The Leaf Academy created a Teacher Self-Care Packet, which we want to thank the Social Workers at Understood.org for their help and research. The 5 Self-Care Tips were written by Social Worker Brittney Newcomer's, (M.S., LSSP.) from understood.org.

 

The Reasoning Behind The Self-Care Packet:

For the first 4 days of this program, you have done the heavy lifting. You have created a weekly schedule, you have analyzed your workload, and you have done work in bulk. That means on Day 5 - Is All About Taking Care of Yourself.

If your brain, and your psyche are not at its BEST - then you cannot achieve your best. If you don't feel relaxed and confident that "you got this!!" then you won't be there 100% for your students. You need to take care of you, in order to take care of your students.  We hope that on Day 5, you have lowered 50% of your anxiety and stress that you were feeling five days ago. Hopefully after today, you will have reduced another 25% of your stress levels. 

Choose 1 of the 5 Self-Care Tips. Yes, just choose 1. And then implement it today!! Your assignment is to put 1 Self-Care tip into ACTION TODAY!!

The BIG SECRET to getting way more work done in less time, is working in Bulk. What that means is doing repetitive tasks in large quantities. Let's take Lesson Plans for example. Yesterday you completed One Full Lesson Plan in Less Time. Remember, that is an amazing job. 

Now, we want you to write 3 more  weeks of lesson plans. So if you write weekly plans, do 3 more weeks. If you submit bi-weekly plans, do 1 more. Do not worry about any old objections to lesson planning way in advance. Remember, a teacher always reserves the right to modify or adjust a lesson plan. If you follow the Lesson Plan Hacking Tips, you can write 4 weeks of plans in less time. In fact, if you complete 3 more weeks today, you have written 4 weeks of plans in half the time. And with the extra time you can focus on student work, achievement and feedback. 

The key to long term planning, is using the weekly consistency hack.

Every Monday is the same week after week, every tuesday, wednesday and so on. The consistency helps students feel calm because they can predict what is going to occur. Predictability for students in a world that is full of chaos, reduces stress and anxiety. For you, consistency means, you can plan more effectively and more efficiently.. 

The only reason our Lesson Plan Hacks work is because you are intelligent. These hacks would not work with someone without a college degree or without teacher certification. The hacks are specifically designed for intelligent teachers just like you. 

When you complete all 4 weeks - You have Just Doubled Your Work Productivity in Half the Time.

Use the extra time for whatever  projects you want to tackle, or Take Extra Time for Self-Care. You deserve it!! 

The Emotional Sustainability Worksheet lists "Communicating and Seeking Guidance/Support" as one of the 10 Strategies to provide Self-Care to Educators. Spending 60 Minutes Per Week with Other Educators in a structured venting session will help increase your voice, reduce stress and anxiety, reduce the feeling of being overwhelmed and help to build connectivity.

These sessions are provided for FREE to Give Back to Teachers!

Leaf Academy has created a useful and simple Self-Care tool that highlights Ten Self-Care Strategies that can help any educator with stress, pressure, anxiety, isolation, depression, and feelings of being overwhelmed.

 

These strategies can be used in conjunction with the Leaf Academy Self-Care Formula or as a supplement.

The Leaf Academy Founder and C.E.O. has made an exclusive offer ONLY for Teachers that are using the Self-Care Program. That means, this offer is not advertised. That means, this offer will only be seen by Educators who follow all 6 Steps. That means, not everyone will see this Exclusive Offer.

This Exclusive Offer is a BIG 2nd GIFT To Educators, but it's a limited offer. What that means is that it's only available for 1,200 Teachers. That's right!! This Full Self-Care Program is being given for FREE to 1 Million Teachers Across America, but this Exclusive Offer is only available for 1,200 of you! Watch The Video Today - See if the Exclusive Offer is Right For You because it will fill up FAST! Once we reach 1,200 Teachers -- The Offer is Closed! Don't Miss Your Chance to Receive an Incredible 2nd Gift from Leaf Academy.