ED 566 - Professional Well-Being for Educators

Course materials and online discussions directly support and enhance the activities and themes explored during the Weekend Wellness Institute. The Weekend Institute itself offers a blend of practical strategies, actively engaging sessions, and reflective spaces, all centered on the intersections, supports, and practices that promote social-emotional learning for both educators and students.

Key topics addressed throughout the course and during the Institute include understanding and mitigating compassion fatigue, fostering mental health awareness and self-care, stress management, core SEL concepts, self-awareness and promoting comprehensive social and emotional health within educational settings.

Students who enroll in this course commit to one weekend (2 days) on campus to attend the Institute.

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Describe the recognized dimensions of well-being and how they are supported in their own personal and professional lives.
• Identify and apply the conceptual ideas and research informed practices included in the dimensions of well-being.
• Actively participate in examining personal self-care strategies and professional approaches for wellness, as assigned.
• Explore ideas that promote the intersections between social emotional learning core concepts, strategies, mental health and well-being.
• Apply and Evaluate practical approaches to building relationship skills, making research informed decisions and addressing learner dysregulation.
• Examine resources for working with and managing the effects of second hand trauma and compassion fatigue.
• Actively engage in the full, on-campus Weekend Well-Being Institute.