teacher burnout
The Season of Adult SEL
In the latest issue of the International Journal of Emotional Education, editors Paul Cooper and Carmel Cefai highlight something that I have been saying ...
Dealing With Your Own Stress
Spring can feel like sprinting a marathon. You are trying to move as fast as you can, but still have many miles to go ...
Educators Matter
My work supporting schools and districts with SEL implementation changed during the pandemic—it went from focusing on the technical aspects of developing students’ social ...
Educator Wellbeing Is NOT an Individual Responsibility
The pandemic has taken a toll on teachers’ mental health. Stress was the most common reason teachers cited for leaving the profession before and ...
What do you do with your stress? Building Resilience through Emotional Intelligence
Resilience is the ability to withstand stress and catastrophe. Humans have an amazing capacity to adapt and overcome adversities and even after devastating tragedies, individuals ...
Teaching is an emotional practice
One of my first teaching assignments was in a public school in Barcelona. I met the principal and the dean of students the afternoon before ...