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EDUCATE TEACHERS NEWS
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Jan/Feb 2022
Happy New Year!
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“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.”
― Edith Lovejoy Pierce
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Teacher Burnout 
In the blog Not Waiting for Superman, James Anthony analyzes the data that tells us why teachers are experiencing burnout and why some are leaving the profession.
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7 Conclusions from the World’s Largest Teacher Burnout Survey, 
notwaitingforsuperman.org/teacher-burnout-statistics/
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James Anthony put together a Teacher Burnout Assessment Tool that over 12,000 teachers have completed. 
Anthony taught 20 years in the UK and now helps schools, Universities, and Entrepreneurs create and deliver transformational online learning. He also works with educators across the world helping them use their skills in new ways - to live happier healthier lives.

Here are the conclusions Anthony derived from the survey:
Conclusion 1: 
Teachers new to the filed are surprised at the amount of time and effort that is required. 
Conclusion 2: Many lack adequate sleep which can lead to mental and physical health problems.
Conclusion 3: Schools do not encourage teachers to prioritize and balance their school and home life and they promote unrealistic expectations. 
Conclusion 4: Stress is a big issue for many teachers and that stress is heightened by the blame games that many schools partake in.
Conclusion 5: Teachers can be constantly tired and schools must decided if teachers are getting enough support to encourage retention.
Conclusion 6: The culture of blame is enforced by the “accountability” game. 
Conclusion 7: “There are not many professions which make employees feel this physically unwell in the normal course of their duties. School leaders who relentlessly focus on 'improvement' and external inspections, risk their employees health as a result.”

Take the survey:
https://notwaitingforsuperman.org/teacher-burnout-assessment/


According to the Learning Policy Institute (LPI) teachers are leaving education in disturbing rates. New teachers especially are leaving before they establish a career. LPI indicates that between  19 percent and 30 percent of new teachers are leaving within the first 5 years. 
Teachers who report that their districts provides them with little support, have a greater attrition rate. 
The Current State of Teacher Burnout in America
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Sunday, March 10, 2019
https://soeonline.american.edu/blog/the-current-state-of-teacher-burnout-in-america

An National Public Radio Education (NPR Ed) article, outlines the many specific reasons driving teachers from the classroom; they include the following:
Lack of resources
Low pay
Nasty political environment
Not allowed to fail students
Poor preparation
Too much emphasis on testing
Too much teaching to the test

 What Are The Main Reasons Teachers Call It Quits?
October 24, 20166:00 AM ET
Heard on All Things Considered
ERIC WESTERVELT
Twitter
KAT LONSDORF

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/495186021

Burnout Prevention Tips
Practice mindfulness. This is present moment awareness and was started by the Buddhist. 

"...in the context of education, mindfulness interventions enhance a teacher’s emotional work by developing a wide variety of emotion regulation strategies. According to a recent study published in Educational Psychology Review, mindfulness interventions that lasted more than one month had significant effects on personal accomplishment and exhaustion levels within teachers."
Published: 22 July 2017
The Effectiveness of Interventions Aimed at Reducing Teacher Burnout: a Meta-Analysis
Alina Eugenia Iancu, Andrei Rusu, Cristina Măroiu, Roxana Păcurar & Laurențiup. 
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10648-017-9420-8

Preparation. Teacher's need to be prepared to conduct class on many different levels including: academically, behaviorally and emotionally. They need a tool kit from which to pull interventions and strategies that effectively meet the needs of the children they teach. When they do not have adequate preparation, they are at high risk for leaving. 

A report from the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (https://www.cpre.org/sites/default/files/researchreport/2018_prepeffects2014.pdf ) reported that teacher preparation and education is key in stopping teacher attrition, especially among new teachers. 
They recommended the following:

    Strategy and Methods Courses. New teachers who had taken more teaching strategy and methods courses were less likely to leave. For example, those who had completed three to four methods courses were 36 percent less likely to leave than peers who hadn’t completed any teaching methods coursework.
   Teaching Experience. Prior teaching practice heavily impacts attrition. New teachers with a semester of practice were thrice less likely to leave than those who had little to no experience.
   Pedagogical Preparation. Those with preparation in the four pedagogical types were more likely to stay. For example, teachers who had observed others in the classroom were 65 percent less likely to leave than those who did not have that kind of experience.

​Teachers who go on to get an advanced degree are more prepared and thus more likely to stay in the profession. 


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“You are first a person, spouse, parent, child, sibling and friend; then, you are a teacher." 
Self Care classes for teachers:

EXPRESS: I'm So Tired! An Educator's Guide to Self-Care
(3cr hrs) Starts January 26th...Ends March 11th


EXPRESS: I'm So Stressed! Mindfulness & Meditation for Teachers & Students
(3cr hrs) Starts February 23rd...Ends April 8th


Join us for a 1 hour class exploring the many dimensions of childhood mental health.
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EXPLORING: Classroom Health: Childhood Depression
Join Us 
(1cr hr) Starts January 26th...Ends February 25th or
(1cr hr) Starts February 23rd...Ends March 25th


Course Topics:
*Prevalence & Types of Depression 
*Comorbidity: When Depression Co-exists with Other Disorders
*ADHD & Depression
*Risk Factors: Biological, Psychological, and Environmental 
*Symptoms In and Out of the Classroom
*Suicide & Other Serious Consequences
*Students Speak about Depression
*Common Depression Treatments & School Based Programs
*Tips for Parents
*Parenting During a Pandemic: COVID-19 and Depression 
*Teaching During a Pandemic: COVID-19 and Depression
                                                   
Exploring: Classroom Health: Childhood Anxiety

(1cr hr) Starts January 26th...Ends February 25th or
(1cr hr) Starts February 23rd...Ends March 25th

 
Course Topics:​​
*Prevalence of Anxiety 
*Types of Anxiety Disorders:
1. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
2. Separation Anxiety Disorder
3. Social Anxiety Disorder
4. Selective Mutism
5. Specific Phobias: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; PTSD 
*Comorbidity: When Anxiety Co-exists with Other Disorders
*Measurement and Screening Tools for Childhood Anxiety
*Risk Factors: Biological, Environmental and the Brian
*Symptoms In and Out of the Classroom
*Students Speak about Anxiety
*Common Anxiety Treatments & School Based Programs
*Tips for Parents
*Parenting During a Pandemic: COVID-19 and Anxiety 
*Teaching During a Pandemic: COVID-19 and Anxiety
*Strategies for Classroom Teachers and the Leadership



Also in our Classroom Health Series:
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EXPLORING: Classroom Health: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

                          Join us
((1cr hr) Starts January 26th...Ends February 25th or
(1cr hr) Starts February 23rd...Ends March 25th

Course Topics: 
*Prevalence, Types, & Characteristics of ADHD
*Sluggish Cognitive Tempo
*Executive Functioning & ADHD
*ADHD & Life Expectancy
*Comorbidity & Multimorbidity
*ADHD & Learning Disabilities
*Tips & Strategies for Teachers & Parents

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6 week Iowa License Renewal Courses

Examining Courses:
​8-9 week courses that can be taken for Iowa License Renewal or EDMA Graduate Credit


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Join us for our newest class:
​Eating Disorders: Life's Silent Killers
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New!​ EXPLORING: Eating Disorders: Life's Silent Killers
(3cr hrs) Starts January 26th...Ends March 25th

​New!​ EXPLORING: Eating Disorders: Life's Silent Killers
(3cr hrs) Starts February 23rd...Ends April 22nd


Course Topics
*Prevalence of Eating Disorders
*Types of Eating Disorders:
1. Anorexia nervosa
2. Bulimia nervosa
3. Binge eating disorder
4. Pica
5. Rumination disorder
6. Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
7. Other eating disorders       
*Comorbidity: When Eating Disorders Co-exist with Other Disorders
*Measurement and Screening Tools for Eating Disorders
*Risk Factors: Biological, Environmental and the Brian
*Symptoms In and Out of the Classroom
*Students Speak about Eating Disorders
*Common Treatments for Eating Disorders
*Strategies for Classroom Teachers and Leadership

Required Materials 
All materials are provided online.   

 
Resources for dealing with an eating disorder:

​How to Nourish Your Child Through an Eating Disorder: A Simple, Plate-by-Plate Approach to Rebuilding a Healthy Relationship with Food Paperback – Illustrated, July 24, 2018
by Casey Crosbie RD CSSD (Author), Wendy Sterling MS RD CSSD (Author), 

Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder, Second Edition Paperback – January 21, 2015
by James Lock  (Author), Daniel Le Grange (Author)

Try New Food: How to Help Picky Eaters Taste, Eat & Like New Foods Paperback – March 1, 2019
by Jill Castle  (Author)

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Genius Hour: Creating Positive Passion in your students 

One of the new trends in education is Genius Hour. We want kids to have passion for learning something...anything positive ...but we don't always know how to get that accomplished.
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"Genius Hour is an approach to learning where students are guided by their own interests, background knowledge, and curiosity to learn."
Genius Hour can look messy for anyone looking in on it. It is not as formal or organized as traditional curriculum. It breaks the mold of the standardized, rigid instruction and assessment that has had the world of education in a gridlock. 
There might not be any "final answer" in Genius Hour but it can be a continuous loop of discovery and implementation. 


"An underlying assumption of genius hour is that if students are given space and tools and audiences and time, they will create something personal and compelling, and of course be ‘learning’ in the process."
What Is Genius Hour?
by TeachThought Staff

https://www.teachthought.com/learning/what-is-genius-hour/


Ready-to-Use Resources for Genius Hour in the Classroom: Taking Passion Projects to the Next Level 1st Edition
by Andi McNair (Author)
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What's New in Education
Microlearning
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Microlearning is instruction and learning in small bites. Microlearning is easy to take in, very relevant bites of information provided at the right time. It is very engaging and allows for a great deal of interactivity.. 

Microlearning is not: boring training sessions, gigantic employee manuals, multi-day workshops. These relics of the past are being replaced by information that entertains such as 
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Google.

Examples of Microlearning
Videos/Talks
Eighty five percent of those who use the internet in the U.S. watch online videos which are fast and easy to understand. Using images with audio instruction enhances recall. Videos are at our fingertips, are pertinent to our interests and are able to present material in ways that we can access it. 

Apps
Apps are an efficient way to develop short cuts for our lives. There were 204 billion app downloads in 2019.
apps provide us easy and quick access through our smartphones and tablets which become our learning tools. 

Games
Research tells us that gamification enhances performance rates by almost 35 percent. A short review games allows the learner to recall things in a timely and efficient manner.  "Quick, five-minute review games allow learners to recall things they’ve learned, while leaderboards and challenges keep them engaged for short periods of time."

Infographics
Infographics provides easily digestible information quickly.  "By translating data, product information, and even workflows into graphics, learners get the picture quickly."

Social Media
Eighteen percent of Americans use social media to get their political news which gives us basic information paired down to 160 characters. 
" Co-opting social media for microlearning gives you access to a powerful tool that most of your learners already use on a daily basis."

Microlearning is neuroscience. The neuroscience that is the backbone of  information consumption and attention span. This allows for differentiated instruction to take place and account for different content, process and produces based on the learner's needs. 


In a nutshell: 
Implement microlearning strategies today by lining up videos and sharing via social media.



https://elmlearning.com/blog/microlearning/

"What the new year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the new year." Vern Mclellan 
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