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Professional Resilience
Professional Resilience
Professional resilience involves identifying how your work environment impacts your well-being and working toward addressing the obstacles that affect your work. Sometimes your mindset or attitude can shift, and you can cultivate skills through ongoing professional development to better thrive at work. And sometimes there are school-wide, office-wide, or challenges in education as a whole that are difficult for most people to address. Acknowledging the individual responsibility you have to your workplace, the responsibility your workplace has to you, how you influence your school or office culture, and the necessary system-level changes is what professional resilience is all about.
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Recorded: Managing Conflict at Work
Recorded: Managing Conflict at Work
Conflict is a natural part of life and can arise in the workplace. Most conflicts at work can be managed by the people involved. Sometimes we spend more time preparing for what we will communicate next rather than fully paying attention to what the other person says during a conversation. This can hinder effective communication. Watch this five-minute YouTube video (subtitles/closed captions available) from The Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County (CRCMC) to learn about reflective listening strategies.
Consider how to incorporate reflective listening skills when writing, speaking, emailing, signing, or texting.
Need support navigating workplace conflict? Learn about the MCPS EAP Dispute Resolution Program for information on no-cost, confidential, and voluntary mediation and conflict coaching.
4:00–5:00 p.m.
LIVE: Well-Being Strategies During the Menopause Transition
LIVE: Well-Being Strategies During the Menopause Transition
Did you know that the menopause transition can cause challenging physical and mental health changes in women? Want to learn about how to manage these changes and prioritize your well-being? The EAP invites you to join us for Well-being Strategies During the Menopause Transition! View the flyer and click HERE to register.
6:30–7:15 p.m.
LIVE: Yoga to Support Mental Health with WellAware
LIVE: Yoga to Support Mental Health with WellAware
Yoga and mindfulness practices provide us with tools and resources to support our mental health. Join this virtual session where we will move, breathe, meditate, and journal to help integrate our minds, spirits, and bodies. No prior yoga experience necessary! All you will need is a journal, something to write with, and a yoga mat or towel.
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89572648235?pwd=VFbFRpZZqqoqVrT4ZbsxO6TQ2kasjd.1
Meeting ID: 895 7264 8235
Passcode: 889275
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Independent Practice: Making Meaning
Independent Practice: Making Meaning
Connecting with your purpose and values can help foster professional resilience. Consider the following reflection prompts to nurture meaning today:
What are your top values? What guides your life and matters to you?
How do your values connect or show up at work?
Where do you find meaning in your day-to-day or week at work?
What do you hope students, colleagues, or families will remember about you at the end of the school year?
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Independent Practice: Identify Your Strengths
Independent Practice: Identify Your Strengths
Everyone has strengths, and your unique strengths contribute to your work and your team! Unsure what your strengths are? Take this online questionnaire from the University of Pennsylvania to discover some of your strengths.
*Scroll down to the Engagement Questionnaires section and click "Take Test" under "Brief Strengths Test". You will be prompted to create an account before taking the test.
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Independent Practice: Learn about Community Care
Independent Practice: Learn about Community Care
Community care is about building resilient networks of support that allow you and your colleagues to move toward thriving, instead of just surviving. It involves a commitment to being present and showing up for yourself and the people on your teams. Take a moment to reflect on the community care practices in your workplace and consider:
What has worked?
What has been challenging?
Where are there opportunities to make small shifts or larger changes?
How can we incorporate these efforts to support a more resilient and healthy school community or work culture?
Check out these ideas to build community care in your workplace!
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Independent Practice: Take a Detachment Break
Independent Practice: Take a Detachment Break
Take a detachment break during the work day. This can be as brief as five minutes, where you stretch, walk, listen to one song, or read one chapter. Disconnecting briefly or scheduling five-minute breaks when you have downtime can improve your focus and engagement throughout the day. You can consider taking a detachment break during your planning period, before starting the day or a new task, before or after lunch, or other times during the day that work best for your schedule. Set a timer for five minutes and pick one activity to detach from your workday and reconnect with yourself.
Important note: Information on this page is for general information purposes only, for adults, and is not intended to replace the counsel or advice of a qualified health professional.
For further questions or help with specific problems or personal concerns, please contact the MCPS Employee Assistance Program. Call 240-740-6500 (Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. year-round).
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