Teaching from a Full Tank with Chase Mielke
ASCD Author Chase Mielke joins us to discuss his book, The Burnout Cure, which combines educational practice, research, & brain science to offer tangible strategies and both short- and long-term solutions for when you’re feeling fried. We all know that being in education is the best and most rewarding job in the world, and that those exceptional times come with equal and opposite periods of uncertainty. Tune in to hear listener tips for avoiding burnout, rationale for living with awareness, and life habits you can incorporate into your routine to keep the high energy of the start of the school year going all year long!
Vrain Waves: Teaching Conversations with Minds Shaping Education · ASCD, SVVSD, Chase Mielke, St. Vrain Valley Schools, Becky Peters, Ben Kalb
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Show Notes
Connect with Chase Mielke
Website: https://affectiveliving.com/ | Twitter: @chasemielke | Newest Book: The Burnout Cure: Learning to Love Teaching Again, ASCD
Connect with Vrain Waves
Website: vrainwaves.com | Twitter: @VrainWaves | Becky Twitter: @BeckyEPeters | Ben Twitter: @mrkalb
Links & Show Notes
- Out of Our Heads and Into the Classroom (01:56)
- Tammy Trzebiatowski (@ttrzebiatowski)- Exercise & alone time
- Andy Leiser, Hastings MN - EL Tech Integration (@AndyLeiser): from Amy Fast, EdD (@FastCrayon) - cards written to future self
- Tyler Tarver, Dean of NLC College (@TylerTarver) - Set 3 goals each week
- Temple Hayles, Instructional Technology Coach (@haylessvvsd) - Hold Fast, Stay True
- Ben: Exercise gratitude
- Becky: Practice mindfulness; Getting Mindful about Race in Schools, Elena Aguilar (@brightmorningtm); EFGHI (Empathy, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Humility, Intentionality)
- Chase Mielke Intro (10:56)
- Chase’s story & origin of the book (11:17)
- Subjective Well-Being, Circumstances v. Action (12:57)
- Sustainable Happiness Model Meta-Analysis, Sheldon & Lyubomirksy
- Circumstances = 10%; Intentional Actions = 40%; Genetics = 50%
- “Circumstances matter but my actions matter more.”
- What can we do? Internal locus of control (15:06)
- Empowered Thriving Model: Awareness → Attitude → Actions
- Awareness (16:27)
- Matthew Killingsworth & Daniel Gilbert, Harvard University Research - 47% of our time spent thinking about something other than the present moment
- App = Track Your Happiness
- Twin challenges of focus (17:57) - Rambling & Rumination
- “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” - William James
- Rumination & Rambling (19:03)
- Rambling - can’t always control; Rumination we can start to improve with practice
- Tangible tips for being in the present (20:55)
- Thich Nhat Hanh: Piece Is Every Step
- Mindfulschools.org
- Calm app has free accounts for teachers!! (https://www.calm.com/schools)
- Atomic Habits: habit stacking
- Societal acceptance of mindfulness & meditation (24:15)
- Excitement from students
- Staff mindfulness (27:01)
- 2 components of happiness: Hedonia v. Eudamonia (27:58)
- Living purposefully - live our best so we can give our best
- Recognizing your own triggers (29:49)
- Check in with your body
- Techniques for re-energizing (32:39)
- Better sleep habits; hobbies
- Gratitude practices, altruistic practices
- Gratitude (35:20)
- Upward vs. downward comparisons
- Practicing with students / children
- “What made your heart happy today?”
- Frequency & Recency of Positive Emotions (39:02)
- Wired to be more alert to threats than rewards
- Hebb’s postulate: Neurons that fire together wire together
- Inattentional Blindness (41:16)
- Invisible Gorilla
- “When I look for X, I notice less Y.”
- Celebrating the good
- Finite Framing (47:35)
- Moments are unique, this one will end, cherish each one
- Practical Optimism (51:16)
- Habits of thinking: Permanence (this will always be as it is) & Universality (everything - a whole child, a whole school, education as a system, etc - is affected by this)
- Wrap Up & Take aways (54:49)
- ‘Gratituesday’ newsletter at affectiveliving.com
- ASCD one hour webinar from Mr. Mielke