Healthy Commitment: Creating a Sustainable Teacher Identity

Teachers, feeling numb or checked out? Join us as we go deeper into the burnout dimension, depersonalization, and ways to reconnect.

Join us Saturday, May 9, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. CST/11:00 a.m. EST for Healthy Commitment: Creating a Sustainable Teacher Identity. When work identity becomes unhealthy, the normal ups and downs of teaching—when things don’t go your way (and they often don’t)—can lead to feeling less effective, capable, or successful at your job. These are characteristics of the burnout dimension known as reduced efficacy or productivity.

On top of that, teachers report working about 53 hours per week on average, with roughly 15 hours outside their contracted time—this setup fuels an unhealthy work identity.

Don’t miss this workshop as we go deeper into teacher inefficacy. Best of all, you’ll leave with strategies to rebuild confidence and efficacy, so your work commitment stays healthy and sustainable.

You’ll learn:

• What inefficacy is and how it connects to burnout.
• Learn the warning signs that your work identity is becoming unhealthy.
• How to create a sustainable teacher identity.

You’ll learn mindset shifts that support a healthier, more sustainable commitment to teaching.

This Workshop Is For You If You…

• feel like you’re never doing enough, no matter how hard you work.
• question whether you’re even a good teacher.
• keep raising the bar on yourself, even when you’re exhausted.
• feel guilty when you rest, leave on time, or say no.
• measure a “good day” only by productivity instead of progress or connection.
• replay mistakes at night and can’t mentally shut school off.
• feel like you’re losing your identity outside of teaching.
• started believing, “Maybe I’m not cut out for this."

These are not signs that you are an ineffective teacher, but signs that you may be experiencing inefficacy and an unhealthy work commitment. When stress and pressure pile up, they can cloud your confidence and make you question your impact. You deserve support that helps you feel grounded, capable, and like yourself again.

Join us for this workshop. You deserve it.