90. How to Handle the Teacher Burnout Trifecta: Stress, Sickness, and Sub Plans

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Are you feeling the weight of the teaching world on your shoulders, especially when it comes to those dreaded sick days?  As teachers, we've all been there – waking up feeling under the weather, yet the thought of calling in sick seems more daunting than sucking it up in the classroom. But here's the thing: it's time to break this cycle of overwhelm and guilt.

In this episode, we dive deep into the silent struggle that is the teacher's sick day dilemma. Why do we often find ourselves feeling worse right when we need a break the most? It's not just bad luck – there's science behind it. And more importantly, there are solutions. We're talking about real, actionable strategies to manage those inconvenient sick days without adding to our stress load.  We'll dive into ways to automate your sub plans and help you feel more empowered to rest and heal the next time you're under the weather.

TOPICS COVERED:

• Overcoming Sick Day Challenges for Teachers
  • Teacher guilt and working through sickness
  • Systemic pressures in education regarding sick days
• 4 Effective Sick Day Preparation Strategies
• The effect of stress on teacher health
• How to Automate Sub Plans for Teacher Efficiency
  • 4 Tools to Help You Make Sub Plans Quicker & Easier
• Teacher Burnout: Balancing Self-Care and Professional Expectations
• How to Create a Self-Running Classroom: Preparing for Teacher Absences
• Encouraging Teachers to Prioritize Health and Wellness

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE:

• FREE Teacher Email Template Guide - This FREE guide will provide you with strategies for your simplifying your teacher workload and for use in your classroom. You will learn to:
  • Use templates in your e-mail server
  • Use swipe-copy templates to reduce the amount of time you spend writing and responding to e-mails
• Gibbly.co: USE CODE 633ITV to Create your Free Account - Teachers, save hours of prep each week with Gibbly! Generate ready to use lesson plans, lessons, assessments, quizzes, and gamified review assignments in minutes on any topic with AI. Discover innovative teaching tools and personalized resources tailored to your unique classroom needs.
• Eduaide.ai
• My Favorite Sub Tub Resources

RELATED RESOURCES:

• Grab the Ultimate Automated Teacher Email Toolkit -ultimate solution to simplify and enhance parent-teacher interactions.
• Grab the FREE Intro to Automating Your Classroom with ChatGPT Challenge: Are you looking for a way to beat burnout by simplifying your teacher workload with AI?  This challenge will provide you with strategies for your simplifying your teacher workload and for use in your classroom.
• Take the FREE Teacher Burnout Roadmap to Burnout Recovery Quiz - Take this short, fun, and informative quiz to discover what you need to sustain your teaching career and begin burnout recovery. This quiz will help you understand what support systems you need, how to prioritize your mental health to live a fulfilling and energized life as a teacher, and what drives your self-care.
• Join the Waitlist for Automate Your Classroom Course - Learn the step-by-step roadmap TO creating a sustainable teacher task simplification and automation system to beat burnout, squash stress, get back YOUR time, and sustain your career in education

CONNECT WITH BRITTANY:

• Connect with Brittany on Instagram @teachingmindbodyandsoul
• Learn more on TikTok with Brittany @msprincessteach
• Connect with The Resilient Teacher Community - FREE on Facebook

RELATED EPISODES:

• Ep 3: Why Summer Break is Not Going to Get You Out of Teacher Burnout (Ep 3 - Summer Burnout Recovery Series)
• Ep 4: The 5 Must Have Methods for Teachers To End the Stress Cycle this Summer (Ep. 4 - Summer Burnout Recovery Series)
• Ep 5: How to Develop a Burnout Recovery Plan in Less Than an Hour (Ep. 5)
• Episode 35: Take Your Teacher Sick Days: How to Feel Empowered & Prepared with Special Guest Kelsey Sorenson

MORE ABOUT THE RESILIENT TEACHER PODCAST:

The Resilient Teacher Podcast is the show that will give overwhelmed educators the support, tools, and mindset to reduce teacher burnout and keep teaching sustainable. Each week, Brittany Blackwell, M.Ed. & her guests will share inspiration and actionable steps to avoid or recover from the dreaded teacher burnout. You'll be inspired to individualize self-care and learn to prioritize your well-being and mental health, all while making a bigger impact on your classrooms and community.

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