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3 ways to approach teacher wellness differently

By Allyson Apsey
Categories: Collaboration, Learning systems/planning, Social & emotional learning
August 2023
You know what they say about doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results? In the interest of not going insane, I like to think back to Bill Murray’s character in the movie Groundhog Day, where he had to repeat the same miserable day over and over again until one thing changed — he did. This coming school year, we have to follow his lead and make changes if we want to combat stress and burnout many educators have been feeling. The 2022 Global Emotions Report from Gallup found that stress, worry, and sadness are at all-time highs and that rest and joy are at all-time lows (Ray, 2022). Stress and burnout are particularly high among educators (Marken & Agrawal, 2022).

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References

Marken, S. & Agrawal, S. (2022, June 13). K-12 workers have highest burnout rate in U.S. Gallup News. news.gallup.com/poll/393500/workers-highest-burnout-rate.aspx

Ray, J. (2022, June 28). World unhappier, more stressed out than ever. Gallup News. news.gallup.com/poll/394025/world-unhappier-stressed-ever.aspx


Allyson Apsey
Principal at Quincy Elementary | + posts

Allyson Apsey (allysonapsey@gmail.com) is an author, educational leader, and associate with Creative Leadership Solutions.


Categories: Collaboration, Learning systems/planning, Social & emotional learning

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