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Please read "Superficial Self-Care" (6-minute read)

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Please read "Superficial Self-Care" (6-minute read)

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Please read this short piece from Education Week: "Superficial Self-Care? Stressed-Out Teachers Say No Thanks." Link directly or view the PDF.

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Superficial Self-Care_ Stressed-Out Teachers Say No Thanks

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We will organize your responses in order to share them within CIT, and then we will forward relevant responses to appropriate district leadership. The goal is that the voices and insights of our CIT teacher leaders will be heard by those who need to hear them.

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When you have made your contribution here . . . 

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When you have made your contribution here . . . 

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"Like" or Comment on other contributions and then visit "Beyond Superficial Self-Care #1: What do we need from our school and district leaders?"

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we need time to plan together, maybe strategize on what works with certain students, time to have staff karaoke or anything that takes our minds off of teaching for a bit like the teacher who brought in the puzzle did for her co-workers

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What we really need to respect.
Respect for personal time.
Respect for lunch time.
Respect when acknowledging you are having a bad day.
Respect for when you give extra outside of work to help students, parent, and other staff.
Respect that you are a professional.

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We need to realized that almost everyone is in the same boat and we we need to be kinder to each other. We need to encourage each other and support each other when someone is struggling more than usual. 

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We need to realized that almost everyone is in the same boat and we we need to be kinder to each other. We need to encourage each other and support each other when someone is struggling more than usual. 

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I think we need support, encouragement, and humor from each other. We need to acknowledge that this is not a normal time and many of us have endured incredible loss.

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If we prioritized student and staff well-being over measured achievement, schools would be vastly different. I imagine schools divided into areas grouped by subjects where students flow in and out during the day. Music Production, Literary Development, Current Events, Technology, Real Life Science, Math in the Real World, Creative Writing, Kinesthetics, Financial Success... to name a few... Teachers would hold seminars, not lessons. Project-based learning would be the focus and students would get more freedom of choice in what subjects they attend. It would look like healthy, fresh food choices for everyone. It would look like gyms, studios and spas. It would feel like a soothing, open, comfortable spaces that everyone looks forward to attending - and those that don't want to attend, shouldn't have to. Again, this would cost. But isn't the cost of not improving education produce more dire consequences? Mostly, not having a populace that can think critically, love each other and work together to make the world a better place.

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Time to collaborate.

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What we need from each other IS each other.

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What we need from each other IS each other.

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The smallest affirmation that this is the hardest of our career has been surprisingly calming to me. In that simple moment of commiserating, I am reminded that the state of our schools are not something I am suffering alone. Other than a venting it turns into the realization that we are not individual failures but rather that this is a much more dire situation than is being presented by our district, the media and society. Teachers are the front line yet are not valued enough to strengthen. So we need to be there for each other in listening, trying to help each other where ever we can and not give up. Empathy and seeing other perspectives goes very far in these times. We always knew that you cannot tell what a certain person is going through, but now there is another layer of difficulty for us all. We are not getting ANY extra support, so we have to be that for each other - however we can.

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I've been a mentor for years and today was my favorite forum. The honest and raw collegial sharing and the real emotion provoked by those podcasts was powerful.

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Kindness, grace, and encouragement
Time and space to collaborate
Opportunities to observe and learn from each other as mentors.

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Planning and meetings with teachers who teach the same subject(s) as you.

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Planning and meetings with teachers who teach the same subject(s) as you.

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Yeas ago, Wednesdays were shorter than the other days of the week so that we had time to meet with teachers who taught the same subject matter.  These meetings were so valuable.  The district needs to change how PDs are designed.  These meetings would allow my interns to learn from each other and more veteran teachers and gain perspective.

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We need time to plan together, time to support each other. We need time do the actual work we need to do with our co-workers on half days and conference days. 

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We need time to plan together, time to support each other. We need time do the actual work we need to do with our co-workers on half days and conference days. 

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Time. More time together to share, that is during the work day. I loved today but also acknowledge that being 'on' until 5:30 is exhausting. 

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Time. More time together to share, that is during the work day. I loved today but also acknowledge that being 'on' until 5:30 is exhausting. 

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More time together to work collaboratively would be great. This year all of our 'common planning time' is out the window because teachers are always subbing in other classes. It's hard to prepare for the next day(s) when you can't even finish what you needed to that day. I also think time to have fun and laugh together is important.

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Teachers are not given enough time to collaborate. Collaboration not only eases the burdens of classroom responsibilities because the load can be shared, but just talking to someone feeling the same things as you relieves stress as well! Schools are constantly forcing PD during any minute of free time and taking away from opportunities for teachers to work together and learn together!

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We all need kindness, empathy, patience and understand to get through difficult times.

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It looks like-
Being present for each other.
Say hello, COMPLITMENT somemone's routines, work or effort. this is a huge way to build confidence and TRUST in your collegial community.
Listen. Instead of venting the whole meeting, listen to what others are saying.

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I know that when I walk around the building I rarely see anyone genuinely smiling or engaging in "light-hearted," funny conversations with peers. Currently, I feel as though the mindset of our staff is to keep to themselves because we are all so busy trying to catch up with or own  workload. 

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I know that when I walk around the building I rarely see anyone genuinely smiling or engaging in "light-hearted," funny conversations with peers. Currently, I feel as though the mindset of our staff is to keep to themselves because we are all so busy trying to catch up with or own  workload. 

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In this new school "normal" we are all kind of like first year teachers... what we are seeing and managing is unprecedented. What do we do for new teacehrs? Provide a safe sace where they can talk honestly, actively listen to what others say, be empathetic but do not enable, break problems down to try and identify what's happening, handle one problem at a time and try to find something good in each day, no matter how small.

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-time to work together and collaborate, help each other complete paperwork, look at student data and plan for next steps/instruction.  Many of us who push in and support classroom teachers do not have a common planning time with them so it is difficult to find time to do these things together.
-recognize what is overwhelming our colleagues and give them real tangible help.  Like the statement in the reading where the woman said it is like being thrown a rubber ducky when you are drowning, that's what it feels like when our people in charge give us more PDs about good grade level instruction when everyone (students and teachers) are drowning.  We need support, people that can come in and work with a group and help teachers meet the diverse needs of the students.  Intervention and small group instruction is key.
-build relationships with ALL students, not just our own.  If we see our colleague is struggling with a student in that moment, offer to have the student come for a break and allow them both to have a moment, a break.
-be there for each other.

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I think working and collaborating with colleagues is most important. Time to really talk within our specialties/ subjects. I could have used some time talking with other colleagues who are in my subject to discuss and problem solve some issues that I am having with interns.

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We need to do a better job of being aware of ourselves and one another. We can do this by self-reflecting, watching and listening. Be willing to collaborate, cooperate, and understand. This is how we learn from one another and become better educators.