Addressing Compassion Fatigue in Urban Schools - Strategies for Sowing Seeds of Resilience

As more students experience trauma and anxiety, the toll of teachers' compassion fatigue cannot be overlooked.

List of contents

1. The Slow Burn of Teaching: Understanding Compassion Fatigue in Urban School Teachers 2. Understanding Compassion Fatigue 3. Research Shows Teachers Suffer from Compassion 4. Addressing Compassion Fatigue in Yourself 5. Sowing Seeds of Resilience

About the author

Jacquelyn Ollison is an equity-focused education expert in improving teacher retention in high-poverty schools by addressing teachers' compassion fatigue. She is a featured TEDx speaker on educators' compassion fatigue, and she knows the impact compassion fatigue has on educators because it happened to her, and she left the classroom. She is the Director of the Center for Research on Expanding Educational Opportunity at UC Berkeley and an instructor at the UC Merced Extension Teacher Preparation Program.

Summary

As more students experience trauma and anxiety, the toll of teachers’ compassion fatigue cannot be overlooked.

Product details

• Authors: Jacquelyn Ollison
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032537535
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3253753-5
• No. of pages: 120
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Motivational, EDUCATION / Professional Development, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, Educational psychology, Management: leadership & motivation, teacher training, Management: leadership and motivation, EDUCATION / Teacher Training & Certification