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Are you a passionate, hardworking teacher or school leader?
Do you feel overwhelmed?
There is so much that COULD be done that would make an impact at work. But there's also the stuff that NEEDS to be done. Not to mention the stuff that someone else should have done!
Is it all a bit muddled and getting on top of you?
Overwhelm could be preventing you from having the calm and clarity to choose where your energy goes. Perhaps you have lost sight of the bigger picture, so you're just about coping day to day, but it's not sustainable.
Do you feel frustrated?
The reason you became a teacher was to have an impact. The reason you became a leader was to widen that impact.
You know you are capable and have the skills and experience you need to do your job well, BUT you don't have the time or energy to do so.
Are you caught up doing stuff that isn't moving you, your team or your pupils forward? Perhaps you need to regain focus to enjoy the job you love, AND have your greatest impact.
Has the balance gone?
Teaching can take over if you aren't careful - physically and mentally.
Is the headspace you are giving to work all consuming? Perhaps it is taking over because you want to do your job well, you have so many good ideas, you can help in so many ways, BUT you're spending time doubting yourself and working extra hard to justify and prove yourself - rather than leading with calm confidence.
Would you love to feel you are doing your job well without burning out?
Do you feel overwhelmed?
There is so much that COULD be done that would make an impact at work. But there's also the stuff that NEEDS to be done. Not to mention the stuff that someone else should have done!
Is it all a bit muddled and getting on top of you?
Overwhelm could be preventing you from having the calm and clarity to choose where your energy goes. Perhaps you have lost sight of the bigger picture, so you're just about coping day to day, but it's not sustainable.
Do you feel frustrated?
The reason you became a teacher was to have an impact. The reason you became a leader was to widen that impact.
You know you are capable and have the skills and experience you need to do your job well, BUT you don't have the time or energy to do so.
Are you caught up doing stuff that isn't moving you, your team or your pupils forward? Perhaps you need to regain focus to enjoy the job you love, AND have your greatest impact.
Has the balance gone?
Teaching can take over if you aren't careful - physically and mentally.
Is the headspace you are giving to work all consuming? Perhaps it is taking over because you want to do your job well, you have so many good ideas, you can help in so many ways, BUT you're spending time doubting yourself and working extra hard to justify and prove yourself - rather than leading with calm confidence.
Would you love to feel you are doing your job well without burning out?
Teachers are resourceful individuals with motivation and ambition. I help them tap into their resourcefulness to find their own answers and way forward. Often teachers and school leaders are balancing a number of responsibilities and tasks at the same time, making it difficult to know how to focus their time and energy most effectively.
I offer a proactive intervention, empowering teachers to quickly identify and address problems that arise confidently and calmly.
I offer a proactive intervention, empowering teachers to quickly identify and address problems that arise confidently and calmly.
Are you a school leader or HR manager responsible for staff and pupil outcomes?
Can you see the effect of overwhelm on your school?
What's the atmosphere at school like? Calm and purposeful, or stressed and frantic?
Are you chasing deadlines, dealing with complaints from parents and staff and feeling resistance when introducing new initiatives? If so, it's likely that staff are stressed, overloaded and not managing their workload most effectively. You'll be fighting fires left, right and centre as a result.
All of which means that your approach feels too reactive; not as proactive as you'd like. The pupils aren't getting the best education possible and you want to take action to address that.
Are you worried about your staff?
Perhaps staff are staying late and getting in early, but aren't prioritising well so they aren't getting the most important stuff done.
Perhaps the staffroom is a negative - often empty - place to be, without the buzz in the air that comes from a collaborative, supportive work environment.
Perhaps staff seem negative, defensive or disengaged when you wants to talk about new ideas and progression.
Are these indicators that teachers' wellbeing is affecting their performance?
Is it costing your school money?
Teachers who are overwhelmed will not be performing as well as they could. Teachers who are stressed are more likely to take time off work. Teachers who burn out completely, won't be at work for a long time. The detrimental impact will not only be felt by the individual, but by pupils, parents and teams across the whole school.
There is also a financial impact. Staff sick pay and supply cover costs money. So does recruiting for new teachers. And the time and energy spent filling positions - whether in the short or long term - is a drain on your time and energy, which of course could be much better spent elsewhere increasing the school's impact.
How much is this costing your school now? How much could it cost in the future?
Can you see the effect of overwhelm on your school?
What's the atmosphere at school like? Calm and purposeful, or stressed and frantic?
Are you chasing deadlines, dealing with complaints from parents and staff and feeling resistance when introducing new initiatives? If so, it's likely that staff are stressed, overloaded and not managing their workload most effectively. You'll be fighting fires left, right and centre as a result.
All of which means that your approach feels too reactive; not as proactive as you'd like. The pupils aren't getting the best education possible and you want to take action to address that.
Are you worried about your staff?
Perhaps staff are staying late and getting in early, but aren't prioritising well so they aren't getting the most important stuff done.
Perhaps the staffroom is a negative - often empty - place to be, without the buzz in the air that comes from a collaborative, supportive work environment.
Perhaps staff seem negative, defensive or disengaged when you wants to talk about new ideas and progression.
Are these indicators that teachers' wellbeing is affecting their performance?
Is it costing your school money?
Teachers who are overwhelmed will not be performing as well as they could. Teachers who are stressed are more likely to take time off work. Teachers who burn out completely, won't be at work for a long time. The detrimental impact will not only be felt by the individual, but by pupils, parents and teams across the whole school.
There is also a financial impact. Staff sick pay and supply cover costs money. So does recruiting for new teachers. And the time and energy spent filling positions - whether in the short or long term - is a drain on your time and energy, which of course could be much better spent elsewhere increasing the school's impact.
How much is this costing your school now? How much could it cost in the future?
When teachers feel unsupported, disempowered and stressed, their performance and wellbeing suffers. My coaching provided valuable personal and professional development to allow them to become better teachers, leaders, individuals and role models.
Investing in coaching to support teacher's personal and professional development will reduce the costs involved with teacher retention, staff absence, supply cover and reduced productivity.
Investing in coaching to support teacher's personal and professional development will reduce the costs involved with teacher retention, staff absence, supply cover and reduced productivity.
