Retaining teachers can be a challenge, especially now, but focusing on making the workload more manageable helps.
Instead of pushing through anxiety and stress, you may be able to calm yourself and potentially add more balance to the rest of your day.
This brief is addressed to educators who face the stresses of the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting school closures, online service provision, and quarantine conditions. The brief offers practical information and guidance on self-care in these challenging times. It builds on a growing research base about self-care,1 as well as on new resources currently being developed during this period,2 along with WestEd’s extensive experience in education, public health, and wellness services.
Foundations involved in systems change can increase their odds for success by focusing on less explicit but more powerful conditions for change, while also turning the lens on themselves.