Carolyn FitzGerald, Wilfrid Laurier University

Research

teacher preservice teacher stress burnout mental health health promotion resiliency K-12 student

Latest funding

Addressing Teacher Stress and Burnout Through Mental Health Competency Development in Pre-service Teachers
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$58,896

Addressing Teacher Stress and Burnout Through Mental Health Competency Development in Pre-service Teachers

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: FitzGerald, Carolyn

Keywords: teacher; preservice teacher; stress; burnout; mental health; health promotion; resiliency; K-12 student; positive psychology; social-emotional competence

$58,896

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: teacher Dear Professor FitzGerald, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on teacher connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Addressing Teacher Stress and Burnout Through Mental Health Competency Development in Pre-service Teachers" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]