Managing Burnout in Yourself and Your Students 

As institutions begin the new semester or quarter in the midst of a new COVID-19 surge courtesy of the Omicron variant, the continued, seemingly unrelenting uncertainty has many faculty, staff, and students on edge. Research by Dr. Christina Maslach, highlighted in this article in Diverse Education, focuses on the role of the institution in burnout, noting that the solution path must incorporate more than assigning individual responsibility for self-care. However, institutions are just learning how to look at the big picture when it comes to burnout, and much of the management of this time will fall on individual educators and students to manage. 

Coaching, with its ability to provide a nonjudgmental opportunity for reflection and sharing, is the tool for this moment. The coaching conversation helps a coachee feel heard and supported, often promoting more realistic sharing. On that foundation of trust, a coachee can look more honestly at the situation and build their own unique solution path. This works whether coaches work with students, or faculty and staff coach one another in a peer coaching structure. 

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