Welcome to this summer’s PLC at Work Live Institute 2022! Please register for your sessions for Wednesday-Friday. We ask you and your team to engage in as many breakout sessions as possible. Don’t forget to register for the Keynotes and Team Planning!
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Heart & Soul: Living a Fully Engaged, High-Energy, Well-Balanced Professional Life!
Ours is a profession of “emotional labor,” and it is easy to experience mental and emotional exhaustion from the daily actions of our work life. Living the PLC life can be an experience of joy, and it can also sometimes leave teachers and leaders feeling overwhelmed. Relationships are hard work! Timothy D. Kanold notes, “I have been exhausted at times and lost contact with the joy of my work life. So it is for you. Sooner or later, the world of your professional life stretches you beyond your limits. Yet, there are daily routines to help you regain your balance, renew your energy, and experience a state of heightened positive emotion at work, once again.”
By understanding their heartprint and soul story impact, attendees learn routines to overcome prolonged stress and avoid potential burnout. Dr. Kanold draws from his award-winning HEART! Fully Forming Your Professional Life as a Teacher and Leader (2018) and the companion SOUL! Fulfilling the Promise of Your Professional Life (2021) to provide research, insights, and reflective tools for every season of professional life.
Participants can expect to: ● Consider daily routines for developing a positive emotional response to students and colleagues every day. ● Understand how compassion and self-compassion can prevent emotional exhaustion and burnout. ● Consider how to develop your relational intelligence at work and home. ● Discover how to live your best life through the use of daily, well-balanced Quadrant II quietude.
