77: Normalizing Teacher Self-Care (in a Pandemic) w/ Evan Whitehead

<p>Today we are joined by Evan Whitehead, a veteran educator who is the director of special services at a K-8 school in Illinois. Evan has served in a variety of roles, from crisis and behavior interventionist to Latino parent outreach coordinator to Title 1 director. Further, Evan actively presents on reaching at-risk youth, leadership, and self-care for everyone in education, and is a national consultant for the Aha! Process.</p><br><p>We discuss how educators can best prepare for self-care, especially now within remote and hybrid contexts. Further, we focus on conversation on two themes: 1) how can we build systems (e.g. breaks, SEL check-ins) to ensure teachers are supported by administration, and 2) how can we ensure that toxic positivity doesn’t ignore equity and social justice in the “name of” self-care?</p><br><p><a href="https://sonix.ai/r/TsC67mBpyCayHt3mExB7egmi/share" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Transcript available here.</a></p><p><br></p><h3>GUESTS</h3><p><strong>Evan Whitehead, </strong>a leader in social-emotional learning, leadership, and self-care, and director of special services at a K-8 school.</p><p><br></p><h3>RESOURCES</h3><ul><li><a href="https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/self_compassion_for_teachers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How Self-Compassion Can Help Prevent Teacher Burnout</a></li><li><a href="https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-05-15-dena-simmons-without-context-social-emotional-learning-can-backfire" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dena Simmons: Without Context, Social-Emotional Learning Can Backfire</a></li></ul><p><br></p><h3>FURTHER LISTENING</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZC0Gy74vWE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Innovator’s Mindset: Balance, Boundaries, and Breaks (YouTube)</a></li></ul><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out infor