The Wellness-Retention Connection: Creating Thriving Faculty Communities Through Early Care & Support
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The Wellness-Retention Connection: Creating Thriving Faculty Communities Through Early Care and SupportWhen faculty thrive, schools thrive. This webinar explores the link between faculty wellbeing and retention—and why the first signs of struggle often go unnoticed until it's too late. Drawing from research in organizational psychology, faculty burnout, and school culture, Cara Gallagher presents a proactive, data-informed framework for identifying early signals of disengagement and/or leaving signs, implementing systems of support, and building a workplace culture that retains top talent. |
Series: Whole Health
Who Should Attend: Academic Administrators, Asst Heads of Schools, Deans of Students, Community & Belonging Leaders, Department Chairs, Division Heads, First Time Administrators, First Time Heads, and Heads of Schools.
Speaker: Cara Gallagher, founder, Cara Gallagher Consulting
Beginning her career in the classroom, Cara moved on to designing curricula and taking on administrative leadership positions within prestigious schools. Cara has spent years as a consultant and qualitative researcher for independent school heads and boards in the US and UK. She has worked with organizations such as the Spencer Foundation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, DePaul University, C-SPAN Classroom, and McGraw Hill and contributed to numerous articles, books, and presented at conferences focused on culture and best practices within schools.
Cara has a master’s in Education and is finishing a master’s degree in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Harvard. She holds a certificate in Organizational Behavior from Harvard in which she specialized in psychometrics, change management, and organizational behavior, and a certificate in leading with data and research from Teachers College at Columbia University.
Cara’s diverse experience also includes working in finance as a research analyst and as a reporter covering the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC.