When: Wednesday 3 September, 4-5pm AEDT
Where: Via Zoom
Link to register: Eventbrite
Composing Careers: Developing strategies to rethink career burnout
It is tough being in the helping industries at the moment. Those in the professions are at real risk of burning out, and leaving entirely.
In this professional development workshop, participants will be introduced to some fun and powerful strategies to reframe the ways they see themselves in their careers. By learning strategies from arts-based research, including poetic inquiry, participants will begin reimagining and reconceptualising their professional identities. They will then learn how these reflections can be used to create their own soundtrack to their careers.
This professional development project seeks to change the narrative around career shock and burnout and move towards optimism by harnessing the transformative potential of poetry and songwriting.
Julie Ballantyne has dedicated her career to working with teachers to craft rewarding and long careers. She extends this work to pre-service teachers who she teaches at the University of Queensland. Currently editor for the journal Research Studies in Music Education and elected to the Board of the International Society for Music Education, Julie has won commendations and fellowships for her teaching and she is known for her work in music teacher identities, social justice, music teacher education, and the social and psychological impacts of musical engagement.