What “Teacher Burnout” Really Is
During episode 68 of The PE Umbrella podcast, Sarah mentioned how she experienced a teaching rut during the fall. After listening to the podcast, Naomi messaged Sarah and said that teacher burnout was a topic she had been wanting to write about for a while. Naomi suggested writing a joint blog post about teacher burnout. When Naomi and Sarah mentioned their idea to the rest of the team, everyone quickly admitted that they were either currently experiencing teacher burnout, had recently gotten over it, or struggled with it in the past. As a group, we have been wanting to write about more serious topics within teaching and we think this is a great place to start. During the next month, you will read each of our stories about teacher burnout. Jonathan continues the series with a post about his experience recognizing, coping with, and overcoming teacher burnout.
Recharging My Batteries
During episode 68 of The PE Umbrella podcast, Sarah mentioned how she experienced a teaching rut during the fall. After listening to the podcast, Naomi messaged Sarah and said that teacher burnout was a topic she had been wanting to write about for a while. Naomi suggested writing a joint blog post about teacher burnout. When Naomi and Sarah mentioned their idea to the rest of the team, everyone quickly admitted that they were either currently experiencing teacher burnout, had recently gotten over it, or struggled with it in the past. As a group, we have been wanting to write about more serious topics within teaching and we think this is a great place to start. During the next month, you will read each of our stories about teacher burnout. Naomi starts the series with a post about her experience recognizing, coping with, and overcoming teacher burnout.
Three years ago I sat in my seat staring at a convention program and read through all the different sessions I could choose from. I came across a session about teacher wellness and remember laughing at it thinking, “Why on earth would anyone want to go to a teacher wellness session? All you need to do is workout, hang out with friends and leave your work at school. It has been preached to me since I first started teaching. Easy, right?” I wanted a session that could help me with my teaching and help me with my students, not a Zumba session I had to participate in. Read More
It Starts With Us…
During Game 7 of the World Series, Collin had the opportunity to chat with Jessica Shawley about Physical Education Teacher Leadership in an interview for the SHAPE America Podcast. During the interview Jessica mentioned something that hit home with him. It was about 50 Million Strong.
For those that don’t know, 50 Million Strong by 2029 is an initiative put forth by the Society of Health and Physical Educators’ (SHAPE America). It is an initiative to empower all children through effective health and physical education programs to live healthy, active lives. In the United States there are about 50 million children that are enrolled in school, the call to action is to empower the youngest children in school so that by the year they graduate (2029) they are living healthy, active lives.
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