A Walk and Learn workshop series for educators struggling with burnout combines education about compassion fatigue and burnout with walking together outside of Calgary, Alberta.
- Director, Field Experience (Community-Based), Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
It’s important that employers and employees understand sympathy, empathy and compassion, and consider these emotions’ roles in both job performance and employee relations.
Workplaces, in addition to providing critical organizational resources, can encourage employees to undertake a voluntary workplace well-being streak, or employees can commit to their own.
“June-tired” has taken on a whole new meaning for educators this year. What can be done this summer to help them recharge and recover?
Preventing teacher burnout is a community responsibility we can address. If those who have become first responders in schools withdraw we will also see adverse effects on students.
Addressing children’s and youth’s needs requires the expertise and support of educational assistants, school psychologists and all workers who collaborate to build caring school communities.
How can parents and educators assist children and youth with dealing with everyday challenges and stresses?
A dream teaching job with seemingly great perks may not be worth it when turbulence creates crushing heartache for educators.
To protect employees from burnout, organizations should recognize which emotions are expected to be managed as a part of the job, and what situations generate emotional labour.
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