How to survive in teaching without imploding, exploding or walking away /
Kell, Emma.
How to survive in teaching without imploding, exploding or walking away / Dr Emma Kell. - xii, 147 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover --
Praise for How to Survive in Teaching --
Half-title --
Title --
Copyright --
Contents --
Acknowledgements --
Introduction --
1 Teaching in crisis --
Walking away: The decision to leave teaching --
The key challenges in teaching today --
Negative pressures at national level --
Negative pressures at institutional level --
Negative pressures at a personal level --
Conclusion --
2 Why teach? --
Why do teachers teach? --
Teaching as a profession --
3 UK schools today --
The changing landscape --
Teacher effectiveness, teacher wellbeing --
Standards and accountability: Ofsted --
Student achievement and progress --
Behaviour, safety and the whole child --
Recruitment and retention --
4 When teachers survive --
and flourish! --
At national level --
At institutional level --
School culture --
Managing change --
balancing support and accountability --
At a personal level --
5 Turning the page and moving forward --
strategies that work --
Matching teachers to schools --
Advice for training teachers --
Advice for existing teachers --
Advice for leaders --
Should I stay or should I go now? --
Which models can UK teachers learn from? --
Further reading and useful links --
Index.
Drawing on years of research and first-hand experience, How to Survive in Teaching offers support, advice and practical suggestions to help you and your colleagues stay flourishing, positive and most importantly, stay teaching!Recent statistics show that not enough teachers are entering the profession and that too many are leaving. Teaching is facing a genuine crisis. But why is this? In this thought-provoking book, experienced teacher and leader Dr Emma Kell examines workplace stress and anxiety, conflict and 'toxic politics', and the other factors which lead teachers to ultimately decide to walk away. Emma firmly believes there are ways to survive the increasing pressure teachers are under. This book offers a realistic, unflinching and positive perspective on the challenges and rewards of teaching. It includes successful models and strategies where a combination of support and challenge, accountability, and a sense of being valued have encouraged teachers to enter and remain in the profession.
Junior High School
Text in English
9781472941688 (pbk)
Teaching.
Teachers -- Job stress.
Teachers -- Job satisfaction.
371.102 K28 / 2018
How to survive in teaching without imploding, exploding or walking away / Dr Emma Kell. - xii, 147 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover --
Praise for How to Survive in Teaching --
Half-title --
Title --
Copyright --
Contents --
Acknowledgements --
Introduction --
1 Teaching in crisis --
Walking away: The decision to leave teaching --
The key challenges in teaching today --
Negative pressures at national level --
Negative pressures at institutional level --
Negative pressures at a personal level --
Conclusion --
2 Why teach? --
Why do teachers teach? --
Teaching as a profession --
3 UK schools today --
The changing landscape --
Teacher effectiveness, teacher wellbeing --
Standards and accountability: Ofsted --
Student achievement and progress --
Behaviour, safety and the whole child --
Recruitment and retention --
4 When teachers survive --
and flourish! --
At national level --
At institutional level --
School culture --
Managing change --
balancing support and accountability --
At a personal level --
5 Turning the page and moving forward --
strategies that work --
Matching teachers to schools --
Advice for training teachers --
Advice for existing teachers --
Advice for leaders --
Should I stay or should I go now? --
Which models can UK teachers learn from? --
Further reading and useful links --
Index.
Drawing on years of research and first-hand experience, How to Survive in Teaching offers support, advice and practical suggestions to help you and your colleagues stay flourishing, positive and most importantly, stay teaching!Recent statistics show that not enough teachers are entering the profession and that too many are leaving. Teaching is facing a genuine crisis. But why is this? In this thought-provoking book, experienced teacher and leader Dr Emma Kell examines workplace stress and anxiety, conflict and 'toxic politics', and the other factors which lead teachers to ultimately decide to walk away. Emma firmly believes there are ways to survive the increasing pressure teachers are under. This book offers a realistic, unflinching and positive perspective on the challenges and rewards of teaching. It includes successful models and strategies where a combination of support and challenge, accountability, and a sense of being valued have encouraged teachers to enter and remain in the profession.
Junior High School
Text in English
9781472941688 (pbk)
Teaching.
Teachers -- Job stress.
Teachers -- Job satisfaction.
371.102 K28 / 2018
