How to monitor and support the wellbeing of your headteachers
Be clear on how you can monitor your headteachers' wellbeing and make sure they feel supported – both during coronavirus and beyond.
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Continue to provide additional support during coronavirus
The wellbeing measures you have in place when it's 'business as usual' still apply now (see the sections below for advice on those). But during coronavirus, as you now know, there are additional things to bear in mind.
Maintain regular virtual meetings with your headteachers
It's likely you're doing this already, but you need to keep on top of your regular catch-ups with your headteachers to see how they're doing.
If your chairs of local governing bodies (LGBs) have a role to play here, make sure you involve them. For example, they might already meet with
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