10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher · Vicki Davis

How to Stop Teacher Burnout Before It Stops You

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Dr. PBJ describes arriving at work unable to breathe or get out of her car during her burnout crisis.
Host Vicki Davis interviews Dr. Patrice Buckner-Jackson (Dr. PBJ) about teacher burnout, exploring personal stories, systemic issues in education, and practical strategies like micro breaks and boundary setting. They discuss how modern classroom challenges differ from the past and emphasize the need for both individual self-preservation and school-level reforms to support educators.

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A direct, practical look at burnout that favors structural fixes over survival talk.

Teacher burnout is treated here as a warning from the body as much as the mind, not just another productivity problem. Dr. Patrice Buckner-Jackson speaks from lived experience, and that gives the episode a plain, unsentimental edge: she describes arriving at work unable to…

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For the week when your energy is gone before Friday afternoon.

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