How rest can reignite your passion for teaching
Today’s teachers are coping with a wide range of stresses, from chronic student absenteeism to limitations on what you can teach and parents pressuring you to change grades.
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AI and teacher burnout: Can technology really help?
Teachers are facing ever-growing demands: providing quality lessons, attending to individual student needs, and managing administrative loads that stretch their time and energy to the limit.
Friday 5: Teacher stress
Educators have never had an easy job, but teacher stress and burnout are at chart-topping levels in schools across the nation.
Can team teaching break the constraints of conventional schooling?
Teacher burnout is a real and growing challenge for US K–12 schools. Last year, school district leaders reported a 4 percent increase in teacher turnover according to a…
Creativity in the classroom reduces burnout and improves well-being
Teacher burnout is, unfortunately, not a new phenomenon. Even 15 years ago, when I was teaching middle and high school, it was always a question of when (not…
How to stave off teacher burnout with PD
Survey after survey confirms teachers feel stressed and burned out. Nearly 75 percent of teachers experience frequent job-related stress, compared to just a third of working adults. More…
Hey teachers–what is your ‘why?’
More than half of the teachers in the US are seriously considering leaving the profession earlier than planned. A number of factors have led to this, including Covid-19…
3 ways to highlight productive urgency while avoiding teacher burnout
When I came to Union Hill School about seven years ago, we were not performing at the level we wanted to in terms of state assessments. With some…
3 ways to address teacher burnout
A teacher’s job is to educate the young people who will shape our future world. What profession could be more important?
Using tech to combat trauma
In this week's episode of Innovations in Education, hosted by Kevin Hogan: 3 key actions for trauma-informed student support; 6 ways administrators can address teacher burnout in their…
6 ways administrators can address teacher burnout in their schools
The significant negative impact of the pandemic on educators is no secret. Teacher burnout is at an all-time high, self-care techniques are feeling futile, violence against teachers is…
5 ways technology can help you combat teacher burnout
Teachers are balancing a lot every day, and that pressure has increased since the start of the pandemic.
How human connection calms teacher burnout
The power of human connection is a transformative element that is deeply wired into our collective DNA. With so many teachers experiencing burnout, I can’t help but recognize…
This app is designed to reduce job burnout—and it’s free for educators
A new app, free for all teachers and educators, offers simple strategies to tackle job-related stress and burnout. The app gives users 10-minute activities they can do once…