This wellness packet came from a place of deep longing to be well while teaching young children. As with many teachers, burn-out started to happen way too early in my career. I was tired, sick often and overwhelmed by the pressures of teaching. I wanted to be able to teach from a place of rest and well-being. I enrolled in a class through Augustana University in the summer of 2018 which focused on Teacher Wellness. Through that class, I learned about the effects of teacher burn-out and how most teachers don’t make it to year 5 of their career. That shocked me. I definitely want this to be a lifelong career so I knew something had to change!

The biggest change to my wellness journey was developing a wellness plan. That is the bulk of this packet. I included my own personal wellness plan to give you ideas and provided multiple template ideas so you can create your own wellness plan!

This packet includes:

*Wellness Ideas

*Wellness Plan example

*Wellness Plan templates

*20-day wellness challenge

*Wellness Tracker forms

*Quarterly Reflection Questions

*Well-Being Committee Idea