Participate and share: Poster 
The purpose of this session is to share ways educators can leverage technology resources and features to promote a better sense of mental well-being. This topic is intended to be a way to support educators as so many are leaving the profession due to stress and personal demands, causing a potential systemic problem of teacher shortages.
As a result of participating in this session, participants will consider their own state of well-being as they learn how to manage email flow, digital communication, and tech notifications to establish healthy boundaries between their personal and professional lives. They will also consider how to broaden their own PLN/social media circle with educators who promote beneficial and relevant content. Strategies for preventing negative feelings when using social media will also be shared. Throughout the session, interactive components will be provided that enable participants to curate ideas and strategies to support the session purpose while fostering a sense of community through digital resources.
Evidence of success will be through the development and curation of content and shared ideas by this community of educators to support the purpose of the session. Participants will have access to the shared resources beyond the session. Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to provide feedback on the content shared in the session.
INTRO/INTERACTIVE COMPONENT: Participants will be asked a question about their general sense of mental well-being as it relates to their own work/home life balance.
RATIONALE: The results of the poll will be shared which will lead into the need to address the topic of educator well-being. Statistics will be shared as will different cultural attitudes about the role of educators in societies. Then, the notion of leveraging technology to support the need for work and home boundaries will be addressed.
I. Technology for Establishing Boundaries
A. Minimizing the Dings and Zings
-General instructions will be shared for managing notifications on devices.
B. Office Hours
-How to use tech features to establish office hours.
II. Technology for Efficiency & Getting Back Personal Time
A. Automating Email
B. Automating the Feedback Loop
C. Educators as Creators of Digital Media
D. The Need for a Self-Serve Web Presence
III. Tech to Connect in Meaningful Ways
A. Developing and Fostering a Positive PLN
INTERACTIVE COMPONENT: Ask for their favorite PLN people/resources to follow.
B. Social Media Tips to Avoid Doomscrolling & Negativity
IV. Fostering an Environment of Good Emotional Health in Classroom & Campus
A. Digital Affirmations
B. Digital Badging
C. Connecting to Foster a Sense of Community of Learners
D. Promoting Positivity
V. Supporting a Change - for Leaders
A. Respecting Boundaries & Time Constraints with Video
B. Differentiated PD
C. The Importance of Sandbox Time
INTERACTIVE COMPONENT: Feedback & Suggestions
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Murdock, Marianna.(2022) A 'National Teacher Shortage'? New Research Reveals Vastly Different Realities Between States & Regions, https://www.the74million.org/article/new-research-thousands-of-full-time-teacher-jobs-open-in-localized-state-shortages/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20pandemic%20has%20just%20exacerbated,as%2052%2C800%2C%20the%20report%20found.
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US Department of Education(2022). Teacher Shortage Areas. https://tsa.ed.gov/#/home/
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