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 Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) for Educators. All course content is linked directly within the course.
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Online fixed-date courses are delivered virtually but follow a predetermined schedule, requiring students to complete assignments, participate in discussions, and take assessments by specific deadlines—much like a traditional classroom. The key difference is that while traditional courses are conducted in person at set times and locations, online fixed-date courses allow students to engage remotely, offering more flexibility in where they learn while preserving structure and accountability through fixed timelines. (Note: Any scheduled Zoom sessions will be outlined on the class schedule.) These courses have fixed start and finish dates, but as an online student you will have 24/7 online access to your classroom assignments, syllabus and course resources. Instructor feedback is shared along with the graded assignments.
How is the learning structured? Each online fixed-date course is asynchronous, meaning that you can work on your assignments anytime, although you are required to complete the assignments by specific dates. The course is designed with learning modules where all of the content is grouped into weekly assignments. Each module covers one or more topics. Within each of the learning modules, you can expect the following components:
• Module introduction that outlines what you can expect to learn in the module.
• Required readings (textbook, articles, journals, etc.) and presentations (audio and/or video).
• Assignments with due dates (which may include: written assignments, journal entries, research, blogs, etc.) based on the readings and presentations.
• Discussion forum where you answer prompts from the instructor and interact with your classmates.
• Module conclusion to review the topics and what you should have learned.
Typically, there is a final project, paper, or exam due in the last module that culminates all of the topics covered in each of the learning modules. You’ll find that the design of the learning modules has a rhythm to help you manage your time in the course.
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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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