169 About the author daily workplace suited her well. Through her research, she was able to make a significant contribution to the well-being of educational professionals. In 2016, the implementation of an innovative whole-school program resilience and wellbeing (Leer- & Veerkracht) was embraced by the Nicolaasschool team, ultimately leading to its designation as an ‘excellent school’ by the Dutch education inspectorate in 2020. For Bernadette, this confirmed that focusing on promoting resilience and well-being for teachers and pupils is important and should be better known within the educational field. After leaving the Nicolaasschool in July 2020, Bernadette continued to work as a policy advisor for resilience & well-being for the RVKO, where she contributes to promoting resilience and well-being in the 67 elementary schools, in total comprising more than 20,000 pupils, and 2,400 educational professionals associated with the RVKO. M
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