Compassion Resilience for Educators

Description: Many educators today are under immense stress. According to the National Education Association, 67% of educators considered burnout to be a “very serious” issue in 2022 and they define burnout as “a condition in which an educator has exhausted the personal and professional resources necessary to do the job.” But there is hope and that hope is Compassion Resilience.

Compassion Resilience is “the ability to maintain emotional, mental, and physical well-being while compassionately supporting others through the challenges of daily work. It involves maintaining empathy, strength, and hope in the face of adversity while taking steps to prevent compassion fatigue.” (From https://eliminatestigma.org/compassion-resilience-toolkit/)

Please join Elizabeth Freeman, CESA 2 Consultant, and Jenny Holle, Regional Coordinator for the Wisconsin Safe and Healthy Schools Center (https://www.wishschools.org/) to explore the Compassion Resilience Toolkit for Schools (https://eliminatestigma.org/compassion-resilience-toolkit/schools/what-is-compassion-resilience/) a free resource to assist schools with information, and resources to help leadership and staff understand, recognize, and minimize the experience of compassion fatigue and to increase compassion resilience.

This training will help educators to become aware of what Compassion Resilience is, their current resilience, and ways to increase Compassion Resilience. This will be accomplished through discussions of compassion fatigue and resilience, boundary setting, whole-person wellness, mental health and identifying system drivers of compassion fatigue and resilience. This will be an interactive session and does NOT require outside work/preparation.

Price: Free

About the Presenters:

Jenny Holle is the WISH Regional Coordinator for CESAs 2, 3, and 6. She has had the privilege of working in schools for over 25 years as a School Counselor and Special Education Teacher. Additionally, she served on the Wisconsin School Counselor Association (WSCA) board as a School Counselor leader in our state. She has a BS degree from UW-Milwaukee in Special Education, an MS from UW-Whitewater in School Counseling, and a Director of Special Education and Pupil Services certification from UW- Eau Claire. She has extensive knowledge, passion, and experience in: Restorative Practices, Trauma Sensitive Schools, Mental Health, and Social Emotional Learning.

Elizabeth Witter Freeman has been supporting CESA 2 schools since 2015. Her areas of specialty include School Systems, School Improvement, Data Analysis, Strategic Planning, RtI/MTSS, and Pupil Service Delivery. Elizabeth practiced as a School Psychologist near Madison, WI after receiving her doctorate in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2007.

Cancellation Policy: Registered participants will receive a refund if they cancel prior to 3 working days before an event, minus any material costs that have already been incurred. Cancellations must either be made on MyQuickReg or by emailing cancel@cesa2.org. Because of our commitment to the presenter and the food vendor, participants who cancel less than 3 working days prior to the event or who do not attend the event, will be billed the full fee. CESA 2 reserves the right to cancel any event. Registered participants will be notified via phone and email if a cancellation occurs and will receive a full refund. 

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Disclaimer: CESA 2 will do its best to accommodate general dietary requests; if your dietary need is very specific or severe, you may want to bring your own lunch to ensure your comfort and health. CESA 2 does not assume liability for adverse reactions to food consumed or items one may come into contact with while eating at a CESA 2 event. If you have a dietary need or food allergy, please go into your MyQuickReg profile and update the special accommodations section. Notice of a special dietary need must be made 2 weeks in advance of the event.

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In-Person Events: Restrictions on our in-person events due to COVID-19 have been lifted. We will be responsive to what's happening within our communities, and guidelines from the CDC and local health agencies for future offerings and will update guidelines when necessary.