Here's how you can prevent burnout by effectively managing your workload as a teacher.

Set boundaries. Establish clear boundaries between work and personal life. Designate specific times for work-related tasks and prioritize self-care activities outside of work hours.

Yes, it is haunted sometimes when the tasks are not planned. Jot down all the things as per the priority, urgent basis, somewhere to do this month or week and someday may be. This way your burden gets reduced to a certain extent.

I actually agree with this point because prioritizing task for each day keep one focus. But it requires self discipline to keep up with the 'to do list' for a day because sometimes there's always an emergency or some less important work that requires urgent attention and this can make one forget the task for the day. For starters it might not be easy, but with persistent effort you can learn to prioritize task and stick to the important activities of the day.

One of the best decisions one can make in avoiding burnout across all career roles is prioritizing and teaching is not an exception. There is a temptation to want to attend to issues as they come, this approach only makes tasks more taxing without proper effectiveness. Prioritizing gives you a sense of being in charge and you can rightly schedule time for each task according to their importance. This goes a long way in ensuring both productivity and efficiency without intense burnout as it were.

What truly prevents burnout for me is practicing yoga and enjoying hobbies. Yoga helps clear my mind and focus on body wellness, which is essential after a tiring day of work. Engaging in hobbies brings me joy, especially when I achieve something. Additionally, I enjoy exploring new museums and other places in the city, capturing short videos about them. Balancing various roles in life, such as being a teacher, friend, and spouse, requires giving equal time to each. By doing so, burnout can be avoided.

Establishing boundaries is vital for preventing burnout and maintaining a healthy work-life balance as a teacher. Clearly defining limits on work hours, availability, and commitments fosters self-care and preserves mental and emotional well-being. Communicating boundaries with colleagues, administrators, and students promotes mutual respect and understanding. Prioritizing tasks and delegating responsibilities when necessary ensures efficient workload management. Additionally, incorporating regular breaks and engaging in hobbies or activities outside of work rejuvenates and reenergizes. By setting and honoring boundaries, educators safeguard against burnout, enabling sustained passion and effectiveness in their teaching profession.

Identify and prioritize essential tasks and note that it is okay to say no to non-essentials task that may interfere with your prioritized tasks.

When exhausted, rest; don’t stop what was once a dream -A.G.D, LPT Having chosen this career means everything. In my home country, it isn’t just a profession, it’s a vocation. One thing for sure is that being “exhausted” is just one simple thing among countless words in an educator’s lexicon. I personally don’t see the same point in the idea of “keep working and stay awake for one day you’ll reach your solemn rest”. Self-care, on the other hand is one of the best ways to extend the FIRE inside you and get rejuvenated- keeping the fire burning. Imagine you were a torch, you won’t be able to share your fire without keeping yours. The worst part is the source was all gone and there’s nothing left to let the fire BURNING.

Integrating ICT As an examinations officer, integrating tools like google sheets in getting real time results, really helps me a lot. Teachers from different classes feed their scores and everything is automated. Just to mention but a few we also have kahoot.