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Third-party on-site course

“Prevention of Teachers' Professional Burnout as a Way to Improve the Quality of Education”

The course aims to introduce participants to a holistic model of stress and raise understanding of stress causes, mechanisms and effects, how stress impacts teaching ability and provide them with ideas and practical tools for dealing with stress. During the course, participants will identify their stress and emotional triggers in a work context and come up with new, more resourceful strategies.

12.04.2025
Next upcoming session:
28.04.2025 - 04.05.2025
Multiple locations
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Description

MONDAY

 

Welcome and registration

Ice – breaking meeting.

Module 1: Introduction:

  • Introduction to the course; Presentation of participants; Identification of needs and goals of each participant;
  • What is Burnout? Job Burnout statistics
  • Burnout in European Union
  • Major Causes of Burnout
  • Definition of BURNOUT SYNDROME at school (With Examples);
  • Stages of the Teacher’ BURNOUT SYNDROME;
  • BURNOUT symptoms and causes;
  • Prevention of BURNOUT SYNDROME

TUESDAY

 

Module 2: Workshop: The Phenomenon of Teachers’ Professional Burnout: What, How, Why and What Next?

  • Background of the Teachers’ Professional BURNOUT;
  • Signs and symptoms of BURNOUT;
  • The difference between stress and BURNOUT;
  • Stress vs. Burnout

 

WEDNESDAY

 

Module 3:

  • The 3 Rs Rule;
  • Avoid burnout by choosing happiness;
  • Personal happiness checklist;
  • 10 Practical strategies for teacher burnout prevention

 

THURSDAY

 

Module 4: Workshop: – Burnout and Recovery:

  • Why burnout recovery is important?
  • Successful burnout recovery therapies;
  • Creating your own recovery plan

 

FRIDAY

 

Module

Learning objectives

  • Consulting teachers on matters, such as curriculum development or instructional planning, which directly impact their classrooms;
  • Providing adequate resources and facilities to support teachers in instructional practice;
  • Providing clear job descriptions and expectations in an effort to address role ambiguity and conflict;
  • Establishing and maintaining open lines of communication between teachers and administrators to provide administrative support and performance feedback that may act as a buffer against stress;
  • Allowing for and encouraging professional development activities such as mentoring and networking, which may engender a sense of accomplishment and a more fully developed professional identity for teachers;
  • Learning how to detect the following as early symptoms of teacher stress and burnout: 
  • Feeling like not going to work or actually missing days;
  • Having difficulty in concentrating on tasks;
  • Feeling overwhelmed by the workload and having a related; sense of inadequacy to the tasks give

Methodology & assessment

The course is structured in modules, designed to demonstrate the participants how to recognize the BURNOUT SYDROME symptoms, and aiming at its prevention to develop soft skills and increase competency, efficiency in professional development and education framework. Each module will be content current theories based on research and evidence based practice. The coursework contains mostly practical, hands-on activities in addition to inspiring discussions on how to best work to avoid appearing of BURNOUT SYDROME in teacher’s practice.
The methodological approach involves:

• Group Discussions;
• Questioning;
• Problem-Solving Activities;
• Brainstorming;
• Audio-Visual Presentations;
• Preventive Methods from Psychophysical Burnout;
• Role-Playing;
• Reflective Inquiry;
• Small Group Work;
• Debates/ Buzz Sessions;
• Creative and Collaborative Activities

Materials, digital tools & other learning resources

Before the course begins, participants will be provided with information about the materials, digital tools, and other learning resources that will assist them with completing course tasks. They will be able to communicate with us as course organisrs regularly via email, WhatsApp, and Zoom, where online meetings will be conducted.

Certification details

At the end of the course, each participant will be awarded a Certificate of Attendance along with Europass Mobility. Our certificates are in line with the Erasmus Quality Standards and so include the course's title, short description of its learning outcomes (if requested), dates, venue, the name of the course provider and the course director, number of training hours.

We support participants in every step of certification and validation of learning outcomes with specific focus on European instru

Pricing, packages and other information

  • Price:
    560
    Euro
  • Course package content:

    Course fee is fixed at 80.00 € per course day per participant. The total amount of the course fee depends on the length of the training course abroad and includes: tuition fee, conference hall rental and audiovisual equipment, wi-fi internet, stationary and course materials, course documents - we will send participants the filled-out templates of Learning Agreement and Europass Mobility, coffee/tea breaks, cultural activities – sightseeing, for one or two days depending on the duration of the training event, administration costs, school visits at some locations.

  • Additional information:
    Description of the services and activities included in the course package (such as accommodation, meals, transport) or available at extra cost.
  • Cancellation & changes:

    NGO “Motivated Learning for Everyone” is not liable for any already paid by participants expenses caused by a case of force majeure circumstances that prevent participants from attending the course. If flights are cancelled for any reason, NGO “Motivated Learning for Everyone”, as the course provider, is not responsible for the financial or other consequences concerning travel and accommodation or registered participants. If unable to attend, the registered person may substitute someone else from the same organization or attend another MLFE course, by sending a notification to: kina_dimitrova@hotmail.com.

     For onsite courses, course cancellations are accepted if conveyed 30 days before the starting date of the course. In such cases, “Motivated Learning for Everyone” will refund the full fee paid course fee. 

    In case of illness at any time before the course starts, the participant will receive a 100% refund of the paid course fee after sending the relevant medical document/s to the course organizer and according the rules of the interior accounting procedures in “Motivated Learning for Everyone” – till the last day of the following month after receiving the cancellation notice from the participant’s institution. 

    If the course cancellation is not conveyed within the above-mentioned time limits and conditions, “Motivated Learning for Everyone” will not refund the course fee paid. With the start of the course, the fee is non-refundable. 

  • Additional information:
    The options and conditions for change and cancellation, and the policy in case of unforeseen circumstances (force majeure).

Additional information

  • Language:
    English
  • Target audience ISCED:
    Primary education (ISCED 1)
    Lower secondary education (ISCED 2)
    Upper secondary education (ISCED 3)
  • Target audience type:
    Teacher
    Careers Councillor
    Head Teacher / Principal
  • Learning time:
    25 hours or more

Upcoming sessions

  • Starting on 28.04.2025 - Ending on 04.05.2025
    Planned
    in

    Paris

    , France
  • Starting on 23.06.2025 - Ending on 29.06.2025
    Planned
    in

    Stockholm

    , Sweden
  • Starting on 14.07.2025 - Ending on 20.07.2025
    Planned
    in

    Oslo

    , Norway
  • Starting on 04.08.2025 - Ending on 10.08.2025
    Planned
    in

    Helsinki

    , Finland
  • Starting on 01.09.2025 - Ending on 07.09.2025
    Planned
    in

    Luxembourg

    , Luxembourg
  • Starting on 27.10.2025 - Ending on 02.11.2025
    Planned
    in

    Prague

    , Czechia
  • Starting on 10.11.2025 - Ending on 16.11.2025
    Planned
    in

    Budapest

    , Hungary
  • Starting on 01.12.2025 - Ending on 07.12.2025
    Planned
    in

    Seville

    , Spain

Past sessions

  • Starting on 08.01.2024 - Ending on 14.01.2024
    Planned
    in

    Barcelona

    , Spain
  • Starting on 18.03.2024 - Ending on 24.03.2024
    Planned
    in

    Copenhagen

    , Denmark
  • Starting on 08.04.2024 - Ending on 14.04.2024
    Planned
    in

    Stockholm

    , Sweden
  • Starting on 06.05.2024 - Ending on 12.05.2024
    Planned
    in

    Oslo

    , Norway
  • Starting on 24.06.2024 - Ending on 30.06.2024
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    in

    Verona, Rome, Milan

    , Italy
  • Starting on 08.07.2024 - Ending on 14.07.2024
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    in

    Vienna

    , Afghanistan
  • Starting on 15.07.2024 - Ending on 21.07.2024
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    in

    Copenhagen

    , Denmark
  • Starting on 22.07.2024 - Ending on 28.07.2024
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    in

    Rhodes, Rhodes Island

    , Greece
  • Starting on 29.07.2024 - Ending on 04.08.2024
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    in

    Lisbon, Porto

    , Portugal
  • Starting on 05.08.2024 - Ending on 11.08.2024
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    in

    Las Palmas, Gran Canaria

    , Spain
  • Starting on 05.08.2024 - Ending on 11.08.2024
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    in

    Stockholm

    , Sweden
  • Starting on 12.08.2024 - Ending on 18.08.2024
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    in

    Munich

    , Germany
  • Starting on 19.08.2024 - Ending on 25.08.2024
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    in

    Helsinki

    , Finland
  • Starting on 02.09.2024 - Ending on 08.09.2024
    Planned
    in

    Las Palmas, Gran Canaria

    , Spain
  • Starting on 14.10.2024 - Ending on 20.10.2024
    Planned
    in

    Stockholm

    , Sweden
  • Starting on 11.11.2024 - Ending on 17.11.2024
    Planned
    in

    Barcelona

    , Spain
  • Starting on 09.12.2024 - Ending on 15.12.2024
    Planned
    in

    Vienna

    , Austria
  • Starting on 27.01.2025 - Ending on 02.02.2025
    Planned
    in

    Antalya

    , Türkiye
  • Starting on 17.02.2025 - Ending on 23.02.2025
    Planned
    in

    Tenerife

    , Spain
  • Starting on 10.03.2025 - Ending on 16.03.2025
    Planned
    in

    Lisbon

    , Portugal
  • Starting on 30.03.2025 - Ending on 05.04.2025
    Confirmed
    in

    Madrid

    , Spain
  • Starting on 07.04.2025 - Ending on 13.04.2025
    Planned
    in

    Catania

    , Italy

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