Teacher Well-being : Looking after Yourself and Your Career in the Classroom

There can be few teachers who havenbt any first-hand experience of negative stress -- whether it is caused by the pressures of the job whilst at school or the perpetual need to take work home. Teachers face a delicate balancing act in making the most of opportunities presented by teaching, while avoiding stress burnout.In this practical, informative book, Elizabeth Holmes points out that stress can be caused by many factors in the teacherbs life -- from immediate problems such as having a bad class to underlying, long-term concerns about career progression. This book covers provides strategies for teachers wanting to be proactive in dealing with their well-being, stress and career -- and those of colleagues.Drawing extensively from real-life cases, Elizabeth outlines all the different components that contribute physical, emotional, spiritual and mental well-being. This includes good and bad stress, wellbeing in school, well being in teaching, the law, enhancing personal development, long-term prevention of negative stress, developing the well-being of others an