This course focuses on how to protect your career by learning how to banish burnout. If you have felt overwhelmed by the requirements of teaching (training, new standards, etc.), then make it a requirement to rejuvenate your love for your profession. If you are an administrator, learn how to enhance your teacher retention rates, reduce expensive turnover, and increase job satisfaction among your staff.
Who should take this class . . .
This course is designed for all educators with special emphasis on the unique risk experienced by new teachers, veteran staff and administrators.
New Teachers - Protect your career investment by learning how to make the most of all important firs five years by banishing burnout before it happens!
Existing Educators - Feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the new requirements? Learn how to rejuvenate your love of teaching, continue to make meaningful contributions toward the future of students and regain a solid work/life balance without sacrificing your sanity!
Administrators - Discover effective ways to evaluate the root cause of burnout, enhance teacher retention rates, reduce expensive turnover and increase job satisfaction among staff while competing for top talent among new hires.
Why it matters . . .
Unprecedented Levels of Burnout, Stress & Strain Among Existing Educators
Teacher Retention, New Hires & Retirement Concerns
Number of Units: 3.0 graduate level extension credit(s) in semester hours
Who Should Attend: This course provides continuing education for teachers and administrators (Grade PK-12). Other school personnel, such as counselors, coaches and school nurses will benefit from this course.
Course Materials: There are no required textbooks for this course. It is recommended, but not required, to purchase the . All course content is linked directly within the course.
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Once you have enrolled in your course, to access the course Welcome Letter, which includes directions on how to access the New Student Orientation and your online course.
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How is the self-paced course structured? Like fixed-date courses, online self-paced courses are asynchronous meaning that you can work on your assignments anytime; the difference being there are no assigned due dates in self-paced courses. The content is divided into learning modules. Each module will cover one or more topics. Within each of the learning modules, you can expect the following components:
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I appreciated my instructors’ knowledge and timely feedback for my questions and grades. She was also very understanding when I felt overwhelmed from work and the course. The assignments were appropriate and relevant to the class.
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