{"id":253,"date":"2020-12-17T20:45:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T20:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement-new\/?page_id=253"},"modified":"2021-02-25T15:17:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T15:17:43","slug":"faculty-well-being-in-the-age-of-covid","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/faculty-well-being-in-the-age-of-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Well-Being in the Age of COVID: National Braintrust"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-1.png 370w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-1-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Some Questions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Fatigue is a real thing&#8230;<\/li><li>How are we preparing for emotional recoil? What might be the (latent) PTSD?<\/li><li>In what ways are we keeping our fingers on the pulse of fatigue around  teaching &amp; learning in the teaching corps (including teaching staff and adjunct faculty)?<\/li><li>What are the Care Pedagogies available? Where are the spaces for conversation?<\/li><li>What are some trauma informed practices and pedagogy? What is their relationship to resilience? For example, responses to trauma can show up as overachievement to deep depression.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1YeJm78AntNhpAm-l49bo_-O7fdFjOfISVOTv-xqETjw\/edit?usp=sharing\">Braintrust Protocol Materials<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Activities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>BrainTrust Session: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement-new\/index.php\/2021\/02\/25\/25feb2021-session-1-faculty-well-being-in-the-age-of-covid-pod-braintrust\/\">February 25, 2021 @ 11a.m. EST<\/a> <\/li><li>BrainTrust Session: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement-new\/index.php\/2021\/02\/25\/session-2-repeat-faculty-well-being-in-the-age-of-covid-national-braintrust\/\">February 26, 2021 @ 3 p.m. EST<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/the-pandemic-is-dragging-on-professors-are-burning-out\">The Pandemic is Dragging On. Professors are Burning Out<\/a> <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2021\/02\/beyond-burned-out\">The Burnout Crisis<\/a> Harvard Business Review, 2021<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.workplacestrategiesformentalhealth.com\/resources\/burnout-response-for-leaders\">Burnout response for leaders. Workplace Strategies for Mental Health<\/a> Workplace Strategies for Mental Health, 2021<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acenet.edu\/Research-Insights\/Pages\/Senior-Leaders\/College-and-University-Presidents-Respond-to-COVID-19-2020-Fall-Term-Part-Two.aspx\">College and University Presidents Respond to Covid-19<\/a> American Council on Education (ACE; 2nd of two survey results)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/advice\/2020\/03\/19\/how-faculty-members-can-best-cope-stresses-covid-19-opinion\" target=\"_blank\">Advice for Faculty Members in a Turbulent Time<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acenet.edu\/Documents\/Mental-Health-Higher-Education-Covid-19.pdf\">Mental Health, Higher Education, and COVID-19<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/page\/supporting-faculty-and-staff-mental-health\">Supporting Faculty and Staff Mental Health<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/psychology.uga.edu\/covid-19-well-being-guide\" target=\"_blank\">COVID-19 Well-Being Guide<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2020\/11\/19\/faculty-pandemic-stress-now-chronic\">Faculty Stress Now Chronic<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/j.1573-7861.2012.01319.x\">Gender, Work Time, and Care Responsibilities Among Faculty <\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">POD Member Interest: Survey Results<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"902\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Primary-interest-in-topic-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Primary-interest-in-topic-1.jpg 902w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Primary-interest-in-topic-1-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Primary-interest-in-topic-1-768x336.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 902px) 100vw, 902px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"927\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Secondary-interest-in-topic-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Secondary-interest-in-topic-1.jpg 927w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Secondary-interest-in-topic-1-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Secondary-interest-in-topic-1-768x331.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 927px) 100vw, 927px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"289\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Primary-role-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Primary-role-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Primary-role-1-300x116.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>To POD Network:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>December 10, 2020<\/em><\/strong>: I have historically superimposed faculty development in the Spring semester with jubilant times: a new calendar year, new beginnings, new ways to consider older ideas, conferences to stimulate new thoughts or reaffirm existing ones. delivery methods for some, learning challenges for some, and more.&nbsp;And the most jubilant of all \u2013 commencement exercises where we send a cadre of students into the world to dare to do significant things. I consider myself a stubborn optimist, but over the course of the past nine months, I have been particularly burdened with what the foreseeable Spring 2021 semester will look like for our faculty. A new year that isn\u2019t new but rather more of the same \u2014 a raging pandemic, decision-making to \u2018balance life and livelihood\u2019, civil unrest, economic instability, increased emotional labor, isolation, new teaching delivery methods for some, learning challenges for some, and more.&nbsp; The realty for many of us is that we cannot \u201cre-frame\u201d away this&nbsp;<em>sustained engagement with loss<\/em>. Thankfully, there may be some light at the end of this tunnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would like to convene a brain trust on how we might work together to improve our collective faculty\u2019s well-being. Is anyone interested? If so, do you mind logging your contact information&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=WUaFfRNCwUiAyt94McAubdXs3XB2rzRJh092kwSaAGlURjNNWUpMVDRWNDFEUDlPM0E2MEhQTkFFRiQlQCN0PWcu\">here<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;so that I can schedule some time for us to gather after the New Year?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find some data from a recent study&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2020\/11\/19\/faculty-pandemic-stress-now-chronic\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Rosalie A. Richards, Ph.D., associate provost for faculty development and professor of chemistry and education<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Questions Fatigue is a real thing&#8230; How are we preparing for emotional recoil? What might be the (latent) PTSD? In what ways are we keeping our fingers on the pulse of fatigue around teaching &amp; learning in the teaching corps (including teaching staff and adjunct faculty)? 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