ABSTRACT:Results from an evaluation study designed to assess the impact of a school‐based, workplace health promotion program on the morale of inner‐city school teachers are reported. Teachers in 10 schools completed a questionnaire measuring components of morale prior to and following the opportunity to participate in a series of health promotion programs. Programs included stress management, nutrition education, healthy back, fitness, weight control, and recreational activities. Data also were collected on teachers from a comparison group of schools in the same district. Measures of teachers' pretest and posttest perceptions of the school environment, particularly in terms of perceived control over work activities and participation (ie, empowerment, p<.05) at posttest, indicated morale was enhanced in schools that implemented the prog