Circulus Institute and AIELOC invite you to join us for a special forum celebrating International SEL Day on March 26th. With the pandemic keeping us geographically apart, this forum is a great alternative for building your network of other SEL committed educators and exchanging ideas and solutions to your most pressing SEL issues. Our hope is that you leave the forum…

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 the world for years, helping them develop their…

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 of the pandemic on teacher attrition.…

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 feeling mental and physical exhaustion like never before. At the…

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 Reclaiming Your Resilience course series last summer. As our hundreds…

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 will tune out and that vulnerable populations aren’t getting…