Group Chat IRL: Dealing With Stress & Avoiding Burnout

About This Session

Description

A popular interactive style of breakout session,  Group Chat IRL (In Real Life) lets you get together in a small group and discuss a specific topic – just like your favorite group chat on a messenger service, but face to face!

The goal of these sessions is to share experiences and ideas, maybe commiserate a little, inspire one another – and network in ways that we just can’t easily replicate online.

Come join a facilitated conversation on literacy topics that matter.

What we'll cover:

In this session, facilitator Gina Franke will guide the conversation around questions of mental health, stress, and burnout. 

Times have never been exactly easy in adult education and literacy – but recently they seem to get more difficult by the day. How can we keep moving forward, minimizing negative effects on our own mental health, and maybe even helping others?

How can we manage teams that avoid burnout and keep fulfilling their mission – maybe even with joy?

Join other program managers and directors to ask questions and share your ideas, all focused on excellence in adult literacy.

Topics & Focus

Primary Topic Area
topic - staff, program management
Session will also cover:
topic - volunteer support & management
topic - advocacy, public awareness

Assigned by TCALL

Texas AEL PD category - LIT
Texas AEL PD category - PAL
Texas AEL PD category - OTHER

Handouts & Materials

No handouts or materials available at this time.

“Name of Session” – session presentation slides (PDF)

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Presenter

Headshot Gina Franke

Gina Franke
Board Secretary
Literacy Texas

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Audience
training session audience - program administrators
Level
training session level - beginner
Case study?
EXHIBITOR YES
Promotion?
EXHIBITOR NO
Other info:

No other info available at this time.

Breakout25 – FRANKE

Page checked or updated: 7/22/2025

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