3-Credits • UMass Global • Burnout Prevention for You and Me: Stress Management to Cultivate a Learning Environment Where We All Can Thrive

Registration Fee ($165) + UMass Global Fee ($210) = Total Fee ($375)

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Aloha Hawaii State Department of Education educators!

3-PD Credits: Just like our other UMass Global courses and CSU Pueblo courses, this course also results in 3-PD credits towards HIDOE salary step movement/reclassification.

To register for this course, please complete the following two steps:

Step One: Complete the $165 registration fee payment using the link above and you'll gain instant access to your new online classroom.

Step Two: If you would like to earn 3 graduate level PD credits from UMass Global upon course completion, please complete the $210 PD credit fee payment at UMass Global's online portal by clicking here and purchasing course EDDU 9647. After you add the course to your cart, click "checkout" and proceed to confirmation, you'll be prompted to create an account with UMass Global. You are welcome to wait until you've finished the course to complete this payment.

This course is open to participants nationwide!

✶ Hawaii State DOE participants: If you are a Hawaii State DOE participant, please be sure to receive signed principal approval for any university coursework that will be applied towards reclassification by using the 200-005 Form (click here). Also, every year in January, HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union typically begins providing PD support stipends to reimburse Hawaii State DOE educators for their professional development fees accrued throughout the year. For more information about this fantastic opportunity, click the following link: The HawaiiUSA Professional Support Stipend.

✶ Portland Public Schools participants: If you are a PPS participant, please note that per your Union contract, "The District will reimburse professional educators for tuition cost for up to six (6) non-cumulative hours in a 12-month period for which graduate credit is granted by a college or university." See the PAT/PPS contract for details and the PPS website for how to access your tuition reimbursement. Find more information about tuition reimbursement for PPS teachers by clicking here.

Course Description

Teachers and students are under tremendous stress to achieve and perform in the classroom, on state tests, and in the school community. The Covid-19 pandemic added even more demands on the learning community because so many students have fallen behind, placing even more strain on students’ and teachers' mental and emotional wellness. In this course, teachers will learn how to combat teacher and student burnout and improve socio-emotional wellness in the classroom environment. Overall, this course is designed to teach participants strategies they can use to prevent burnout and manage stress for themselves and their students. Teachers who take this course will be able to cultivate a learning environment where symptoms of burnout are prevented, acknowledged and/or treated with practical strategies. This will allow for improved instructional time, class climate, and student-teacher relationships.


Self-Paced, Self-Guided and Online:

This course has no start date and no due dates, so you can begin and complete the course whenever it is convenient for you. You do not need to be working with students to complete this course. Because it is entirely self-paced, self-guided and online, there are no scheduled meetings, so you are free to work on the content whenever and wherever it is most convenient for you.

3 Graduate Level PD Credits:

Upon completion of this course, participants will receive 3 graduate-level PD credits from University of Massachusetts Global (formerly Brandman University), which can be used for professional advancement such as salary increment steps and licensing requirements.

Information about PD-Credits for Hawaii State DOE participants:

Hawaii State DOE educators can use these graduate level PD credits in place of PDE3 credits for salary step movement in the HIDOE's Teacher Reclassification system. Please note that this graduate level PD course is not located in the PDE3 system. Graduate level PD-credits instead of PDE3-credits means that coursework will only be reviewed by UMass course instructors and will not need to be submitted to PDE3 for further review. 3-PD credits will be issued to you directly from UMass Global. For more information about using university/college credits towards salary reclassification, please see the following Hawaii State DOE "Guidelines for Reclassification" memo: click here.

If you are a Hawaii State DOE educator, please download and print the 200-005 Form for university credits, and have it signed by your school's Principal. To apply your 3 graduate level PD-credits to salary step movement, you can simply submit your 200-005 form to the DOE's Reclassification Unit along with your UMass transcript once you complete the course. We have completed the course information for you on this form and it can be downloaded and printed at the following link: click here.

For Teachers By Teachers is proud to offer you this PD course in partnership with University of Massachusetts Global and Chanelle Walker!

Chanelle Walker (formerly McCloud), the creator of this PD course, is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Education from Walden University, specializing in Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment. She also has a Masters of Education as a Reading Specialist from Notre Dame. She is currently on faculty at Ashland University's College of Education, and designs professional development for the Euclid Council of the Ohio Literacy Association. Additionally, she has over a decade of classroom teaching experience in the public school setting, she is the founder and CEO of Professional Inspiration, an organization dedicated to teacher wellness, and she has spoken on the topic of burnout prevention on a TEDx stage. In the following TEDx talk, Chanelle passionately illustrates how teachers suffer from stress, burnout, and not enough time in a day. It’s what Chanelle refers to as “The Elephant in the Classroom.” In the following video, see Chanelle present on the topic of burnout prevention at Case Western Reserve University.


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For Teachers By Teachers • UMass Global
For Teachers By Teachers • UMass Global

We are a highly dedicated team of full-time educators with professional licenses covering grades PK-12 in diverse areas, including Special Education, Childhood Education, Art Education, and Reading Specialists. Our course authors and instructors collectively boast over two decades of experience in the education field, actively contributing to the growth and development of school communities in New York, Vermont, Ohio, and Hawaii. Don't hesitate to reach out with any inquiries; we're here to assist you!

● UMass Global participants, please direct your inquiries to: [email protected]