LEADERSHIP, SEL

AA #3640: Compassion Fatigue & Burnout-
Is Your Staff at Risk?

This administrator academy is designed to support school leaders in understanding the effects of burnout and compassion fatigue that their staff may encounter as the first responders to student trauma. Participants will be provided resources and strategies to use as interventions and/or preventative measures to implement with their staff. Participants will walk away with strategies and tools to prevent or reduce burnout and compassion fatigue as well as leverage current support personnel to develop a system-wide team approach. 

This course will begin November 15, 2024

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*This course is made possible through the support of the Area 2 SEL Hub

Online Course

Access for 60 days after registration

Self-Paced

Progress through the content at your own pace

5 PDHs

Awarded upon successful completion of the course

1 AA Credit

Awarded upon successful completion of the course

55% of educators are experiencing burnout

As leaders, not only do we have to be prepared to address burnout in the moment, but we also need to proactively design our to minimize burnout and armor ourselves to prevent compassion fatigue.
Throughout this course, you will:
  • Learn how to identify risk factors and symptoms of compassion fatigue and burnout with their staff.
  • Be able to seamlessly implement preventative measures and interventions to combat compassion fatigue and burnout.
  • Identify the role trauma plays within their school and explain the difference between primary and secondary trauma and the effects it has on students and faculty.
  • Distinguish between compassion fatigue and burnout in order to be able to establish how to support and intervene accordingly.

Meet the minds behind our course

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Casey Veitch

Instructional coach, founder of GroundED Learning, LLC.
About
Casey Veitch is an instructional coach, professional learning specialist and co-founder of the GroundED Learning LLC, keeping the wheels turning with fresh content and an ever-present ability to make cogent connections. She has also designed site-specific professional learning and institute programming aligned with school improvement goals tied to differentiation, literacy, SEL/Mindfulness in the classroom, and writing across the curriculum. 

Original AA course materials were curated by Katie Algrim, Diane Betts, Kathleen Doyle, & Shay McCorkle.

What's the buzz?  

It was a great course to remind me to care for myself first so I can be able to care for others.
marla peavler, teacher
This course was helpful for me as I go into a tough year with two program reviews. Being able to have information on how to support my staff and myself is going to be crucial.
MIREYA SANCHEZ, ADMINISTRATOR

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