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 * **Week 11: Teacher Inquiry: Developing as a Healthy Education Professional **

PLC Group Name: The A Team PLC Meeting Location: Online and In Person Farish Hall PLC Meeting Time: 3 hours

Teachers wear so many hats: counselor, parent, referee, etc. You nurture others all day long, and sometimes, you’re all out of nurturing ability by the time it comes to taking care of yourself!
 * Hour 1 **
 * ENGAGE **

We’ve talked about being a better teacher by inquiring into your own practice. Today we are going to talk about teacher well-being. As an anticipatory set for today’s lesson, please begin read the following article. (As with all readings, it is intended to prompt discussion, not intended to be the only authority on the topic.) Teacher Wellness: []

Open-Ended Questions- 1. What are some ways that you as an individual can destress after a long day or week? 2. Besides the obvious eating healthy, staying fit, and trying to decrease stress...what are some other ways you can try to maintain your well-being as a teacher? 3. Both the articel and the additional resource posted above mention leaving your work at work. Why is this so important?
 * EXPLORE **
 * [] **
 * Hour 2 **
 * EXPLAIN **

Answers- 1. The following are ways each of us individually prefer to destress
 * Spend time with family and friends
 * Listen to music
 * Exercise
 * Be outside (when the weather is nice)
 * Shopping
 * Vacation

2. It is important to remember that you can't always go, go, go! So take a break. Everyday try to decompress by taking half an hour to an hour to just RELAX.

3. Over time if you continually bring your work home with you it will take a toll on your home life. Therefore, it is important to find other ways to destress so that you are not creating a negative environment at home which will ultimately impact the well-being of your family.


 * ELABORATE **

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List out the days of the week Monday-Friday. Using your ideas from the resouces and our group discussion list something you can do each day to help increase your over all well-being as a teacher. ===== Ex. Monday - take the dog for a 30 minute walk


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hour 3 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">EVALUATE **

1. As a group we discussed various ways that we can try to be a happy healthy professional educator. The discussion was very informative because we were able to share with each other they ways we personally decompress. For example, decorate your house, cook, excercise, journal writing, spend time with family and friends, take your dogs for a walk, and go to church.

2. It is important to always remember that everyone deals with stress differently. Therefore, sometimes you just need to take time for yourself or find a listening ear in a friend. Another issue we discussed is that during this semester most of our stress in the classroom (and out) is due to our lack of experience in these unfamiliar situations. We discussed that the ideas for maintaining our well-being as pre-service teachers can't be solved by the suggestions from the article or additional resources alone.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Individually, it is time to register to present at the QUEST Teacher Research Symposium. Registration is simple, and REQUIRED! Just go to this link and enter your name, email, and general presentation topic (your wondering!): []

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. Individually, please send your “PLC Check” as an email to Dr. Pierson and Caroline: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">--What/Who worked well in today’s PLC meeting? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">--What/Who didn’t work so well in today’s PLC meeting?

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