This course aims to help educators identify burnout in themselves and others, understand its root causes, and explore personal and systemic strategies to respond effectively and sustainably. It is important to remember burnout is reversible with timely action and support. And importantly, you don’t have to face it alone.
Who is the course designed for
The course is designed for educators, support staff, and paraprofessionals who deliver services directly or indirectly to children, adolescents, and teachers in the public, private/independent, and international sectors. Relevant professionals include teachers, school counselors, adjustment counselors, child-care staff, college counselors, education-related health professionals, prison educators, educational psychologists, juvenile-detention educators, and social workers.
Organizations include independent/private, public, and international preschools, middle schools, elementary schools, high-schools, colleges, residential settings, juvenile detention centers, youth prisons, and children’s homes.
This independent short-course can also be taken within the deep dive course Preventing Teacher Burnout.
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Course duration
✓ 30 minutes to 1 hour
✓ Self-paced learning
✓ Recommended over 1-2 weeks
Course availability
✓ Available for 365 days
Course certification
✓ Following course completion, click on the link to download your course completion certificate with the stated number of continuing professional development (CPD) minutes.
Course credits
✓ 1 point towards a future course
Course objectives
If you recognize that you’re experiencing signs of teacher burnout, responding effectively can help you recover and protect your well-being. The course aims to enable you to learn how to:
- Recognize feelings to be concerned about and to seek support
- Establish work-related boundaries.
- Utilize coping strategies.
- Engage in meaning-making.
- Plan for self-care and seek organizational care
Books, video, websites & academic references
Books, video, websites and academic references are provided to help educators access and explore rigorous practice and research findings.
Open AI
You are advised to utilize ChatGPT to ask questions throughout lessons. To ask your questions, open the ChatGPT search page (click on the link below).
NB: There is no research evidence to support ChatGPT strategies for individual client’s mental health.
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