EDU 544 - Self-Care and Resilience for Educators

3 CR

Teacher burnout, and its impact on professional satisfaction, efficacy, and retention, is an area of growing concern. The stressors of the profession can lead to secondary traumatic stress (commonly called “compassion fatigue”), emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and professional inefficiency. By learning and practicing techniques for teacher self-care and resilience, educators can combat burnout and compassion fatigue, achieve compassion satisfaction, improve their wellbeing, and thrive.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing or permission of instructor.