Unraveling Faculty Burnout

Author : Rebecca Pope-Ruark
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781421445137

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Unraveling Faculty Burnout by Rebecca Pope-Ruark Pdf

A timely book about assessing, coping with, and mitigating burnout in higher education. Faculty often talk about how busy, overwhelmed, and stressed they are. These qualities are seen as badges of honor in a capitalist culture that values productivity above all else. But for many women in higher education, exhaustion and stress go far deeper than end-of-the-semester malaise. Burnout, a mental health syndrome caused by chronic workplace stress, is endemic to higher education in a patriarchal, productivity-obsessed culture. In this unique book for women in higher education, Rebecca Pope-Ruark, PhD, draws from her own burnout experience, as well as collected stories of faculty in various roles and career stages, interviews with coaches and educational developers, and extensive secondary research to address and mitigate burnout. Pope-Ruark lays out four pillars of burnout resilience for faculty members: purpose, compassion, connection, and balance. Each chapter contains relatable stories, reflective opportunities and exercises, and advice from women in higher education. Blending memoir, key research, and reflection opportunities, Pope-Ruark helps faculty not only address burnout personally but also use the tools in this book to eradicate the systemic conditions that cause it in the first place. As burnout becomes more visible, we can destigmatize it by acknowledging that women are not unraveling; instead, women in higher education are reckoning with the productivity cult embedded in our institutions, recognizing how it shapes their understanding and approach to faculty work, and learning how they can remedy it for themselves, their peers, and women faculty in the future. Contributors: Lee Skallerup Bessette, Cynthia Ganote, Emily O. Gravett, Hillary Hutchinson, Tiffany D. Johnson, Bridget Lepore, Jennifer Marlow, Sharon Michler, Marie Moeller, Valerie Murrenus Pilmaier, Catherine Ross, Kristi Rudenga, Katherine Segal, Kryss Shane, Jennifer Snodgrass, Lindsay Steiner, Kristi Verbeke

Author : Rebecca Pope-Ruark
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780226463155

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Agile Faculty by Rebecca Pope-Ruark Pdf

Digital tools have long been a transformative part of academia, enhancing the classroom and changing the way we teach. Yet there is a way that academia may be able to benefit more from the digital revolution: by adopting the project management techniques used by software developers. Agile work strategies are a staple of the software development world, developed out of the need to be flexible and responsive to fast-paced change at times when “business as usual” could not work. These techniques call for breaking projects into phases and short-term goals, managing assignments collectively, and tracking progress openly. Agile Faculty is a comprehensive roadmap for scholars who want to incorporate Agile practices into all aspects of their academic careers, be it research, service, or teaching. Rebecca Pope-Ruark covers the basic principles of Scrum, one of the most widely used models, and then through individual chapters shows how to apply that framework to everything from individual research to running faculty committees to overseeing student class work. Practical and forward-thinking, Agile Faculty will help readers not only manage their time and projects but also foster productivity, balance, and personal and professional growth.

Author : Douglas H. Heath
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1981-01-01
Category : Burn out (Psychology)
ISBN : 0934338469

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Faculty Burnout, Morale, and Vocational Adaptation by Douglas H. Heath Pdf

Author : Roland Vandenberghe,A. Michael Huberman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1999-05-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521622131

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Understanding and Preventing Teacher Burnout by Roland Vandenberghe,A. Michael Huberman Pdf

International specialists review research in the field of career burnout in this 2009 volume.

Author : William Moner,Phillip Motley,Rebecca Pope-Ruark
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781421438214

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Redesigning Liberal Education by William Moner,Phillip Motley,Rebecca Pope-Ruark Pdf

Voelker, Scott Windham, Mary C. Wright, Catherine Zeek

Author : Marlon Anatol,Mark Kirton,Ashaki L. Dore
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781666923407

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The Caribbean Social Justice Agenda by Marlon Anatol,Mark Kirton,Ashaki L. Dore Pdf

This publication addresses several contemporary issues impacting Social Justice in the Caribbean, including challenges related to industrial relations, governance systems, social protection, social dialogue, cooperatives and community empowerment, the future of education, migration and security, presenting national and regional perspectives.

Author : Jonathan Malesic
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-29
Category : Burn out (Psychology).
ISBN : 9780520391529

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The End of Burnout by Jonathan Malesic Pdf

Going beyond the how and why of burnout, a former tenured professor combines academic methods and first-person experience to propose new ways for resisting our cultural obsession with work and transforming our vision of human flourishing. Burnout has become our go-to term for talking about the pressure and dissatisfaction we experience at work. But in the absence of understanding what burnout means, the discourse often does little to help workers who suffer from exhaustion and despair. Jonathan Malesic was a burned out worker who escaped by quitting his job as a tenured professor. In The End of Burnout, he dives into the history and psychology of burnout, traces the origin of the high ideals we bring to our jobs, and profiles the individuals and communities who are already resisting our cultural commitment to constant work. In The End of Burnout, Malesic traces his own history as someone who burned out of a tenured job to frame this rigorous investigation of how and why so many of us feel worn out, alienated, and useless in our work. Through research on the science, culture, and philosophy of burnout, Malesic explores the gap between our vocation and our jobs, and between the ideals we have for work and the reality of what we have to do. He eschews the usual prevailing wisdom in confronting burnout ("Learn to say no!" "Practice mindfulness!") to examine how our jobs have been constructed as a symbol of our value and our total identity. Beyond looking at what drives burnout--unfairness, a lack of autonomy, a breakdown of community, mismatches of values--this book spotlights groups that are addressing these failures of ethics. We can look to communities of monks, employees of a Dallas nonprofit, intense hobbyists, and artists with disabilities to see the possibilities for resisting a "total work" environment and the paths to recognizing the dignity of workers and nonworkers alike. In this critical yet deeply humane book, Malesic offers the vocabulary we need to recognize burnout, overcome burnout culture, and acknowledge the dignity of workers and nonworkers alike.

Author : Amelia Rosenberg Weinreb
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783031169151

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Teaching Israel Studies by Amelia Rosenberg Weinreb Pdf

This book presents pedagogical strategies for today’s diverse Israel Studies classrooms. It offers Israel-specific innovations for online teaching, tested methods for organizing global virtual exchanges that uplift marginalized voices in Israel, including Palestinian voices, and an intellectual and political overview of the field. Informed by the author’s experiences in the classroom and principles shared with her by fellow instructors, the book provides a guide to developing an Israel Studies syllabus or integrating Israel Studies units into an existing curriculum

Author : Alfred S. Alschuler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Teachers
ISBN : OCLC:15646224

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Teacher Burnout by Alfred S. Alschuler Pdf

Author : Christine Poole Ponquinette
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Burn out (Psychology)
ISBN : OCLC:25364596

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The Relationship Between Faculty Burnout and Selected Variables in Private Liberal Arts Colleges by Christine Poole Ponquinette Pdf

Author : Barbara L. Brock,Marilyn L. Grady
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2000-07-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 0803967934

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Rekindling the Flame by Barbara L. Brock,Marilyn L. Grady Pdf

This book offers a research-based, practical approach to recognizing, managing, and preventing teacher burnout. It provides a description of the origins and symptoms of burnout and a personality profile of teachers who are most susceptible to burnout. Organizational issues and administrative roles that contribute to burnout are identified, along with suggestions for improvement. There are eight chapters in two parts. Part 1, "The Burnout Syndrome," includes (1) "When the Flame Flickers: Recognizing Burnout," (2) "Flame Extinguishers: Sources of Burnout," and (3) "Smoldering Embers: The Cost of Burnout." Part 2, "Recovery and Prevention," includes (4) "Igniting the Flames: Revitalization Strategies," (5) "Guardian of the Flame: The Principal's Role," (6) "Tending the Flames: Supervision," (7) "Fuel for the Flame: Staff Development as Prevention," and (8) "Stoking the Fire: Improving the Workplace." (Contains 99 references.) (SM)

Author : Stephen Truch
Publisher : Novato, Calif. : Academic Therapy Publications
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015002493040

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Teacher Burnout and what to Do about it by Stephen Truch Pdf

Author : Amy L. Eva
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781684039814

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Surviving Teacher Burnout by Amy L. Eva Pdf

A teacher’s self-care guide for building resilience, boosting emotional strength, and finding hope in the face of daily stress and overwhelming challenges. If you’re an educator who works with children, you often face intense pressure in the classroom. This was true before the pandemic, but now you may be feeling it even more. You aren’t alone. From having to adapt to remote learning on the spot, to balancing the impacts of the pandemic on your personal life, many teachers are experiencing record levels of stress, trauma, and burnout. In addition, as an entire generation of students struggle to meet the academic and social emotional learning (SEL) challenges caused by a extended remote learning, you may be dealing with kids who are anxious, traumatized, and likely a year or two behind developmentally as they return to the classroom. It’s a lot to manage, and you may feel like you are at your breaking point. Written by an educational director at the Greater Good Science Center, Surviving Teacher Burnout is a 52-week self-care guide for teachers that features simple, low-lift strategies for increasing resilience and fostering greater well-being, confidence, and hope. Grounded in research-based positive psychology, the book offers tons of practical activities and journal-style prompts to help you cultivate feelings of gratitude, optimism, mindfulness, forgiveness, empathic joy, self-compassion, purpose, and curiosity—so you can return to your classroom each day with renewed energy and inspiration. You’ll also find doable strategies to share with other educators to help infuse more positive energy in classrooms and schools, and create more supportive systems that promote a sense of meaning, belonging, and connectedness among teachers and students. If you’re like many educators, you may feel you lack the time and energy to engage in self-care practices. This guide offers bite-sized insights and activities that are simple, approachable, and usable, so you can thrive in the classroom, in your community, and in life!

Author : Jenny Grant Rankin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317223122

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First Aid for Teacher Burnout by Jenny Grant Rankin Pdf

Offering clear strategies rooted in research and expert recommendations, First Aid for Teacher Burnout empowers teachers to prevent and recover from burnout while finding success at work. Each chapter explores a different common cause of teacher burnout and provides takeaway strategies and realistic tips. Chapter coverage includes fighting low morale, diminishing stress, streamlining grading, reducing workload, leveraging collaboration, avoiding monotony, using technology to your advantage, managing classroom behavior, advocating for support from your administration, securing the help of parents and community, and more. Full of reflection exercises, confessions from real teachers, and veteran teacher tips, this accessible book provides easy-to-implement steps for alleviating burnout problems so you can enjoy peace and success in your teaching.

Author : Paul Hanstedt
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781118321850

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General Education Essentials by Paul Hanstedt Pdf

General Education Essentials "Full-time and part-time faculty in any discipline and at any size campus with any type of mission can pick up this volume and learn something that will help her or him improve teaching and learning.???"—From the Foreword by Terrel L. Rhodes, vice president for Curriculum, Quality, and Assessment, Association of American Colleges and Universities Every year, hundreds of small colleges, state schools, and large, research-oriented universities across the United States (and, increasingly, Europe and Asia) revisit their core and general education curricula, often moving toward more integrative models. And every year, faculty members who are highly skilled in narrowly defined fields ask two simple questions: "Why?" and "How is this going to affect me?" General Education Essentials seeks to answer these and other questions by providing a much-needed overview of and a rationale for the recent shift in general education curricular design, a sense of how this shift can affect a faculty member's teaching, and an understanding of how all of this might impact course and student assessment. Filled with examples from a variety of disciplines that will spark insights, General Education Essentials explores the techniques that can be used to ensure that students are gaining the skills they need to be perceptive scholars and productive citizens. "This is THE ONE BOOK for academics to get up to speed about reforming general education." —Jerry Gaff, senior scholar, Association of American Colleges and Universities