Wellness Compassion Fatigue and Secondary Trauma Finding Equanimity

Wellness Compassion Fatigue and Secondary Trauma Finding Equanimity Columbia Gorge ESD Mentoring Program January 14, 2019

Why are we here? • What are the challenges that face classroom teachers that aren’t always acknowledged? • How do I help myself stay healthy? • East Columbia Collaborative Mentor Program received funds from OEA Choice Trust grant to fund the development of ongoing, focused, researchbased professional learning and instructional mentoring tools for beginning educator instructional mentors to use with their mentees specifically focused on promoting well-being, resilience and collective care to mitigate the impact of chronic stress.

The Edge of Compassion

What are Vicarious Trauma and Compassion Fatigue? Jigsaw • Form groups of 3 • Each person reads one article and looks for information to answer the above question • Share your answers with your group and cite evidence from the article • Write notes on the Graphic Organizer/ Capture Sheet • Prepare for large group discussion

How do we take care of ourselves?

The Edge of Compassion 2 Edge of Compassion

Self Care Questionnaires • Review your questionnaires: • Any new thoughts in light of what we have learned in the first hour? • Write your thoughts at the bottom of the paper.

Self Care Gauge: Behavior – Physical - Emotional • 1 2 3 4 5 • Write down three or more signs you are getting overloaded with stress, when you know you are in the Yellow Zone.

Equanimity • Ability to engage and be present • To be calm in times of stress • To return to baseline quickly • How to stay in the Window of Tolerance • How to increase the range of the Window of Tolerance

What can you do about stress? • Talk with your group and answer this question • Write down possible solutions: one per post-it. • Share the solutions with the whole group.

What can YOU do about stress? Finding your Sweet Spot • Pull together what we’ve been talking about: • Self-care questionnaires • Self-care gauge • Solutions for stress • What are you going to do? Make a plan for finding equanimity.

Questions to ask yourself: • 1. What was a recent stressor? • 2. How did I handle it? (Self Care Gauge) • 1 2 3 4 5 • 3. Why did I handle it that way? • 4. What will I do next to take care of myself? • 5. What will I do the next time this situation or a similar situation occurs?

Next Steps • Take care of yourself. • Answer questions on the Google Classroom each week. • Contribute one article, cartoon, podcast, TEDtalk, etc to the google classroom and write about why you selected it. • Respond to a few of the posts.

Extra Duty Pay (Headmaster’s Holiday) • Participation in the Wellness course is above and beyond the expectation of North Wasco, of the WOU class. • Where are the funds coming from: East Columbia Collaborative Mentor Program received funds from OEA Choice Trust grant to fund the development of ongoing, focused, research-based professional learning and instructional mentoring tools for beginning educator instructional mentors to use with their mentees specifically focused on promoting well-being, resilience and collective care to mitigate the impact of chronic stress.

Opportunities for Self Care • Cross. Fit $120 -$139 a month the • Hood River Pool $40 -$47. 50 – 10 • • • Mt Hood Meadows, Timberline, Dalles/Hood River Gorge Sports $99 Enrollment Fee Pure Yoga $105 – 10 punch card Flow Yoga $99 – 8 punch card MCMC $100 – 10 punch card for in/out-of-district Cooper Spur: rental and pass • Massage $75 -$100 • Life Coach for an hour • Meditation

See you next month! • Do something to take care of yourself • Check in to Google Classroom to answer questions each week • Post something • Respond to several posts • Next classes: Focus on Planning and Preparation / Instruction • February 11 • March 11 • April 8 • May 13