Self-Care for K-12 Educators

Screening Tools

• Stress Screener: A brief screener from MHA to assess your current stress levels
• Perceived Stress Scale: A classic stress assessment instrument for helping us understand how different situations affect our feelings and our perceived stress
• Holmes-Rahe Stress Scale: A tool that evaluates the impact of stressors on health and the likelihood of health breakdown in the next two years
• How Burned Out Are You? A Scale for Teachers: A four-stage framework can help teachers understand the burnout process—and what they can do to protect their well-being and career. From Eduotopia

• ​​​​​​​The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit: A resource from the Office for Victims of Crime that includes nearly 500 resources to assist in raising awareness about and addressing vicarious trauma.

• Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL): A self-assessment tool to assess the negative and positive effects of helping others for those who have experienced trauma and suffering. 

• Helping Teachers Manage the Weight of Trauma: Understanding and managing the effects of secondary traumatic stress for educators. From Harvard Graduate School of Education