Abstract
ABSTRACT Outdoor education (OE) offers significant learning opportunities for students, yet teacher benefits remain underexplored. Teacher stress is causing compassion fatigue, burnout, and attrition, negatively impacting student outcomes. OE settings naturally provide educational, mental wellness, and self-care opportunities for teachers. Our research team, through a Communities of Practice focus group, identified several benefits for teachers engaging in OE. These benefits include enhanced emotional balance, sense of purpose, mental toughness, and physical endurance. Additionally, teacher competency can improve through increased knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors. OE can serve as a vital part of a teacher’s self-care routine, being accessible and offering personal and professional benefits. We recommend further research on teacher experiences in OE to understand the benefits and barriers.
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