One of my biggest issues I would like to champion as a teacher is mental health. I had a few teachers in my high school that if I was ever in trouble I knew they would be able to help me. One of them even worked for the crisis line 2nd floor. I want to follow in their footsteps and know what to look out for in my students, and to foster an environment where they know they can reach out to me if they are in trouble.

The website WeSchools has a very informative document on how to handle this topic as an educator. It helps with knowing when to intervene, what to look out for, and the healthy ways to help a student in crisis. To me all of these are very valuable tools to have as an educator, especially with mental health on the decline and these issues still stigmatized.