Bounceback, a cutting-edge digital health platform designed to support K-12 educators, is excited to announce a new pilot program in partnership with Windber Area School District in Pennsylvania. Facilitated with the support of the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA), this partnership will bring wellness-focused professional development to Windber’s educators, emphasizing mental health and work-life balance.

Bounceback, a leading digital health platform designed to support K-12 educators, today announced its partnership with the Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative (OVEC), a consortium of 14 school districts in north central Kentucky. This collaboration aims to provide wellness-focused professional development (PD) for OVEC's 400+ employees, many of whom are dedicated educators and support staff in the region's Head Start program.

Aaron and Jeff tackle a topic that hits close to home for educators: stress and how to effectively manage it. They are joined by Dorothy Morelli, a career educator with over 30 years of experience and co-founder of the non-profits CREATE and Bounceback, and Denine Goolsby, an SEL expert with 46 years as an educator, principal, and executive in social-emotional learning. Also joining in is Sandy Williams, PSEA’s wellness facilitator, who highlights wellness resources for members, offering quick techniques to find calm and joy in stressful moments.

Bounceback is a collaboration of career educators, researchers, and wellness instructors who joined together to tackle K-12 educator stress. Reimagining PD as a digital health offering — a concept that Bounceback refers to as "job-embedded wellness" — helps educators manage stress to improve their personal health and well-being, which ultimately benefits students.