#59: Struggle with boundaries as a teacher? This one sentence will change absolutely everything about how you see them, and hold them.

The Unteachables Podcast

Struggle with boundaries as a teacher?

Safe to say you're not alone on that one.

These stats are scary:
(NASUWT survey Nov 2023)

• 87% of teachers say their workload has increased in the past year.
• Teachers are working 54 hours a week on average (you just know some are working 40, and some are working 70!!)
• 83% of teachers believe their job has adversely affected their mental health over the past year

So why don't we just say no more?

Push back?

Say that we simply won't work on the weekend because we have a family, or a date with our bed and UberEats?

Well there's a bunch of complex reasons. It is cultural, it is expected, and there is a bunch of FEAR attached to it! I wish I could tell you that this fear wasn't justified, but even I have my own rotten experience of holding a boundary that was far from well-received (as you will hear in this episode).
But then I heard something that changed me.

It changed the way I saw how I was approaching boundaries.
It helped me be more discerning, critical, and reflective on what I was saying yes to.

It helped me to hold my boundaries, advocate for myself, and do the same for my staff.
THAT is what you will find in this week's episode, teacher friends.

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1. Setting Boundaries (00:00:07)

2. Setting Boundaries in the Workplace (00:10:32)

3. Supportive Message for Overwhelmed Teachers (00:14:04)