Teacher Emotional Regulation for Well-Being

Date: 24 February 2026

Time: 7pm - 8pm

Online Webinar: Zoom

Blurb

Emotional Regulation is the process of consciously managing your own emotions, in order to achieve personal growth, fulfilment and well-being (Mayer & Salovey, 1997). It is an extremely complex task, particularly in professions which have a high level of emotional labour, such as teaching.

At its heart, teaching is a social and emotional activity and the typical teaching day can involve up to 1,000 social interactions (Holmes, 2005), many of which may involve trying to manage the strong emotions of students or parents, as well as resolve conflict and deal with the inevitable daily frustrations and disappointments that are part and parcel of our job. This process involves minute-by-minute decision making which can often lead to a roller coaster of different emotions, both positive and negative.  Having strategies to support our own emotional regulation is therefore vital.

This webinar will provide an overview of emotional regulation and offer teachers several strategies to help to nurture it, in order to support their own well-being.

Learning Outcomes

That participants will:

1. Gain a deeper understanding of the concept of emotional regulation
2. Gain a deeper understanding of the importance of emotional regulation for teacher well-being
3. Gain a number of strategies to nurture their own emotional regulation to support personal well-being

Bio

Fiona Forman is an author, speaker, facilitator, and trainer in the area of well-being and Positive Psychology in education and parenting.

Fiona holds an M. Sc. in Applied Positive Psychology, the science of well-being, from the University of East London. Having spent many years as a teacher, she is passionate about placing well-being at the heart of school and family life, and she has seen first-hand the many benefits this brings to both young people and adults alike. She is the co-author of Weaving Well-Being, an SPHE programme for children which is now widely used in Ireland, as well as being the author of Welcome to Well-Being, Wired for Well-Being, and Tools to Thrive.

Fiona is also the mother of 2 young adults, which has deepened her awareness of the importance of equipping our children with the support and skills they need to thrive and flourish, despite the challenges of life.

Her parenting book, BRAVER THAN YOU BELIEVE: A Parent’s Guide to Building Children’s Resilience using Positive Psychology Skills, has recently been released.

This webinar is hosted by Monaghan Education Support Centre. The information you provide when registering will be shared with the host centre and the centre through which you booked and can be used and shared by them in accordance with their Terms and Privacy Policy, which is available on their website.