Professional Educators are leaving the profession at staggering rates. Many are experiencing high levels of exhaustion and burnout. During this interactive and experiential training, participants will learn evidence-based tools to combat compassion fatigue, overwhelm and moral injury. Participants will leave the training with a plan to support their wellness for the school year and an ongoing tool (1-Minute Encouragers for Educators) to continue encouraging themselves and their colleagues throughout the school year. 

We spend most of our days going through the motions on auto pilot and thinking about what has already happened or what is to come and we spend very little time in the present moment. During this interactive and experiential training, participants will learn evidence-based strategies, practices and exercises to encourage mindful self-compassion. As a Mindful Self-Compassion Teacher, from Dr. Kristen Neff’s work, we will learn why this important, research to support this practice and walk through several exercises and practices.

Oftentimes we begin the school year with mandated professional development related to compliance, strategic planning and curriculum reviews and planning. And, we don’t get to the heart of why we do what we do. Understanding our why, exploring our passions and planning for our own personal development are essential to the success of a school year. During this interactive and introspective session, participants will explore who they are and create a plan to be the best versions of who they hope to be in order to serve their students and school communities. 

Based on Dr. Kristen Neff’s work, this interactive workshop will provide an opportunity for participants to learn the three elements of self-compassion, explore what it means to be mindful, and understand how empathy, shame and resistance play a role in our personal self-compassion journey. Participants will learn evidence-based tools for assessing how self-compassionate they are and experience exercises and practices to begin a personal journey.

The start of the school year is the perfect time to set goals and create a vision. During this interactive workshop, participants will create a wellness plan, a vision board and both personal and professional goals for the school year. As a follow up, a tool will be provided for ongoing encouragement for the school year (1-Minute Encouragers for the Educator). Utilizing research from Dr. Amit Sood, Dr. Brené Brown and Dr. Kristen Neff, this workshop will fill participants with nuggets of knowledge to make this school year intentional, successful, encouraging and fun while creating a positive school climate.