Everyone needs to learn resiliency skills, according to Missoula-founded Brightways Learning, a private K-12 education nonprofit.

“If you do everything by yourself, you’ll only be as big as yourself,” said Lisa Kerscher, development director for Brightways Learning.

Teachers suffer “compassion fatigue” and also need support and tips for how to be resilient in the face of class-to-class, day-to-day, year-to-year demands of students, administrators, parents and curriculum changes, said Jen Lutey, Kersch’s business partner, executive director and the company’s first professional hire way back in 2004.

By Renata Birkenbuel