359. On the Job with Caitlin Dalton, Middle School Special Education Teacher

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Ali Feller

Run, Health & Fitness, Women, Inspiration, Runner, Entrepreneur, Sports, Fitness, Health, Running

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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“I wish more people looked at them as humans first and were not scared… They don’t know what to say, they don’t know how to act. They may be well meaning, but they don’t see it’s just OK to talk to them like you would talk to anyone else. They’re like anyone else in that they seek connection, attention, and love from the people around them.”

We’re wrapping up Season 4 of the On the Job series today, and we’re doing that by giving a big round of applause — let’s make it a standing ovation — for all the teachers out there. Teachers have been thrown so many curveballs and challenges in addition to what is already not easy work, and today, Caitlin Dalton is here to talk all about what the past year has looked like, and to reflect on pre-pandemic life in the classroom. Caitlin is a middle school special education teacher, and she is the teacher we all want or want our children to have. She is so passionate, so enthusiastic, and cares so deeply about her work. Caitlin works with students with severe disabilities, and is happy to shed light on all the great things these students are capable of. She also talks about the emotional component of her work, and about why burnout is so common among teachers. When she’s not teaching, Caitlin is an ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) therapist for clients with autism, is an assistant cross-country coach at the school, and is, of course, a runner herself.

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0:00.0	The On The Job Series on the Alley On The Run Show is brought to you by TrackSmith.
0:04.4	Go to TrackSmith.com slash OnTheRun and use code OnTheRun to get $15 off your next
0:10.1	TrackSmith purchase of $75 or more.
0:13.5	Welcome to The Alley On The Run Show.
0:19.8	I'm your host Alley Feller and this is The On The Job Series.
0:23.8	Every week on the job, we hear from women who have cool, unique, exciting jobs.
0:28.4	We learn about how they got into their fields, what their days are really like and what
0:31.8	makes their jobs exciting, challenging and at times stressful.
0:36.0	My goal with this series is to learn more about how women make work and running work in
0:40.1	tandem, especially when the work part of that equation includes, say, landing a rover
0:44.6	on Mars or working the night shift in an emergency room.
0:48.7	And we've made it to the final week in On The Job season 4.
0:53.5	We've heard about a lot of really important careers this season on The Job, a nurse, a
0:58.6	voter activist, a public defender and I can think of no greater way to close out the season
1:03.8	than giving it up for the teachers.
1:06.4	Let's clap.
1:09.1	The past year, more than a year now.
1:11.1	It's been so hard for so many and teachers have been thrown so many curveballs, so many
1:16.6	challenges on top of what's already not easy work.
1:20.3	I bow down to them every single day, now more than ever.
1:24.3	So today, I am thrilled to get to welcome Caitlin Dalton to the show.
1:28.9	Caitlin is that teacher we all want to have or want our child to have.
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