EP266 Creating change in education without burning out (w/ Dr. Nadia Lopez)

Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers

Angela Watson

Teachers, Courses, Education, Teaching

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🗓️ 16 October 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Revolutionaries and visionaries can get exhausted. They often sacrifice their own needs because they believe so strongly in the cause.

Today I’m asking aloud: Does it have to be that way? Is there a sustainable approach to fighting for liberatory education? What might it look like to create change in education without martyring ourselves?

My guest is Dr. Nadia Lopez, an award-winning educator who became a viral sensation after the popular blog Humans of New York featured her as one of their most influential people. Dr. Lopez founded Mott Hall Bridges Academy, a STEAM-focused middle school in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, in 2010, and served as the principal for ten years. Her Ted Talk on the Education Revolution has garnered more than a million views.

In 2020, Dr. Lopez ended her tenure as Mott Hall Bridges Academy’s principal as an act of self-preservation after developing a stress-related illness that threatened her life. The experience inspired her to develop a coaching program for women of color in educational leadership designed to build their capacity, with a focus on sustainability.

Listen in as she shares her experience with past (and current) burnout, and what she’s learned about finding a sustainable approach to doing good work in education.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 266 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers.
0:07.0	I'm your host, Angela Watson, and I'm here to speak encouragement into the hearts of educators
0:12.0	and get you informed and energized for the week ahead.
0:16.0	Today, I'm talking with Dr. Nadia Lopez about how to create change in education without burning out.
0:22.0	Visit truthforteachers.com to get an easy to read, easy to share a version of this podcast episode.
0:30.0	I have been able to learn so much about productivity.
0:34.0	I feel that my workload is more manageable.
0:38.0	I was actually able to move from making my copies on a day-to-day basis
0:43.0	to having things for the entire next week ahead of time, sometimes even two weeks out.
0:47.0	Knowing what boundaries I can set and also knowing when it's okay to work and when it's okay not to work and just take that time for me.
0:54.0	What you just heard were teachers talking about the impact of my 40-hour teacher work week.
0:59.0	If you want support with this, remember that our FastTrack program is open to new members all year long,
1:05.0	along with our 40-hour instructional coaching and 40-hour leadership program for administrators.
1:10.0	If you want to learn how to create a sustainable approach to the job that you love,
1:15.0	go to 40htw.com to learn more.
1:20.0	My guest today is Dr. Nadia Lopez.
1:23.0	She is an award-winning educator who became a viral sensation after the popular blog Humans of New York,
1:30.0	commonly known as Hony if you follow them on social media as I do.
1:34.0	They featured her as one of their most influential people after they interviewed a student at her school
1:41.0	and that student had talked about how much of a difference she had made in his life.
1:45.0	Dr. Lopez founded the Mott Hall Bridges Academy, a steam-focused middle school in Brownsville, Brooklyn,
1:52.0	back in 2010, and she served as the principal there for 10 years.
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