20. Teacher Burnout Unveiled: A Conversation with Brittany Blackwell

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The demands on teachers seem to grow endlessly. There always seem to be curriculum changes, standardized testing, and all the challenges that have come along with the past few years. Teachers today are facing very high levels of exhaustion, stress, and burnout. So, what can we do to help prevent and manage this stress and burnout?

Teacher burnout and sustainability strategist Brittany Blackwell joins us to share all about teacher burnout. She offers invaluable insights and strategies to help educators navigate these turbulent times by getting to the root cause of burnout and offering practical approaches to help teachers refresh their minds, bodies, and souls.

In this episode, Brittany is breaking down the primary causes of teacher burnout, the brain science behind stress, coping strategies for educators, and how to recognize the early warning signs of stress and overwhelm.

Episode Highlights:

06:11 - The primary causes of teacher burnout and how this impacts educators both personally and professionally

12:04 - The psychological and physiological mechanisms behind stress

20:38 - Effective coping strategies educators can use to help mitigate the effects of stress

29:48 - How educators can recognize early warning signs of burnout in themselves and what steps they can take to address it before it becomes just too overwhelming

33:29 - What systematic changes are necessary to address and prevent teacher burnout on a broader scale

Links & Resources:

• Get Your Next Steps to Burnout Recovery in this quiz
• Grab Your Free Breathwork Guide for Educators
• The Resilient Teacher Podcast
• Free Close Reading Guidebook
• The Literacy Lounge Facebook group
• Leave your rating and review on Apple Podcasts!

Grab all the podcast links and resources mentioned in this episode inside the show notes: https://cieraharristeaching.com/episode20