with a wide range of positive
outcomes in teaching learning process
3. Channeling the social energy of teachers
in teaching process will make a high-
quality classroom
4. A socially healthy teacher always
encourage their social health to students
5. A socially healthy teacher radiates
enthusiasm, enthusiasm leads to student
motivation and vitality
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24. VI. SCHOOL CLIMATE HEALTH
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 There is no workplace in the world more lively and satisfying than
the schools; there are a ton of benefits to working in a school
 The key people in the school are teachers. The Climate of the school
depends upon the Quality of Teachers
 Teachers alone makes the school a better work-place; a working
environment where you are valued and respected
 You can never ever be a leader unless you are an obedient follower
 Valuing and supporting students is a fundamental part of teaching.
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NEGATIVE SCHOOL CLIMATE
1. Micro-management
2. Teacher Politics
3. Individual Gossips
4. No self-imposed norms
5. Zero Appreciation
6. Burden of Insults
7. Hostile Relations
8. Self-preservation
9. Giant-egoism
10. Back-bites

26. Adapt to School Climate….
Adopt interventional measures….
 Leadership may be not fit
 Colleagues may be in hibernation
 Support and resources may be
scanty
 Sycophants may get promotions
 No scope for professional training
and development
 Zero administrative support to
teaching
 No school policy and procedures
 Parents may invite troubles etc.,
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27. Educational Implications
1. Teachers’ unity can make wonders in
the life of students
2. In a positive school, students and
teachers flourish; if not school will run
on clerical routines
3. Collaboration and cooperation
between teachers contribute to school
improvement and student success
4. Regular interaction among teachers is
important in forming lasting
professional and mentorship
relationships
5. When teachers feel supported, they
can better extend that same support
to their students
6. If school is dominated by a culture of
individualism and competition among
teachers; school becomes stagnant
and arrested
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28. Conclusion
 The importance and impact of Health and
Hygiene of Teaching Profession is well-
established
 If students comes from strong, healthy,
functioning families, it makes teachers’
job easier; if not it makes teachers’ job
more significant
 It is okay for a teacher to put her health
first and her teaching second
 Bright and well-behaved students can be
taught by anyone, but engaging
naughtiest and least interested students
needs a healthy teacher
 Let’s concentrate of our health and
rediscover the joy of teaching
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