Self-Care in the Classroom with Kayland Lamar [IEP 172]

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our guest today describes herself as a “veteran educator, survivor of burnout, and a self-care advocate.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kayland Lamar coaches educators on self-care practices and boundary-setting in the classroom. If a healthy work-life balance and proactive personal wellness habits seem out of reach for you, then you will definitely want to listen to the tips that Kayland has to share with us, for the classroom and beyond.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kayland Lamar is a high school science teacher who loves her job, loves her students, and teaches at the same high school from which she graduated.</span></p> <p><strong>Show Highlights:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kayland relates her personal story of burnout that she experienced during her first official teaching job.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">How setting boundaries can help us find the proper work-life balance.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kayland describes the relationship she has with her students.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Being vulnerable with her students lets them know that she has a life outside of the classroom, too.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Developing routines with her students helps to set them at ease and know what to expect each day.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Family Fun Friday” - the students have to earn it, but here’s an idea that Kayland occasionally implements in the classroom.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Kayland helped her students weather the COVID storm.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Connect with Kayland!</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Visit her</span> <a href= "https://www.kaylandlamar.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">website</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, and follow her on</span> <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/kaylandlamar