Free time may never truly feel free for those educators struggling with their workloads. The free-time activities they do choose depend on their personal preferences. Who would know themselves better, after all? Identifying the best ways to personally energize, refuel, and recharge is often one of the tougher parts for teachers. Ideally, selecting a balance and variety of self-care activities is best. Those that support the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of a person. While some teachers may prefer to move their body, others may prefer to challenge their mental acuity. Whatever the case, finding the ways to practice self-care in such a way that brings pleasure, joy, satisfaction, and fulfillment is imperative for maintaining healthy balance within the workplace. Limiting the amount of exposure to work or school is the best way to start, as the most important thing to do outside of the classroom should be to rest in order to ensure students are receiving the highest quality care. In order to do so, every teacher will have to take self-care seriously. To learn more about how teachers are achieving that very thing, please check out the infographic highlighted alongside this post.
Teacher Self-Care 101, provided by Curriculum Associates; an organization with offerings specializing in children’s core curriculum math instruction.
