Are you a teacher who's feeling stressed out and overwhelmed. Do you worry that you're feeling symptoms of burnout or are you sure you've already gotten there? Have you started a dream of doing some other kind of job or perhaps pursuing a whole different career, but you don't know what else you're even qualified to do. You don't know how to start a job search. You just feel stuck. If that sounds like you, I promise you're not alone. My name is kitty boy. Not I'm a career transition and job search coach. And I specialize in helping burn out teachers just like you deal, not only with the stress and overwhelm of your day to day job, but to consider what other careers might be out there waiting for you. Join me for teachers in transition. In some episodes, I'll be speaking to stress management techniques and how you can manage your stress on a day to day basis. In other episodes, I'll be talking about career transition. What tools do you need to be successful in a job search when you're moving from one career into a totally different track. These are questions that you need answers to and I can help you find those answers. My name is kitty. Boyk welcome to teachers in transition. Welcome back to another episode of teachers in transition, the podcast and the YouTube channel. My name is kitty boy, not. I am a heart centered career transition and job search coach who specializes in working with burnout teachers who are ready for a career change, but don't know how or where to begin. If you've listened to this podcast before you'll know that I alternate topics each week, one week I talk about career transition and the a alternating weeks. I talk about stress management for teachers. The reason for that is I am a certified stress management coach. In addition to being a trained and experienced career transition coach this week, the topic is stress. And I have noticed an uptick already, even though it's just September in the number of requests for a handout that I offer a free giveaway, a document called the seven signs of teacher burnout, the uptick and request for that document suggests to me that even though we are just in the middle of September, a lot of teachers are experiencing stress, which is not a surprise given that the teaching profession is subject to one of the highest stress levels of all the professions, probably only second to professions like emergency room nurses and doctors. There's a recent article that came out about how teaching is one of the higher stress jobs as its types of jobs. And that isn't a surprise to, if you're interested in the handout that I have to offer, it's free. It's available at my website@teachersintransition.com and it's called the seven signs of teacher burnout. I also offer a free ebook on ways to manage those signs of stress. The ebook is called stressed, stretched, and just plain overwhelmed a guide to managing your stress and developing a greater sense of work life balance. So feel to download the checklist of the seven signs of teacher. Here are some of the questions that you might ask yourself. If you think you might be con the victim of teacher burnout, do you find yourself dreading going to work, feeling anxious or depressed on Sunday night before Monday morning? That is a key symptom of any kind of burnout, whether you're a teacher or not. If you start to dread on Sunday afternoon or Sunday evening, getting up and going to work on Monday, you are experiencing burnout. I know from experience, I dreaded Monday mornings on some, some years more than others. The second sign do you get, do you feel stuck and unhappy because you don't see room for advancement or promotion. Some teachers feel that the lack of ability to rise in the profession is a drawback for teachers. Some have decided to answer that problem by going for their administration and supervision endorsement, and becoming an administrator. And that works for some, but not all given how political many of the decisions are in any given district as to who gets selected to be the principal or the assistant principal for any given school. So the lack of mobility is a problem for the teaching profession in general. And if you feel that because it is a limit limiting feeling for you, that could be a sign of burnout, sign, number three. Do you feel that you have control over your classroom and your curriculum, or do you feel that all of the major decisions are made for you and you must comply or else, in other words, do you feel compelled to teach a subject that you don't think is in the best interest or at grade level for your children? Are you being asked to do something that doesn't feel right for you? And do you feel that if you didn't comply, you'd be held in insubordination? Cause those are usually the consequences of not complying with the, an order or an expectation. So do you feel that you'd have control over your classroom? I would be surprised if you do in this day and age sign, number four, do you feel disillusioned because teaching isn't what you thought it would be? You know, so many teachers go into the teaching profession with such high ideals and hopes for making a difference in the lives of their children, the way a teacher made a difference for them. And then they begin to feel like they're just beating their heads against a wall and it doesn't make any difference how hard you're working. Nobody seems to appreciate it. In fact, if you're not working, it doesn't seem to be enough. Those are the kinds of things that teachers often complain about. Sign number five. Are you having trouble with sleep? Cause you are worried about finances, your students, or you just have a general sense of overwhelm. You know, teachers have all sorts of things to be worried about finances being just one. I don't know any teacher who feels like they paid her with their pay, their salary. Um, too often the month doesn't last as long or no, the months lasts longer than your paycheck and you can't make ends meet you. Your you've got a week to go and all you've got to feed the kids is peanut butter and sandwiches or macaroni and cheese. So if finances are keeping you awake at night, or are you worried about any one of your children at school? Cause you're worried that they're not thriving or that they're in some kind of trouble or you're just feeling a sense of overwhelm and stress and anxiety all the time. That can be a symptom of burnout, sign number six, are you lacking the energy and drive you need in order to be consistently productive and effective on the job if you've just sort of given up and don't feel like you have any mojo left, that can be a sign that you are suffering from burnout and frankly edging toward depression. So you really need to be very, very careful if you are lacking energy and drive of any major significance, that can be a serious symptom that something else is going on. And finally sign number seven. Are you having physical issues such as headaches, backaches, gastrointestinal issues, or other ailments that go along with stress? If you are, if you answer any one of these seven questions with a yes, chances are that you are experiencing burnout of some sort sort at some level, and you need to get help either through the book that I've recommended that stress, stress stretched and just plain overwhelmed ebook that offers some solutions for how you can manage your stress more effectively and proactively or through counseling or some other method that might help you with your stress. You need to take care of yourself. Self care is not selfish, especially in the instance of protecting yourself from burnout and the possibility of developing a more serious symptom of burnout, which could be depression and a need for professional help. So if you need this checklist, go to my website@teachersintransition.com, you'll find it there as a free giveaway. I'll also offer a link to the document on the show notes for this week's podcast and YouTube channel. That's it for today, have a wonderful week, stay safe, stay well, take care of yourself. If you're feeling burnout, it's time to do something about it. Make an appointment with me so we can talk about your symptoms and perhaps create them game plan for how you might find a new job that would offer an opportunity for less worry and overwhelm and, uh, greater sense of efficacy in your work. Have a wonderful week and I'll hope to see you next week. So there you have it. An episode of teachers in transition. I hope you enjoyed the information and I hope you'll plan to come back. Please subscribe to teachers in transition so that you can be alerted of future episodes. And let me know if you have any questions or topics that you would like me to specifically cover in a future episode, I'm more than happy to help with individual questions as well. So email me at kitty boy, Nott boy, Nott, coaching.com. If you are interested in finding a new career or just enjoying your life more, this is the place to start. I'm kitty boy not. And this is teachers in transition.