As educators we spend a lot of time caring for others, whether it be our students, our coworkers, or family members. We are exposed to a lot of different situations that can weigh heavily on our hearts, causing us to spend hours thinking of our students and coworkers outside of the work day. 

This page is dedicated to help us, as professionals, focus on caring for ourselves as we do for others. Self-care is often seen as a luxury, or something we can focus on only during breaks or when "everything else is done." We challenge you to begin to view self-care as a necessity versus a luxury, and create a plan to care for yourselves. After all, as adults who play an important role in the lives of many, we must take care of ourselves before we can truly do our best to take care of others.
 
To use this self-care page, we invite you to assess  your current self-care, create a self-care plan to use moving forward, and to implement the plan you've created. Each person's self-care plan will look differently, as we all need different things to replenish ourselves. However, if inspired to, feel free to share your self-care plan with an accountability partner or administrator so they can also support you in carrying out your plan.