To date 4,727 teachers have completed my Teacher Burnout Assessment Tool. It's findings have important implications for individual teachers and school management ..
It’s the 4 letter word of my last few years in the classroom. It is responsible for turning the education experience into a series of checkpoints.
If left untreated, laryngitis can permanently damage your voice.
The most important thing teachers can do to prevent this is ...
I don’t know about you, but I have struggled to balance my mental health and my teaching job over the years.At times I can manage the pressure and competing demands of management and my students - but at others, I have found it very difficult.Often when we feel like...
The teaching profession in many countries is in crisis, with record numbers of experienced teachers leaving the classroom each year.
In the UK, there are 5 BIG reasons why ..
1. Teachers' Voices no Longer Matter
The maddest thing about the way education has evolved since I qualified as a teacher, is...
The quotes below are from teachers I have talked to recently. It is a completely non-scientific study into how teaching in a modern classroom can make a person feel ..
Are you a teacher struggling with work life balance in your job?You are not alone. Sadly in many schools this is only getting worse - and there is one BIG reason why.In this post I want to explain the culprit, and share 13 strategies teachers can use to serve their...
We only know our limits by testing them.But I have never worked a job which tested my limits as far, as being a classroom teacher. The hours you work just to keep up. The pressure you are under to ‘perform’. And the accountability you carry for the performance of children...
"What else can I do with my teaching qualification?"I have asked his question myself - and you have more choice than you think.My name is James Anthony, and I've worked in ‘challenging’ schools ever since qualifying as a teacher in the year 2000.There is something special about helping children...
