AA#3640: Compassion Fatigue & Burnout: Is Your Staff At Risk?

This course is designed to support school leaders in understanding the effects of burnout and compassion fatigue that their staff may encounter as the first responders to student trauma.



Throughout this academy participants will:


-Learn how to identify risk factors and symptoms of compassion fatigue and burnout with their staff.


-Be able to seamlessly implement preventative measures and interventions to combat compassion fatigue and burnout.


-Identify the role trauma plays within their school and explain the difference between primary and secondary trauma and the effects it has on students and faculty.


-Distinguish between compassion fatigue and burnout in order to be able to establish how to support and intervene accordingly.



Participants of the online Administrator Academy must have all requirements completed by June 15, 2021, allowing time for review and processing with ISBE, in order for them to receive their annual Administrator Academy credit for the 2020-2021 school year. All academies completed after June 15, 2021 will be awarded to the following 2021-2022 school year.