OOL_0081 Burnout for SDE Founders

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Annie Friday is joined by a founder and director of a self-directed education center in Michigan who shares openly and honestly about her experience approaching burnout. Annie and guest go into the many contributing factors that can lead to burnout among the facilitators and administration of learning centers, unschooling co-ops, and other spaces created as alternatives to schools. Tight budgets, lack of funding, need for volunteer support, maintaining access and equity are just a few themes they dive into this week.

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Co-Founder at Blue Bridge ALC

Annie Friday is an educator, entrepreneur, podcast host, and birth doula. Most recently, Annie co-founded Blue Bridge Agile Learning Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Blue Bridge serves families engaged in self-directed education pursuits. Annie considers herself a recovering teacher engaged in the ongoing process of deschooling and relearning everything she has ever known about education. Annie is a public school parent who is actively working to decenter school in her family life. Annie believes all learning needs to be learner-led, consent-based, and rooted in play. Annie holds a master’s degree in early childhood education. Her teacher and family training focuses on supporting young children through play, nature, and mindfulness. Annie lives in Michigan with her husband and two young children. Together they enjoy playing outside hiking, camping, boating, and skiing as well as inside with board games, video games, dancing, doing yoga, and cooking.

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