29. From Burned Out to Thriving as a SPED Teacher

Have you dreamed about being a teacher since you were a child? You love kids and you love learning, so teaching was a natural choice. But it turns out that teaching is hard. Maybe a lot harder than you thought it would be. And now you’re struggling with feelings of fatigue and burnout. Do you need help finding ways to fight burnout? Would you like to move from feeling burned out to thriving? 

Then today’s podcast is a can’t miss episode for you! 

I’m joined by Braelan Martin, a special education teacher in a K-2 self-contained classroom. Braelan is here to talk about how she found herself unpleasantly surprised by feelings of burnout after less than two years of teaching. She shares with us the strategies she used to move from being burned out to thriving. Braelan also shares some incredibly valuable, practical tips and techniques to foster inclusivity in the SPED classroom.

In this episode you will learn:

• Why SPED teachers burn out
• How to combat and recover from burnout and how humility and YouTube can help
• How to stop burnout before it starts, especially as a new SPED teacher 
• How your students can help you prevent burnout 
• Where to find FREE resources for easy-to-use, value-packed data collection
• Ways to foster anti-racism in the SPED classroom 

Links and Resources

Braelan’s Resources

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-IEP-Data-Collection-with-Google-Forms-5537565

Dawn’s Blog Posts and Resources

New teacher tips

Rapport

Smartysymbols -A low-cost picture symbol option for teachers with diversity options

Tpt Sped forms

 

Connect with Braelan Martin

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatspecialeducator/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbAc0_6yP7RQuOPrfkb0ODw?view_as=subscriber

Podcast: https://braelanmartin.com/podcast

Website: https://braelanmartin.com/

 

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