**Figure 1.**

*Phases of data collection.*

The interviews themselves were conducted via Zoom and recorded on this platform as well as on a recording device used by the researcher. There were two researchers involved in the interview stage of phase 1 of data collection: one researcher interviewed the participating teachers while the other researcher interviewed the participating school principals. The participants received a number of pieces of information via email in advance of the interview; including an information and consent sheet and the two questionnaire documents. In advance of the interviews, the consent form and questionnaires were completed and were returned to the research team. Ethical approval to undertake the study was granted by Mary Immaculate College of Education, Ireland; the university in which the lead researcher was working.

Convenience sampling was employed to engage teachers and principals in the research project, while ensuring that a range of both male and female teachers and principals, with varying years of experience and teaching and leading in a variety of school types, were engaged in the study. The researchers sent information to teacher and principal network groups seeking expressions of interest and also asked teachers and principals who were known to them to participate in the research. It was the same group of principals and


*Teacher Self-Care Practices to Support Well-Being during the Covid 19 Pandemic DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.110428*


#### **Table 1.**

*Demographic details of teachers involved in the study.*


#### **Table 2.**

*Demographic details of principals involved in the study.*

teachers who took part in both phases of the research. **Tables 1** and **2** below presents demographic details of the teachers and principals involved in the study. In total twelve teachers and ten principals participated in phase one of the study. This chapter reports on the opportunities that the change in work practices provided to the majority of participants to engage in more self-care practices than they otherwise would if school buildings were open. Thereafter, the impact of the return to school in 2020 is reported.
