Week 13: Taking Care of the Adults

 In searching the Blog I follow Dangerously Irrelevant, I was lead down a bit of a rabbit hole this week. However, it lead me to a topic and a page I believe we are all facing right now, Compassion Fatigue. According to George Couros (2021),  at the heart of innovation are people, not stuff. If we always keep that truth at the forefront of our work, we are more likely to create an innovative culture.”

What has come to the forefront of everything that is going on right now in and out of education is that people are at the heart of learning and innovation.  

It isn’t technology.

It isn’t a cool new program.

It isn’t any initiative.

It is people.

People bring great ideas and learning to life and humanity to our schools. Being human, when we are so focused on digital tools, is more critical than ever. 

This has always been true, but it is more apparent than ever.

I know many schools across the world of education have emphasized social-emotional learning for their students, but what is more apparent than ever, is that it can’t be a “nice-to-have” initiative but a necessity.

Dr. Jody Carrington, the author of “Kids These Days,” talks in-depth about the “compassion fatigue” that all staff in education face:


While SEL is big for students, very little is done for the educators supporting the students in the school. I know I have heard and supported my students through some devasting times this past year, with little support from my administration. I imagine it is why there is such a flight from the profession this year. It will be interesting to see the numbers that come out next year of how many educators left during the pandemic. Not only do we need support from helping students, but we all also have our own lives that need support right now that are being ignored. I found this resource to be powerful!

https://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/11753

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