180 Days of Self-Care for Busy Educators: (A 36-Week Plan of Low-Cost Self-Care for Teachers and Educators)

• A daily, low-cost self-care plan built for the school year. Walks teachers and administrators through 36 weeks of practical, low- and no-cost self-care strategies, each aligned to a week of the school year, covering everything from creativity and relationships to time management.
• Backed by a leading voice in educator wellness. Written by Dr. Tina H. Boogren, codirector of Solution Tree's Wellness Solutions for Educators™, this guide translates the connection between educator well-being and student learning into a concrete, week-by-week plan.
• Understand why your self-care matters to your students, not just to you. Explores how stress affects both educators and the students in their care, so readers understand that prioritizing their own well-being isn't a distraction from great teaching; it's part of what makes great teaching possible.
• Built for the real constraints of a teacher's life. Every strategy is designed to be low-cost or no-cost and to fit inside an already full school day, so self-care becomes something sustainable, not one more thing added to the to-do list.
• From Solution Tree: invest in your greatest asset. Pairs naturally with Educator Wellness and Solution Tree's broader Wellness Solutions for Educators™ resources, for schools and districts building a culture that supports the adults as well as the students.

Contents:
Introduction

Section I: Preparing for a Season of Sacrifice
Week One: Music (Days 1-5)
Week Two: Nutrition and Hydration (Days 6-10)
Week Three: Sleep (Days 11-15)
Week Four: Laughter (Days 16-20)
Week Five: Technology (Days 21-25)
Week Six: Altruism (Days 26-30)
Week Seven: Wardrobe (Days 31-35)
Week Eight: Time (Days 36-40)
Week Nine: Mindfulness (Days 41-45)

Section II: Dealing With Disillusionment
Week Ten: Time (Days 46-50)
Week Eleven: Relationships (Days 51-55)
Week Twelve: Gratitude (Days 56-60)
Week Thirteen: Saying No (Days 61-65)
Week Fourteen: Inspiration (Days 66-70)
Week Fifteen: Help (Days 71-75)
Week Sixteen: Comfort (Days 76-80)
Week Seventeen: Social Media (Days 81-85)
Week Eighteen: Habits (Days 86-90)

Section III: Finding Balance
Week Nineteen: Creativity (Days 91-95)
Week Twenty: Altruism (Days 96-100)
Week Twenty-One: Indulgence (Days 101-105)
Week Twenty-Two: Adventure (Days 106-110)
Week Twenty-Three: Orderliness (Days 111-115)
Week Twenty-Four: Obligations (Days 116-120)
Week Twenty-Five: Play (Days 121-125)
Week Twenty-Six: Email (Days 126-130)
Week Twenty-Seven: Replay (Days 131-135)

Section IV: Finishing Strong
Week Twenty-Eight: Hobbies (Days 136-140)
Week Twenty-Nine: Cognition (Days 141-145)
Week Thirty: Transitions (Days 146-150)
Week Thirty-One: Listening (Days 151-155)
Week Thirty-Two: Journal (Days 156-160)
Week Thirty-Three: Outdoors (Days 161-165)
Week Thirty-Four: Morning Routine (Days 166-170)
Week Thirty-Five: Active Rest (Days 171-175)
Week Thirty-Six: Summer To-Do List (Days 176-180)

Epilogue: Create Your Own Self-Care List
Appendix: Final Reflection
Index

Tina H. Boogren, PhD, is a former classroom teacher, English department chair, teacher mentor, instructional coach, professional developer, athletic coach, and build­ing-level leader. She has presented at the school, district, state, and national levels and was a featured speaker at the International Literacy Association annual conference and Barnes & Noble's educators' nights.

Dr. Boogren was a 2007 finalist for Colorado Teacher of the Year and received the Douglas County School District Outstanding Teacher Award eight years in a row, from 2002 to 2009. In additional to writing articles for the National Writing Project's The Voice and The Quarterly, she is the author of In the First Few Years: Reflections of a Beginning Teacher, Supporting Beginning Teachers, The Beginning Teacher's Field Guide: Embarking on Your First Years, and Take Time for You: Self-Care Action Plans for Educators, which was the Independent Publisher's Gold award winner in the Education category. She is a co-author of Strategies to Motivate and Inspire Students along with Robert Marzano, Darrell Scott, and Ming Lee Newcomb, and is a contributing author to Richard Kellough's Middle School Teaching: A Guide to Methods and Resources and Robert J. Marzano's Becoming a Reflective Teacher.

Tina holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa, a master's degree with an administrative endorsement from the University of Colorado Denver, and a doctorate from the University of Denver in educational administration and policy studies.

To learn more about Tina's work, visit facebook.com/selfcareforeducators or follow @THBoogren on Twitter and Instagram.