Course Sponsor

Health Solutions Associates 

Course Description

The stress of teaching has reached an all-time high in the United States. Teachers are asked to fill many roles for a school: be a teacher of content area, provide social emotional support to students, ensure all learners reach high levels of proficiency in their work, as well- being guardians to the community as stellar role models. Teachers are caring and supportive by nature and they give energy every day to others. Their own personal stress often goes unnoticed, by themselves and others. This course is specifically designed to provide educators with practical self-care strategies that can be implemented immediately.

The participants in this workshop will have eight weeks to develop a thorough plan for personal self care that will focus on balancing their daily work and personal lives. The workshops are designed so learners can create their own learning outcomes within the realm of self care. They will be coached by the instructor in the areas of nutrition, exercise, and stress management with an emphasis on habit change.

The workshops will discuss the physiology of stress and its impact on the body; help educators identify their own beliefs that can exacerbate daily stress and most importantly help them to establish habits for change that will help diminish stress.

This professional development opportunity is completed in an asynchronous format online. Once you sign up for the course you will receive a welcome email and all of the materials required to complete your hours.

Instructor

Rebecca C. Day, M.Ed is a former school Principal, Assistant Principal and Health Educator in the state of Vermont. She has 28 years of experience in Vermont school settings and her area of focus has been on school climate and culture. In addition to her teaching credentials, she has completed a national certification from Health Coach Institute, in the areas of health and life coaching. Her interest in helping educators reach the best version of themselves has been the main impetus for the design of this course. She believes the greatest resource a teacher can bring into the classroom each day is their own sense of well-being and balance. This course will provide teachers with the opportunity to bring their fullest capacity to work each day in order to support student learning. Self-care is an emerging trend in all professional fields and has shown proven results in work performance

Location

Self-paced online. Hosted by Health Solutions Associates

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Additional Information

There are 3 workshops in the series, each takes three weeks to complete. You can purchase them one at a time, or select the series. Each individual workshop is 10 hours/1.0 CEUs. You will receive a CEU Transcript from the University of Southern Maine. The course  is managed directly from Health Solutions Associates and they will provide your certificate of completion when you complete all 3 modules. The workshops include (1) Nutrition, (2) Fitness, and (3) Stress Management, and can be taken in any order.

Questions? For enrollment or curriculum questions, please contact the course instructor Rebecca Day: call (802) 355-2870 or email bday8786@gmail.com. For CEU Transcript questions, please contact the Professional Development Programs at USM : call 207-780-5900 or email usmpdp@maine.edu