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The Burned-In Teacher Podcast with Amber Harper

The Burned-In Teacher Podcast is for educators who want to talk about practical ways to break the cycle of burnout and find fulfillment in teaching and in life. Ever wish you had a teacher burnout coach with over a decade of teaching experience to teach you all there is to know about managing your teacher burnout? That’s exactly what you’ll get when you tune into The Burned-In Teacher Podcast. This podcast is for you if you have questions like, how do I recover from teacher burnout? How do I avoid negativity in my school? How do I manage my time as a teacher? How do I stop teacher burnout? Hosted by a classroom teacher herself, Amber Harper will break down the challenging task of beating your teacher burnout into actionable steps that you can use today. Listen today for action, inspiration, and support as Amber teaches you how to navigate the tricky journey that is teaching and help you discover your path to becoming a Burned-In Teacher. Discover why thousands of teachers from around the world have turned to Amber for guidance when it comes to all things teacher burnout, including her book Hacking Teacher Burnout and her online course Burned-In Teacher University. Whether you're a brand new teacher, have reached that pivotal 3-5 year teaching mark, or are a veteran teacher looking to reignite your passion for teaching and living your best life, each episode is designed to help you take your next best step towards a more fulfilling career in education and in life. You can follow Amber on Instagram @burnedinteacher. To work with Amber go to www.burnedinteacher.com.
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Episodes

Ep 053- Nurture Your Strengths + My Season of Burnout

In this episode, I get down to the nitty gritty of my personal struggle with burnout over the last few months and how I've used my own BURNED-IN Process to get out of it. I will also walk you through what it means to Nurture Your Strengths as Step 4 of the process.

Jan 13, 202044 min

Ep #052-Look Beyond the Clouds with Michelle Gano

In this episode, classroom teacher and author Michelle Gano shares her experiences with teacher burnout and how one day she realized that in order to rise above the burnout, she would need to change her perspective from focusing on the negative to looking beyond the clouds to find the positive in each day.

Nov 25, 201938 min

Ep #051- Ask for What You Need with Erin Roberts

In this episode Erin Roberts, a Special Education teacher from Florida, takes us through her journey from crying at her dinner table to asking for what she needed to help her through her daily challenges in her career.

Nov 18, 201935 min

Ep #050- Wearing Our Teacher Game Face with Vicki Davis

In this episode, Vicki lets us in on challenges she's faced in her career from being overextended, dealing with cell phones in the classroom and deciding not to measure her value against what she sees on Social Media or what people believe to be true about how public speakers should look in order to be on stage plus much, much more.

Nov 11, 201954 min

Ep 049 - Reflect On Your Challenges

This episode is all about reflection and then action. Your journey out of burnout starts with deciding that you refuse to sit inside of your challenges and that you are capable and worthy of finding solutions, so you can move on to a happier and more fulfilled life. However, in order to act, you first have to get clear one what's truly challenging you and why. That's what today's episode is all about. Reflecting on your challenges.

Nov 04, 201926 min

Challenging the "Good Teacher" Narrative with Alexis Shepherd - BIT048

Alexis Shepherd is an 8th-year teacher who has experience in both the elementary and middle-level setting. Experience with burn out early in her career led to the creation of The AfroEducator, where she arrives to empower teachers to challenge the good teacher narrative. Alexis attributes a lot of her transformation to reading Angela Watson's Unshakeable: 20 Ways to Enjoy Teaching Every Day...No Matter What Connect: Twitter: @theafroeducator Instagram: @theafroeducator theafroeducator@gmail.com ...

Oct 28, 201956 min

Unbalanced to Burned-In with Lisa - BIT046

Lisa, a 1:1 client of mine, shares her story. Episode takeaways: Pay attention to what you’re spending your money on - is it something that is going to help YOU to help your students better, and not only that, but it it going to cost you hours of preparation when you’re already feeling behind and unorganized. Are you telling yourself the lies that you’re not good enough, that you SHOULD be better or doing more? Are you finding yourself saying “Time to make the donuts…” like Lisa was? Take a seco...

Oct 14, 201949 min

Understand Your Teacher Brand - BIT045

How do people describe you? What do they think of when they think of you? That's your brand. So today’s episode is actually ALL ABOUT YOU, ALL ABOUT YOUR BRAND. You might say, “Amber… a brand is a shoe or a bag of cereal.”

Oct 07, 201933 min

5 Ways to Empower Yourself as an Educator in Today's World - BIT044

In this episode, Gretchen Bridgers shares five strategies to take some control of your profession and really make it as an educator in today's world. Gretchen is an elementary educator turned teacher coach and trainer. She specializes in instructional strategy implementation for all levels of educators and has a soft spot in her heart for new teachers. Gretchen is the host of the Always A Lesson Empowering Educators podcast . Between her blog, podcast, classroom resources, PD webinars, and publi...

Sep 30, 201941 min

Ep #043 - The Two Sides of “What If?” With Therapist Christina Gawedzinski

In this episode, Christina Gawedzinski, a therapist with a history of working with teachers and students, shares with us her personal journey out of burnout and offers important steps we can take to begin to address our feelings and thoughts about our careers and our future as we Begin Where We Are .

Sep 23, 201944 min

Ep #042 - Burnout - A Cautionary Tale with Danielle Nuhfer

In this episode, Danielle Nuhfer shares her journey from burned-out teacher to Certified Mindfulness Instructor and how her struggle with stress, anxiety, and overwhelm led her to having to make a decision about her career in education, either quit teaching or take control.

Sep 16, 201934 min

Begin Where You Are and Begin to Beat Teacher Burnout

Today, we’re talking about how to get out of burnout by starting with beginning where you are. This episode is all about how to break out of burnout so you can go into this school year free of burnout. As we spend time with each other moving forward in this season, both the school season and the season of this podcast, you’ll be able to take actionable steps against your specific type of burnout. Today we are thinking about how do you get out of teacher burnout. To do that, I’m going to give you...

Sep 09, 201921 min

*BONUS* Summer Self-Care Episode 6 - Sarah Kaminski Shares Her Story of Burned-In Teacher Transformation

In this *BONUS* Summer Self-Care Series episode, Sarah Kaminski shares with us how she went from overwhelmed, under-confident teacher to creative, self-loving BURNED-IN Teacher. She tells her story of transformation during her weeks of involvement with The BURNED-IN Teacher Small Group program and how what she learned has changed her mindset, goals, teaching and leadership style.

Aug 07, 201936 min

Ep #040- Summer Self Care Series Ep #5 - The Lies We Tell Ourselves with Stephanie DeLussey

In this episode of The Summer Self-Care Series, Stephanie DeLussey shares her story of being diagnosed with anxiety and how she has decided to cope with it. Her unconventional way of taking control over her anxiety will inspire you not only to take control over your struggles with burnout and anxiety, but will help you to personalize your strategies.

Jul 29, 201946 min

#039 - Summer Self-Care Series #4 - Burned-In Teachers Tell Their Self-Care Stories

In this fourth episode of The Summer Self-Care Series, teachers from The Burned-In Teacher Facebook Community Jennifer Werry, Jennifer Miller, and Kinsey Zellerhoff tell their stories of teacher burnout and how their triumph over it came down to this fact: You can’t take care of others, if you don’t take care of yourself first. They share what works for them and how they make time for self-care even with careers, families, and all there is to do in day-to-day life.

Jul 15, 201943 min

Ep #038- Summer Self Care Series Ep #3 - Start a Happy Teacher Revolution with Danna Thomas

In this third episode of The Summer Self-Care Series, Danna Thomas, creator of Happy Teacher Revolution talks all things self-care, setting boundaries, and her own struggle with creating both in her own teaching life. She also shares with us her mission to create a true revolution of happy teachers who can lead happy classrooms and happy lives.

Jul 03, 201944 min

Ep #035- Become the Guide on the Side with Dan Jones

In this episode, Dan shares with us his struggle with feeling ineffective as he tried to teach students who weren’t engaged and were going out of their way to ‘school’ him. He tells his Cinderella story of transformation as he realized his passion for Flipped Learning and how he’s turned from the sage on the stage to the guide on the side in his classroom.

May 20, 20191 hr 8 min

Ep #034- From Classroom Management to Classroom Connection with Dr. Tim Elmore

In this episode, Dr. Elmore shares with us what he notices when he can feel a season of burnout coming and his exact strategies for tackling the symptoms and causes. He also describes, in detail, three shifts we can make in our thinking about classroom management to better serve our students and to help them to grow as leaders.

May 13, 201953 min

Ep #033 - Experiences and Solutions to Poor Student Behavior with Alexandra and Sarah

In this episode, Burned-In Teacher Facebook Members, Sarah and Alexandra, and I discuss all things classroom and behavior management and how difficult it can be to support some students in today’s classroom. Sarah and Alexandra share situations they’re currently dealing with and what they’re doing to support their students, but also what they’re doing to support themselves and to create a culture of support in their classrooms.

May 06, 201944 min

Ep #032-Trauma vs. Drama and How the Serenity Prayer Can Help with Either

In this episode we review what we’ve heard from our teachers and experts this month about trauma in our and our students' lives and I share how I'm using the Serenity Prayer to tackle some drama in my own life. We also dive into what drama sounds like on social media and in real life and ways that you can be strong and vulnerable, and therefore, have the serenity to accept the things you can't change and the courage to change the things you can moving forward in your teaching and personal life....

Apr 29, 201932 min

Ep #031- How to Support That Special Teacher in Your Life with James Fester

In this episode, James shares how he’s used his experience as a classroom teacher to support his wife, who is a first year teacher in an urban Charter school, dealing with many of the struggles that "burned out" teachers all over the U.S. are challenged by. He shares his perspective of what partners of teachers should know and can do in order to support the teachers in their life to prevent them from getting burned out.

Apr 22, 201949 min

Ep #030- Resilience and Disposition with Elena Aguilar

In this episode, Elena shares with us her own story of burnout as a teacher and then shares ways that we can foster resilience and fulfillment in our lives after experiencing trauma and/or burnout in our career.

Apr 15, 201951 min

Ep #029- Erin Garl Urges Us to Give Our Mental Health the Attention It Deserves

In this episode, Erin shares with us her journey through several experiences of trauma in her life. She’ll explain her own transition out of chaos and ways she’s taking control of her mental health through using tactics such as reflection, meditation, and self-advocating for her own mental health.

Apr 08, 201945 min

Ep #028- Dr. Lori Desautels Helps Us Coregulate Ourselves and Our Students

In this episode, Dr. Lori Desautels shares her experiences with working with students coming from traumatic backgrounds and educates us on the four parts of Educational Neuroscience. She’s also going to take us through several steps we can take to coregulate students who are becoming escalated in our classrooms as well as how to use those strategies for ourselves when we become dysregulated.

Apr 01, 20191 hr 6 min

Ep #027 - Dr. Chris Jones Advises Us to Align What We Spend Our Time On With Our Values

In this episode, Dr. Jones encourages you to engage in conversation with your administrator when you begin to feel overwhelmed by your workload, especially if you’re on the verge of going from burned and unbalanced to burned and over it, where you basically have lost your care about anything that’s happening at school or in your classroom.

Mar 25, 201929 min

Ep #26 - Get Empowered, Supported, and Engaged with Dr. Chris Jones

In this episode, Dr. Jones shares his experiences with burnout as both a teacher and principal. His perspective on challenges with balance in both positions will help you to understand how you can take control of your stress, overwhelm, and burnout over all there is to do in the classroom.

Mar 18, 201929 min
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