CRTs can boost their self-care by building their resilience, self-efficacy, social-emotional competence and emotional intelligence, as well as their personal ...
CRT focus: Expert self-care tips for relief teachers
Whether you’re a CRT educator for primary or secondary schools, or work in both, self-care resources and practices should be part of your teaching kit. Ideally, they’ll support emotional, physical, psychological, relationship, spiritual, workplace, and professional self-care.
Dr James White says if you’re a regular casual or have a temporary block, ask the principal if you can be paid to attend professional development or learning. They have the budget for it and good schools set aside funding for their CRT teachers because they know they’ll get it back in bucketloads.
This story appeared in the November 2021 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.