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[https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ero](https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ero)  \nThe Influence of Policies and Professional Expectations on Teachers’Leave Decisions and Well-Being Following a Miscarriage  \nMandie Bevels Dunn  \nDulcey Bishop Hunter  \nDaria Smirnova  \nUniversity of South Florida  \nThis study examined K–12 teachers’ perceptions of their decisions surrounding taking leave following a miscarriage. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 27 teachers, thematic coding showed that teachers considered a variety of complex, interconnected factors, including both the availability of time off via policy and the impact of taking leave on administrators, colleagues, students, and themselves. Results suggest that formal leave policies were not well-suited to support teachers experiencing the ongoing medical, physical, and bereavement needs associated with miscarriage. Furthermore, administrator response and professional expectations to prioritize students’needs influenced teachers’decisions, highlighting the need for support. To intervene, we suggest changing the structure of leave policies, educating administrators and others in the workplace about miscarriage, and addressing the professional expectations associated with the teaching profession that encourage teachers to hide their needs.  \nKeywords: teacher context, policy, retention, teacher characteristics, qualitative research, emotional labor, disenfranchised grief, miscarriage, leave policies  \nIntroduction  \nTeachers bring a range of skills and expertise into the workplace, as well as personal experiences that may influence their teaching. Adverse personal experiences may present teachers with unique challenges at work, including how they approach their instruction or their efforts to build positive relationships with students and administrators. When adverse personal experiences occur, the extent to which they have a negative impact on teachers’ professional work and well-being is dependent on teachers’ working conditions, including formal policies such as leave-taking and professional workplace expectations.  \nIn this study, we focus specifically on teachers’ experiences with pregnancy miscarriage and the challenges and decisions teachers faced navigating this personal experience at work. Knowing how teachers experience pregnancy loss remains important because how well teachers are supported may influence their overall well-being (e.g. Pinkham-Brown, 2024), which in turn may influence the quality of their instruction (Arens & Morin, 2016), the quality of their relationships with colleagues and students (Dunn, 2023), and their retention in the profession (Skaalvik & Skaalvik, 2011) . Considering how teachers experience miscarriage at work will provide insight into what supports may be required.  \nOne critical but under-researched aspect of working conditions is the presence or absence of leave policies that support miscarriage as both a medical and a bereavement experience. Leave policies are a structural support that allows teachers to take the necessary time away to care for themselves and loved ones. Leave is also a way to support teachers’ humanity by respecting their needs and acknowledging their losses, a key aspect in creating sustainable workplace conditions for teachers (Hsieh, 2024). Yet, teachers who have had one or multiple miscarriages may not have access to adequate leave or may not take leave following a miscarriage (e.g. Covert, 2022; Will, 2022) .  \nUnderstanding teachers’decision-making processes surrounding leave provides a nuanced understanding of how systemic policies and professional expectations influenced teachers’ access to support via formal leave following a miscarriage. To identify factors teachers co","cbCaitKiaW3SvNoI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitKiaW3SvNoI","pdf",492939,14,"English","# Introduction\n## Teachers’ working conditions and well-being\n## Leave policies as structural support\n## Miscarriage and workplace context","[{\"question\":\"What interventions does the study suggest?\",\"answer\":\"The study suggests changing the structure of leave policies, educating administrators and workplace members about miscarriage, and addressing professional expectations that encourage teachers to hide their needs.\"}]","The Influence of Policies and Professional Expectations on Teachers’ Leave Decisions and Well-Being Following a Miscarriage | PDF",1792069412,35]