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 ◦ People with high-paced jobs.
experience
burnout?
◦ Anyone!

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How 30% of teachers
prevalent experience teacher
is teacher burnout!
burnout? (von der Embse, Kilgus, Solomon, Bowler, & Curtiss,
2015)

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STATS AND - Occupational burnout
PHYSICAL/ - Attrition
PSYCHOLOGICAL - Reduced teaching effectiveness
CONSEQUENCES - Disengagement with students
OF BURNOUT - 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
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 Subquestion #3
What are some
prevention strategies that
teachers can use to
increase their overall
wellness and prevent
burnout?
 Sleeping Exercise
Exercise Eating well
Eating well
Sleeping

Prevention Friends
Friends and family
family
Strategies Being
Being well
well Meditation
Meditation
(maintaining
(maintaining
organized and
organized and relationships)
relationships)
planning ahead
planning ahead

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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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