Burn-in: A Revolutionary Positive Approach to Curtail Teacher Burn-out with Julia Pool

Julia is the Founder & CEO of Burn-in Mindset, a consulting company whose mission is to advance the science and practice of educator and student well-being. She is also on the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) program.

Julia completed her Master in Education at Dominican University and her Master in Applied Positive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Advised by Angela Duckworth, PhD and author of, Grit, and Claire Robertson Kraft, PhD, Julia and Sophia Kokores co-authored a study on the mindsets of exemplar teachers in urban education. Their paper was recognized with distinction by the university and became the inspiration for founding Burn-in Mindset.

Prior to founding Burn-in Mindset, Julia worked in urban education for a decade. She helped to lead the opening of two public-charter schools. She has also been an Instructional Leader for Teach for America’s summer institute and an elementary and middle school teacher in the public and public-charter schools of Los Angeles, Gary, Indiana, and Washington, DC. Julia has received numerous national awards for her contributions to K-12 education and she was the 2013 DC Teacher of the Year. Julia now lives in New York City with her husband.

You can learn more about the Burn-in Mindset at http://www.burninmindset.com.

Lastly, the FREE VIA strengths test is at: https://www.viacharacter.org

Things You’ll Learn From This Episode

• Take the VIA strengths test (FREE) at viacharacter.org
  
• Build self-awareness about top strengths
• Spot this in others and share with them
• Take action

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