It's time to make your mental bandwidth work for you. Being an educator is more stressful than ever, and teachers and administrators must constantly shift gears to stay on top of the newest initiatives and students' ever-changing needs. Educator Bandwidth: How to Reclaim Your Energy, Passion, and Time provides the tools and strategies to reduce stress, avoid burnout, and regain the time that gets lost to interruptions, temptations, competing demands, and task-switching.
The first step is to understand how much stress is weighing on your own mental bandwidth. Professional development experts Jane A. G. Kise and Ann Holm have developed the Brain Energy and Bandwidth Survey to help you self-assess the six key factors that contribute to bandwidth:
* Balance between priorities
* Filtering through possibilities
* Mental habits that improve focus
* Physical habits that fuel the brain
* Connection with others
* Workload and time management
Kise and Holm combine the latest neuroscience research with their own extensive experience working with educators to bring the most effective strategies and habits that help you manage your mental bandwidth and prioritize drains on mental energy. When you can establish good habits, focus on what’s possible within your locus of control, and balance priorities, you can improve your educator bandwidth and feel more engaged, centered, and effective in your work.
Table of contents
Chapter 3. Willpower, Habits, Routines, and Change
Chapter 4. My Responsibility and My Community's Responsibility
Chapter 5. Balancing Priorities to Maximize Hardiness
Chapter 6. Filtering Through Possibilities
Chapter 7. Focus Through Mental Habits
Chapter 8. Fueling Your Brain
Chapter 9. Staying Connected
Chapter 10. Making Time Work for You
Chapter 11. Using the Bandwidth Survey with Your Learning Community
Appendix: Brain Energy and Bandwidth Survey