Introduction

This final week of the course is slightly different from the previous weeks in that it focuses solely on you, the educator. It builds on wellbeing elements that have been introduced in earlier weeks to enable you to develop comprehensive self-care strategies to support your own mental, physical and emotional health. For this week it is suggested that you develop a personal reflective diary in which you can note, and reflect on, each of the self-care related activities.

A frequently used reflective model in education is Kolb’s learning cycle, and you may wish to apply this within your own Week 8 reflections.

Watch the video below on the cycle of learning from experience to refresh yourself in reflective practice for your journal.

By the end of this week, you should be able to:

• reflect on and review your own wellbeing and identify personal stressors
• better understand how to establish and maintain professional boundaries
• apply self-compassion and mindfulness to help rebalance your wellbeing
• develop personalised self-care activities.

You will also find an additional resources section at the end of the week which can support your self-care.