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Description
Teachers have always needed to know and practice protective strategies in their social emotional first aid kits to manage the daily stressors of working on the front lines of a human-service oriented profession. That need has never been greater given the massive increase in uncertainty and unpredictability in the teaching profession and in one's personal life due to COVID.
In short, teaching is emotional labor-- the effort required to manage and metabolize strong emotions like anger, shame, guilt, anxiety, and overwhelm, as well as generate and stoke positive emotions like joy, hope, and compassion.
Stress significantly diminishes a teacher's capacity to regulate their negative emotions and cultivate positive emotions. Ironically, teachers who leave the profession often cite their inability to cope with their own emotional reactions to loss of control, unpredictability, and lack of purpose in their teaching as the primary reason for burnout.
There are many, many strategies and practices rooted in cognitive and affective neuroscience and social and behavioral sciences that teachers can learn, practice, and integrate into their personal and professional lives as teachers to metabolize stress, manage negative energy, protect themselves from the burnout cycle, and find joy in teaching the whole year through!
Learning Objectives
In this session, teachers will:
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Explore the core elements of the teacher burnout cycle and learn how to protect one's self from the 2 paths to burning out,
All educators and educational caregivers deserve to be cared for.
We INNOVATE educator social and emotional well-being practices.
We INSPIRE educator healing and health.
We IMPACT students and schools through co-creating happy, healthy, and compassionate educators!
The Present Teacher Restoration ProjectTM
is an innovative and unique adult SEL professional development offering designed by Present Teaching TrainingTM that focuses on providing our educators with systematic, research-based best practices in burnout prevention, mental health, and emotional resilience support for sustainable well-being in the midst of a global pandemic and our collective mission of social justice work.
The Present Schools Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) ProjectTM
is an experiential professional development training designed to engage school staff, educators, and administrators in expanding their knowledge and embodiment of the foundational elements of holistic school wellness:
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
Mental & Emotional Well-Being
Embodied Equity
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