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Burnout and educator turnover was here long before the pandemic. The pandemic just put gasoline on the burnout fire. Most solutions focus on trying to fix what's wrong with our school system by adding more to educators' already full plates. It's high time we started focusing on what's strong with our school system by leveraging our greatest asset we already have--our educators. Get started today with a FREE tool that harnesses strengths and protects our educators from burnout...
How can a frog help children and adults with executive functioning skills like focus, time-management, and organization? You're about to find out...let's hop to it (pun intended).
On #blackouttuesday, I went silent on social media and posted a black square on all my channels. I wanted to amplify Black voices and show solidarity. I listened. I learned. And I reflected on my role in anti-racism as a mom, a school psychologist, and an online voice for school psychologists. A few days later, my town had a Black Lives Matter protest and I was inspired by the turnout and strong voices for change.
I get quite a few emails from prospective school psychologists, asking me what the career is really like. Perhaps they’ve read a review of our illustrious profession on a job site and got scared off – kind of like when you read one bad Yelp review of a place and write it off. Maybe they’ve heard it’s a job that is all testing, or just that it’s really stressful.