Resilience and Burnout Prevention for Educators

Burnout is not a personal failure but the result of chronic stress in demanding working conditions. This course helps teachers and school leaders recognise early warning signs, understand their own stress patterns and develop resilience skills: cognitive strategies, recovery and sleep, boundaries, social support and meaning in work. We also look at the school as a system: what leaders and teams can change to prevent burnout, and how to talk about mental health openly. The week combines psychological input, individual reflection and coaching in small groups, with time outdoors in the mild climate of Tenerife. Suitable for teachers, counsellors and school leaders at all levels.

Participants will be able to recognise signs of burnout in themselves and colleagues, apply personal resilience strategies for energy, recovery and boundaries, and propose concrete measures to improve staff wellbeing at their school.

Methods: psychological input, self-assessment questionnaires, peer coaching in triads, case work, outdoor reflection walks, workshop on school-level measures. Assessment: personal resilience plan, peer coaching feedback, presentation of a staff wellbeing proposal on the final day, daily check-ins.

Course handbook, validated self-assessment tools (for personal use), peer coaching guide, staff wellbeing audit template, reading list, access to online follow-up session 6 weeks after the course.

25 hours of training, course materials, certificate of attendance, Europass Mobility and Learning Agreement support, sunset coastal walk, farewell get-together, coffee breaks, online follow-up session, pre-departure info pack.