Ed 2500- Teacher Wellness

Teacher Wellness

HELLO! Presented by Zara Johnson and Jessica Siwy

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Inquiry Question: How can teachers maintain or increase their overall wellness?

We chose this topic because we have both heard the words “teacher burnout” used way too often with teachers and we want to be prepared.

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Subquestion #1

How can teachers balance their home and work lives?

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Burn out occurs when a teacher, who was once passionate and excited about the field, experiences feelings of chronic exhaustion and hopelessness about the job.

(Harkema, para.2)

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Subquestion #2 How prevalent is teacher burnout?

What is burnout?

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Who can experience burnout?

◦ People with high-paced jobs.

◦ Anyone!

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How prevalent is teacher burnout?

30% of teachers

experience teacher burnout! (von der Embse, Kilgus, Solomon, Bowler, & Curtiss, 2015)

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STATS AND PHYSICAL/ PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF BURNOUT

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Occupational burnout Attrition Reduced teaching effectiveness Disengagement with students Ineffective instructional practices

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Most teachers cope successfully with such stress. However, burnout may be the endpoint of coping unsuccessfully with chronic stress. Skaalvik, S., & Skaalvik, E. M. (2010). Teacher self-efficacy and teacher burnout: A study of relations 13

Subquestion #3

What are some prevention strategies that teachers can use to increase their overall wellness and prevent burnout?

Sleeping Sleeping

Prevention Strategies

Being Being well well organized and organized and planning ahead planning ahead

Exercise Exercise

Meditation Meditation

Eating well well Eating

Friends Friends and family family (maintaining (maintaining relationships) relationships)

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Practice! Mindfulness Meditation Link: https://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=0fcdv0kF VMs

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Overall Findings

Trop, J. (2016). Drowsy Driving: Worse than Driving Drunk? Retrieved from https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/best-cars-blog/2016/12/drowsy-driving-worse-than-drunk-driving National Sleep Foundation. (2018). Driving While Drowsy Can Be As Dangerous as Driving While Drunk. Retrieved from https://www.sleepfoundation.org/articles/drowsy-driving-vs-drunk-driving-how-similar-are-they Five ways mindfulness meditation benefits the body. (2016). AMT Events, 33(3), 136. Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.uleth.ca/docview/1832217129?accountid=12063 Iancu, A. E., Rusu, A., Măroiu, C., Păcurar, R., & Maricuțoiu, L. P. (2017). The Effectiveness of Interventions Aimed at Reducing Teacher Burnout: a Meta-Analysis. Educational Psychology Review, 30(2), 373-396.

References

doi:10.1007/s10648-017-9420-8 Lohr, W. D., MD, Dopp, R., MD, & Hudziak, J. J., MD. (2018). Wellness Interventions in Child Psychiatry: How Exercise, Good Nutrition, and Meditation Can Help Prevention and Improve Outcomes. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry,57(10), S47-S48. Retrieved February 25, 2019. Mankin, A., der Embse, N. von, Renshaw, T. L., & Ryan, S. (2018). Assessing Teacher Wellness: Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Measurement Invariance of the Teacher Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 36(3), 219–232. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734282917707142 Skaalvik, E. M., & Skaalvik, S. (2010). Teacher self-efficacy and teacher burnout: A study of relations. Teaching and Teacher Education, 26(4), 1059-1069. doi:10.1016/j.tate.2009.11.001

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THANKS! Any questions?

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