Webinar on Preventing Burnout: Free for all educators Join us for a free webinar designed to deepen your understanding of burnout, share support with your colleagues, and learn practical strategies to prevent burnout in yourself and your school community. Ellen Mahoney and Kristin Daniel, co-founders of the Circulus Institute, have been working with educators around…

How to Avoid Teacher Burnout Now In an unprecedented school year, many educators are feeling stressed, exhausted, and, worst of all, burned out and considering not coming back next school year. Even before the pandemic, teacher shortages throughout the U.S. were high averaging roughly 110,000 teacher vacancies per year. Now we are beginning to see the impact…

Teachers: How to Reclaim Your Resilience During Challenging Times Read the original article at Oxford University Blog Teachers around the world are experiencing the most stressful time of their careers. According to the UN, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused the “largest disruption of education systems in history affecting nearly 1.6 billion learners globally”. Teachers are…

Top ten ways our community became resilient in 2020 As we come to the end of this chaotic year, there is one thing we can all agree on: 2020 has tested every ounce of our resilience. It hasn’t been easy, to say the least. But at the Circulus Institute we’ve seen many examples of resilience since launching…

Our teachers, counselors, and school leaders are not okay. This is the most chaotic school year we’ve ever seen. Educators are  stressed and traumatized by the demands of the COVID-19 global pandemic, racial and social unrest, the disastrous effects of climate events, and a continuous cycle of negative news. Teachers are worried that their students…