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So! How are the adults?So! How are the adults?
A good teacher is like a candle -
it consumes itself to light the way for
others.
SOME THOUGHTS TO CONSIDER:
THE QUALITY OF A
STUDENT’S EDUCATION
CANNOT EXCEED THE QUALITY
OF A SCHOOL’S STAFF.
THE QUALITY OF A SCHOOL’S CLIMATE
CANNOT EXCEED THE QUALITY OF A SCHOOL’S
STAFF CLIMATE.
SOME THOUGHTS TO CONSIDER:
THE QUALITY OF A
STUDENT’S EDUCATION
CANNOT EXCEED THE QUALITY
OF A SCHOOL’S STAFF.
SCHOOL CLIMATE EMINATES FROM STAFF CLIMATE. BUT WHERE DOES THAT EMINATE
FROM?
THE QUALITY OF THE STAFF CLIMATE WILL RARELY EXCEED THE HEALTH,
HAPPINESS, HUMOR, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIORS OF INDIVIDUAL STAFF
MEMBERS.
SCHOOL CLIMATE EMINATES FROM STAFF CLIMATE. BUT WHERE DOES THAT EMINATE
FROM?
THE QUALITY OF THE STAFF CLIMATE WILL RARELY EXCEED THE HEALTH,
HAPPINESS, HUMOR, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIORS OF INDIVIDUAL STAFF
MEMBERS.PSST!
YOUR STUDENTS REALLY WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY AND WELL.
SYSTEMS CHANGE
PERSONAL CHANGE
What makes for a GOOD
day at work for you?
What makes for a GOOD
day at work for you?
What makes for a BAD
day at work?
What makes for a GOOD
day at work for you?
What makes for a BAD
day at work?
What can SAVE a bad day
at work?
This is all about
intersections.
You / Young You / Young peoplepeople
You / You / ColleaguesColleagues
You / The You / The SystemSystem
You / SELFYou / SELF
You / Friends, You / Friends, FamilyFamily
You / The You / The ProfessionProfession
You / ParentsYou / Parents
You / You / CommunityCommunity
Burnout is a state of exhaustion that results from working too intensely and without concern for one’s own needs.(Herbert Freudenberger, a researcher who coined the term “burnout” in 1974)
Opportunities LostOpportunities Lost
Opportunities UsedOpportunities Used
Opportunities to be Leveraged BetterOpportunities to be Leveraged Better
The Road to Burnout is Paved With The Road to Burnout is Paved With Good IntentionsGood Intentions
Emotional exhaustion: Emotional exhaustion: Teachers feel that Teachers feel that they can no longer give of themselves to they can no longer give of themselves to students as they did earlier in their students as they did earlier in their careers.careers.
Emotional exhaustion: Emotional exhaustion: Teachers feel that Teachers feel that they can no longer give of themselves to they can no longer give of themselves to students as they did earlier in their students as they did earlier in their careers.careers.
When do you feel When do you feel you’re doing your you’re doing your
best work?best work?Where are you?Where are you?
With whom are you?With whom are you?What part of your SELF is most What part of your SELF is most
engaged?engaged?
When do you feel When do you feel you’re not able to you’re not able to
be your best?be your best?Where are you?Where are you?
What parts of your day?What parts of your day?What role are you playing?What role are you playing?
What are THREE things YOU can do to What are THREE things YOU can do to increase the positive places and events increase the positive places and events
and decrease the negative?and decrease the negative?
The Road to Burnout is Paved With The Road to Burnout is Paved With Good IntentionsGood Intentions
Depersonalization: Teachers develop negative, cynical, and sometimes callous attitudes towards students, parents, and/or colleagues.
Depersonalization: Teachers develop negative, cynical, and sometimes callous attitudes towards students, parents, and/or colleagues.
When is your When is your attitude the most attitude the most
upbeat and upbeat and positive?positive?Where are you?Where are you?
With whom are you?With whom are you?What part of your SELF is most What part of your SELF is most
engaged?engaged?
When do you become When do you become the most negative?the most negative?
Where are you?Where are you?What parts of your day?What parts of your day?
What role are you playing?What role are you playing?
What are THREE things YOU can do to What are THREE things YOU can do to increase the positive places and events increase the positive places and events
and decrease the negative?and decrease the negative?
The Road to Burnout is Paved With The Road to Burnout is Paved With Good IntentionsGood IntentionsDiminished Personal Accomplishment: Teachers
perceive themselves as ineffective in helping students learn, and unmotivated in fulfilling their other school responsibilities.
Diminished Personal Accomplishment: Teachers perceive themselves as ineffective in helping students learn, and unmotivated in fulfilling their other school responsibilities.
When are you the When are you the most fired up for most fired up for
teaching?teaching?What role are you playing?What role are you playing?
With whom are you?With whom are you?What part of your SELF is most What part of your SELF is most
engaged?engaged?
When do you feel When do you feel most ineffective most ineffective and unmotivated?and unmotivated?
Where are you?Where are you?What parts of your day?What parts of your day?
What role are you playing?What role are you playing?
What are THREE things YOU can do to What are THREE things YOU can do to increase the positive places and events increase the positive places and events
and decrease the negative?and decrease the negative?
INTERSECTIONSINTERSECTIONS
OPPORTUNITIESOPPORTUNITIES
FulfillmFulfillment and ent and SatisfacSatisfactiontion
The reasons you
chose this profession. PotentiaPotentia
l job l job stress & stress & personal personal tolltoll
Ways in which younow operate
and behave
The further the distance, the greater
the risk.
What we know.
What we do.
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