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 Featuring  Erin  Scherder  

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Jennifer Jeffrey-Pearsall Susan Barrett

Patti Hershfeldt

Kimberly Yanek

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Robert Gable

Catherine Bradshaw

Mark Weist

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Create a space to pause & reflect and engage in thoughtful

reflection and collaboration, networking, sharing resources,

and action planning

Save the Date Announcements

▪  Upcoming Professional Development Facilitated by CSBS ▪  June 29-30: PBIS in High Schools: Building &

Strengthening Tier 1 to Navigate the Current Reality ▪  Tier 1 Fundamental Components ▪  Planning for Navigating the Current Reality ▪  Break out Rooms for Team Action Planning

Save the Date Announcements ▪  Upcoming Professional Development

Facilitated by CSBS ▪  Mondays July 20, July 27, & August 3: Team

Professional Learning: Adjusting & Strengthening Tier 1 to Navigate the Current Reality ▪  Tier 1 Fundamental Components ▪  Planning for Navigating the Current Reality ▪  Break out Rooms for Team Action Planning

A few reminders ▪  For those who registered, you will receive an email

with the Q&A resource, presentation, and a link to this recording

▪  We will also share this information via Mid-Atlantic APBS Facebook and Twitter and the recording via Center for Social Behavioral Support YouTube

▪  Our next Community Conversations are June 23 with Dr. Mark Weist discussing Family and Community Partnerships and July 14 with Dr. Kathleen Lane to lead a conversation around Universal Screeners

Using MTSS to Support a Holistic Approach to Staff Wellness

Erin Scherder, LPES, NCSP, Yoga Instructor, ISF Coach

Let’s  Pause.  

Define  Stress  ●  Term  stress  coined  in  early  1930s  ●  Different  types  of  stress  ●  We  do  not  get  to  decide  what  is  stressful  for  someone  else   The American Institute of Stress https://www.stress.org/what-is-stress

Why take the time to take care of yourself?

“The best thing about being a teacher is that it matters. The hardest thing about being a teacher is that it matters

EVERYDAY.” -Todd Whitaker

Ed Week What Great Educators Do Differently: A Conversation with Todd Whitaker By Peter DeWitt on October 4, 2011

Educator  Stress  Compassion Satisfaction: positive aspects of caring professions

Compassion Fatigue: negative aspects of caring professions ●  Burnout

●  Secondary or Vicarious Trauma

 

Educator  Challenges…  elevated  with  the  current  reality  School  Organiza)on  

Unique  Job  Demands  

Work  Resources  

Add  to  the  job  descrip)on:    

●  Concern  about  students  safety  ●  Lack  of  food  ●  Unable  to  access  WiFi  ●  Loss  of  school  safety  net  

 

 

Creating the Roadmap Expect Trial.. and Plenty of Error Give Yourself Time and Permission to Figure this Out No Human is an Island Everyone thinks they can’t, before they can

https://www.edutopia.org/article/teaching-through-pandemic-mindset-moment

Holistic View of Students

Name   Passion   Family   Ac2vi2es   Academics   Food/  drink  

Skills   other  

Will   Cubs  Dogs  

Lives  with  mom,  step-‐dad,  16  year  old  cousin,    two  cats  and  one  dog  

Baseball  Checkers  Uno  

Hates  to  read    Loves  math  

Pizza    M&M    Coke  

Likes  puzzles  

Moved  here  from  new  york;        dog  died  last  year  

Ask students what they want to share

Holistic View of Teachers

Name   Passion   Family   Ac2vi2es   Teaching  Style  

Food/  drink  

Physical   Teaching  Strengths  

other  

Ms.  Smith  

Rock  Climbing    Garden  

Lives  with  partner  &  child    One  son-‐  Will,  age  5  

Garden  Club  

Interac)ve    Loves  teaching  SEL  

Sushi    Energy  Drinks      

Prefers  to  be  outside      

Technology    Explicit  Instruc)on    Rela)onship  building  

Lived  here  her  whole  life    Leader  

Holis2c  Approach  to  Staff  Build  Compassion  Resilience  through  Staff  Culture  

 

 

Encourage  Mindfulness  

Celebrate  Self-‐Care  

Model  It   Communicate   Allow  for  Pauses  

Working  Partnership  

Collect  Data  

Times  built  in  the  schedule      Offer  ways  to  prac)ce    

Highlight  teachers  that  are  prac)cing  self-‐care    Leaders  share  their  own  self-‐care  

Se]ng  Boundaries  and  Expecta)ons    Posi)vity    Communicate  

Outlets  for  Sharing    Teacher  small-‐group    Circles    Ac)ve  Listening  

Reset  Room    Break  schedule      

Co-‐Teachers      Assign  check-‐in  partners    Tap-‐in/Tap-‐out  System        

Temperature  Check  of  staff    Professional  Quality  of  Life    Culture  Survey  

•  Self-care has multiple domains

•  Not the same for everyone

•  Can vary for ourselves based on time or situations

•  Consider multiple domains for your plan

Taking Care of Yourself IS NOT.....

▪  Selfish ▪  A once a week thing ▪  Spontaneous ▪  Not the same for

everyone ▪  Not something that

others need and you don’t

IS.....

▪  Responsible ▪  Small strategies

throughout the day ▪  Scheduled ▪  About what works for

you ▪  We all need it!!

Where  to  Start…  Find  your  Balance  Eliminate  Drains  

Mind  the  Gap  

Find  your  Equilibrium    

●  Get  sleep  ●  Move  your  body  ●  Eat  well  

Neutralize  Culture  of  Scarcity    

Comparing  our  feelings  and  ranking  our  emo)ons.  

Leads  to  suppressing  of  feelings.      

Creates  shame  and  we  can  no  longer  show  empathy  and  compassion.  

 https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-on-comparative-suffering-the-50-50-myth-and-settling-the-ball/  

Strategies  for  Promo2ng  a  Culture  of  Self-‐Care      Self-‐Compassion  

●  Speak  Kindly  to  Yourself  ●  Helping  the  Common  Humanity  ●  Express  Gra)tude  

Clear  is  Kind,  Unclear  is  Unkind  

●  Clearly  state  your  expecta)ons  and  boundaries  

 

Self-‐Compassion    Be  Kind  to  Yourself  

 

Common  Humanity  

 

Mindfulness  https://self-compassion.org/the-three-elements-of-self-compassion-2/-‐  Dr.  Kristen  Neff  

 

 

Mindfulness  ●  Stress  Reduc)on  ●  Reduced  Anxiety-‐  less  rumina)on  ●  Boosts  working  memory  and  focus  ●  Less  emo)onal  reac)vity  ●  Promotes  cogni)ve  flexibility  ●  Increased  Rela)onship  sa)sfac)on  ●  Increases  the  ability  for  Empathy  and  Compassion  

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/07-08/ce-corner  American  Psychological  Associa)on  

Breathing Exercise One hand on the belly One hand on the heart Breath in, the belly expands Breath out, the belly draws in Activates the parasympathetic nervous systems and prepares the body for rest, relaxation, and restoration.

Strategies  for  Self-‐Care  

Self-‐Assess    

 

Set  Realis)c  Expecta)ons  &  Goals  

 

Schedule  It  

Cue,  Rou)ne,  Acknowledgement    =  Habit  

 

What  I  Can  Control    

Building  a  Community  of  Staff  Wellness  

School-‐Wide  Support  for  Self-‐Care  

Staff  Wellness  Manual  

Start  mee)ngs  with  Mindfulness  Exercise  

Professional  Development  on  Self-‐Care  Strategies  

Schedule  It  Now.      

 

 

 

   Ways  for  Leaders  to  reinforce  Self-‐Care  Model  It  

●  Share  what  works  for  you  ●  Be  clear  with  your  own  boundaries  and  expecta)ons  ●  Communicate  your  gap  

Allow  others  to  feel  

●  Model  ac)ve  listening  ●  Asking  ques)ons  ●  Descrip)ve  Feedback  

Posi)vity  Breeds  Posi)vity  

 

A  few  more  things  that  work  for  most  ●  Eat well, exercise, get enough sleep ●  Gratitude Journaling ●  Breathing Exercises ●  Apps: Calm, Headspace, The Mindfulness App, Daily Water ●  Mindfulness Exercises

○  Grounding Exercise: Notice 5 things you see, 3 things you feel, and 1 thing you hear ○  Body Scan ○  Meditation

 

Staff  Wellness  Resources  Behavioral Alliance of SC: https://schoolbehavioralhealth.org/basc/calendar/ Self Compassion Exercises: https://self-compassion.org/category/exercises/#exercises Mindfulness Exercises: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/in-depth/mindfulness-exercises/art-20046356 Daily Mindfulness Practices: https://www.mindful.org/take-a-mindful-moment-5-simple-practices-for-daily-life/ Yoga at Your Desk: https://www.verywellfit.com/yoga-stretches-at-your-desk-3567200

Resources  &  Acknowledgements  

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/07-08/ce-corner

https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-on-comparative-suffering-the-50-50-myth-and-settling-the-ball/

https://www.edutopia.org/article/teaching-through-pandemic-mindset-moment The American Institute of Stress https://www.stress.org/what-is-stress https://self-compassion.org/the-three-elements-of-self-compassion-2/ http://www.midwestpbis.org/materials/special-topics/trauma

Contact MA APBS Network Center for Social Behavior Support

Jennifer Jeffrey-Pearsall, jjpearsall@midatlanticpbis.org

Susan Barrett, sbarrett@odu.edu

Patti Hershfeldt, phershfe@odu.edu

Kimberly Yanek, kyanek@odu.edu

A few reminders

For those who registered, you will receive an email with the Q&A resource, presentation, and a link to this recording We will also share this information via Mid-Atlantic APBS Facebook and Twitter and the recording via Center for Social Behavioral Support YouTube Our next Community Conversations with Mark Weist on June 23, 10:30am-11:30am EST with registration information TBA and July 14 with Kathleen Lane