The FuelEd Blog

After a year of teaching and living through a pandemic, educator mental health is at risk and yet, we desperately need to avoid further school disruptions. Teacher burnout and turnover — already cause for concern long before pandemic life — have increased, with an additional 11 percent of teachers saying they may leave the classroom even though they weren't planning to do so before. As it is, 40-50% of teachers leave the classroom within their first five years, and 40% of teachers in the three-county area have five or fewer years of experience, which has major implications on student achievement.

Trauma-informed teaching creates safe, supportive classrooms that counter the effects of childhood adversity and toxic stress, helping students thrive emotionally and academically. By fostering empathy, predictable routines, and inclusive practices, educators promote resilience and secure connections, benefiting all students while rewiring stress responses. Training programs like the Whole Educator Collective empower teachers with tools to build self-awareness, improve communication, and model healthy coping strategies for a stronger, more connected classroom.

FuelEd was founded to bridge the gap in new teacher preparation.

FuelEd trainer, HyoYoung Minna Kim, shares powerful insights on the inextricable link between self-care and community care.

FuelEd trainer, HyoYoung Minna Kim, shares important reflections on the centrality of educator well-being in healing fractured systems.

FuelEd partner, Sheila Whittle, shares vulnerable reflections on burnout and hope.

Join Dr. Kelley Munger (researcher) and Megan Marcus, (founder) of FuelEd on the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast, episode #105 with Andrea Samadi.

At its core, avoidant attachment styles involve the minimization of stress in order to paradoxically keep caregivers close.

At its core, anxious attachment styles involve amplification of stress behaviors in order to keep caregivers close and available.

A central feature of disorganized attachment styles is the experience of fear inside of early attachment relationships.

Of the attachment styles, secure attachment is primarily the experience of knowing and trusting a caregiver as a source of safety, soothing, and regulation.

At FuelEd, we love the concept of earned secure attachment (ESA) because it demonstrates the human capacity to heal and change relationship patterns across our lifespan.

A fascinating and still-developing body of research is revealing that how our body reacts to and copes with challenges is influenced by our early experiences in relationships. From disorganized attachment to secure attachment, we'll review how your body reacts.

But true self-care may not be what you think.

Providing safe haven during chaos.