The Sustainable Teaching Project supports educators through mindful, creative, and restorative practices that create space to pause, reflect, reconnect, and renew. By acknowledging the demands of teaching and the unique challenges confronting educators right here and right now, we hope to help build a kinder, more sustainable profession rooted in empathy and connection.
We envision a world in which...
- educator wellbeing is recognized as essential to healthy schools and thriving communities;
- educators do not have to sacrifice their wellbeing in order to care for others;
- the conditions of teaching allow educators to remain creative, present, and supported over long and sustainable teaching careers.
We believe that educators deserve spaces to...
- pause and reflect,
- reconnect to meaning and purpose,
- build sustainable practices for stress and renewal,
- experience community and shared humanity,
- feel supported as whole people, not just professionals or caregivers.
We are committed to providing resources that are...
- trauma-informed,
- grounded in nervous system awareness,
- rooted in reflection, community, and creativity,
- realistic for actual school days.
Why this? Why now?
Teaching has always required care, creativity, and resilience, but today many educators are being asked to do more with fewer resources and less support. An April 2026 report issued by the National Education Association (NEA) showed that educators are navigating rising workloads while pay has failed to keep pace with inflation, leading to a 5% decrease in real earnings. A recent Gallup Poll revealed that a third of all teachers hold a second job unrelated to education in order to make ends meet, and educators are leaving the profession at unprecedented rates.
In New Hampshire, these challenges are especially urgent. The state continues to rank last in the nation for state education funding, and schools lost nearly 7% of their teachers in a single year while the number of students per teacher increased by over 5%. Meanwhile, most professional learning focuses on instructional practice without addressing the sustainability of the people doing the work.
The Teacher Sustainability Project was created in response to this moment. iLearnNH is committed to supporting educators not just as professionals, but as whole human beings deserving of connection, reflection, and sustainable ways of continuing the work they care deeply about.
Our Offerings
The Teacher Sustainability Project is designed to provide a repeatable process that educators can experience and adapt to their own lives and classrooms. The project is committed to supporting educators through multiple formats and entry points.
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Workshops
Short, standalone sessions (60–90 minutes) as requested by schools, including:
Five-Minute Nervous System Reset Practices
Creative Reflection for Burnout Prevention
Retreats
Restorative half-day experiences, including The Educator Renewal Retreat.
The Educator Renewal Retreat will take place on Friday, August 7, 2026 from 8:30am-12:00pm. Join our mailing list to learn more.
Cohort
Ongoing community-based learning and reflection, including the Fall 2026 Sustainable Teaching Cohort.
The group will meet one Tuesday a month (Sept 29, Oct 20, and Nov 17), culminating in an in-person, half-day workshop on Saturday, December 5.
Our Approach
We believe that educator sustainability is both an individual and collective practice. Educators require information, tools, and repeatable techniques that they can physically experience and adapt to their own lives and classrooms. Each of our programs include opportunities to:
Understand
Learn about stress, burnout, and nervous system regulation. Discover that stress is not a personal failure, but a normal embodied response.
Experience
Practice breath, movement, mindfulness, creativity, and grounding. Decide which practices feel right for you.
Reflect
Reconnect with values, needs, boundaries, and meaning. Identify favorite practices and how they can integrate into your unique school days.
Connect
Build community through conversation and shared experience. Walk away with new connections and support.
To learn more about the Sustainable Teaching Project, check out The Connected Classroom Substack or join The Sustainable Teaching Project mailing list. We look forward to breathing, moving, creating, and connecting with you.
