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.

Don’t Wait.

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