Strained and Drained
Tools for Overworked Teachers
Abstract
Teaching is not a job, it’s a passion. Caring and compassionate educators will stop at nothing to be sure their students have everything they need to flourish. As teaching demands increase, the attention teachers give to their own needs is often sacrificed. The pressures of teaching are forcing educators to choose between what they love to do and their own well-being. The levels of stress are so high that teacher shortages are considered a crisis in the United States. Authors Connie Hamilton and Dorothy VanderJagt share an alternative. They believe it’s possible to be a highly effective teacher and focus on yourself.
Strained and Drained: Tools for Overworked Teachers describes five areas of wellness and offers realistic and practical ways that teachers can create habits to support each one. You’ll find effective ways to take care of YOU, both in and out of the classroom. Wellness is not an isolated activity, it’s a way of life and requires a mindset that values and prioritizes it. The strategies you gain from this book will support your physical, emotional, social, cognitive, and spiritual health and will put you at your best so you can enjoy what the authors still believe is the most important and rewarding profession on earth.
Schlagworte
self care self-care self-care habits selfcare stress stress management work-life balance teacher stress management teacher wellbeing teacher work-life balance the whole self Maslow’s hierarchy fixing teacher burnout educator burnout educator stress management educator wellbeing educator work-life balance burn out burnout- 133–142 Bibliography 133–142
- 143–144 About the Authors 143–144