Teacher Well-Being : Looking After Yourself and Your Career in the Classroom

All teachers experience negative stress in the workplace whether it is due to pressures of the job whilst at school or the perpetual need to take work home. In this informative book, Elizabeth Holmes provides practical advice and solutions to enable teachers to experience less negative stress in their lives and understand the links between the way they function in the classroom and their personal well-being. Drawing on real life case studies and providing strategies for teachers wanting to be proactive in dealing with their well-being, stress and career, this book outlines all the different components that contribute to physical, emotional, spiritual and mental well-being. This includes: \* good stress and bad stress\* communication\* enhancing personal well-being at school\* well-being and career development. Written in a clear and accessible style with plenty of practical examples and advice, Teacher Well-Being is an essential read for all teachers, headteachers and school managers, whether just entering the profession or experienced practitioners. Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Title......Page 4 Dedication......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 Contents......Page 7 Acknowledgements......Page 8 Foreword......Page 9 Introduction......Page 10 CHAPTER 1 All about well-being......Page 13 CHAPTER 2 Stress, the good and the bad......Page 24 CHAPTER 3 Well-being and stress in teaching-the obvious causes......Page 42 CHAPTER 4 Well-being and stress in teaching-the hidden causes......Page 59 CHAPTER 5 All about communication......Page 70 CHAPTER 6 Enhancing personal well-being at school......Page 89 CHAPTER 7 Well-being and career development......Page 109 CHAPTER 8 Well-being and life-the wider picture......Page 121 CHAPTER 9 At a glance: the way to well-being......Page 144 Some final thoughts......Page 159 Further Reading......Page 161 Index......Page 163 "This book provides practical advice and solutions to enable teachers to experience less negative stress in their life and to understand the links between the way they function in the classroom and their personal well-being. Providing strategies for teachers wanting to be proactive in dealing with their well-being, stress and career, and drawing on real-life case-studies, this book outlines all the different components that contribute to physical, emotional, spiritual and mental well-being."--BOOK JACKET All about wellbeing Stress, the good and the bad Wellbeing and stress in teaching - the obvious Wellbeing and stress in teaching - the hidden All about communication Enhancing personal wellbeing at school Wellbeing and career development Wellbeing and life - the wider picture At a glance... the way to wellbeing. Almost all teachers experience stress in their working lives. In this book, Elizabeth Holmes highlights the potential causes for stress, from day-to-day problems such as having a difficult class or the perpetual need to take work home, to underlying, long-term concerns about caree There can be few teachers who do not have a solid understanding of what negative stress means, born of genuine felt experience.