The WellBalanced Teacher How to Work Smarter and Stay Sane Inside the Classroom and Out (Audible Audio Edition) Mike Anderson Gary L Willprecht University Press Audiobooks Books
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You've probably heard the advice put on your own oxygen mask before assisting others. This is true both in airplanes and in classrooms. You have to take care of yourself before you can help someone else. If teachers are stressed out and exhausted, how can they have the patience, positive energy, and enthusiasm to provide the best instruction for students? Author Mike Anderson asked that question as a teacher himself, and the answers he found form the basis of The Well-Balanced Teacher. He found that teachers need to take care of themselves in five key areas to keep themselves in shape to care for their students.
In addition to paying proper attention to their basic needs for nutrition, hydration, sleep, exercise, and emotional and spiritual refreshment, teachers also need.
Belonging Teachers need to feel positive connections with other people, both in school and outside school.
Significance Teachers want to know that they make a positive difference through the work they do.
Positive engagement When teachers enjoy their work, they have great energy and passion for their teaching.
Balance Healthy teachers set boundaries and create routines so that they can have rich lives both in the classroom and at home.
Anderson devotes a chapter to each of these needs, describing in frank detail his own struggles and offering a multitude of practical tips to help readers find solutions that will work for them. When teachers find ways to take care of their own needs, they will be healthier and happier, and they will have the positive energy and stamina needed to help their students learn and grow into healthy adults.
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The WellBalanced Teacher How to Work Smarter and Stay Sane Inside the Classroom and Out (Audible Audio Edition) Mike Anderson Gary L Willprecht University Press Audiobooks Books
I am a fourth year teacher who endured three years of total unbalance. Between administrators who wanted and expected different things, changes in expectations for daily teaching, and the inexperience that comes with being a new teacher, I really felt that putting my own life and needs on hold was the only way that I would ever be a successful teacher. I didn't understand how teachers could come in at 7:40 and leave at 3:20 every day yet STILL be ready to teach each morning! I resented them and felt myself becoming a martyr. I started at a new school this year, and fell back into the old habits of getting in before the custodian and leaving after him, taking on too many responsibilities, and giving too much of myself to the families of my students after hours by making myself available via email at all hours. As an example of how all this affects my life, I signed up and started training for a half marathon over the summer. When the time rolled around to actually RUN the half, I had already stopped training to make more time to work, and decided I couldn't go to the race, even as a cheerleader for my friends who WERE running it, because I had too much work to get done.My mom, who has watched me struggle with severe anxiety because of toxic workplaces, bought this book for me when I mentioned I wanted to get it next payday. One of my New Year's Resolutions in 2011 is to get some balance in my life. I miss reading books that are for ME and not about kids and teaching. I miss running. I miss going to yoga. And most of all, I miss being able to say YES to things I really want to do like go to dinner with my boyfriend.
I received this book on January 3, which happened to be a teacher professional development day. I started reading it in between conferences with parents on Tuesday and finished it Saturday afternoon. Initially I thought it'd be a book that tells you all the things you KNOW you should be doing but with no suggestions on HOW to do them. Being able to read the snapshots of other teachers JUST LIKE ME who feel the same way I do and were doing the same things I do was SO amazing. It's proof that balance CAN be achieved. Or at least more balance than we currently have! Mike Anderson helped me to see that there aren't ever going to be enough hours in the day to do everything--prioritizing is key, and some things will just have to be let go. The metaphor he uses in the beginning of the book about how, when we get on an airplane, the attendants tell us that in the event of an emergency we should put on our own oxygen mask FIRST and then help others really resonated with me. How can I be a the great teacher I know I am deep in my heart if I don't take care of me first?
Will I get balance today? No. It's a journey--just like learning is. I need to LEARN to say no. I need to LEARN to put me first. And I need to LEARN to prioritize things in my work-life to make room for me in my life-life.
Seriously, fellow teachers, get yourself, your teacher friends, your families a copy of this book--you can all remind each other of what you need to be doing to find that balance that we yearn for every night when we stare at the school bag full of things we brought home because we felt they needed to get done that night. Go through that bag--pull out what is really important to look at, and set the rest aside. Take a few minutes every day to read through what Mike has to share. It will be so worth it.
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The WellBalanced Teacher How to Work Smarter and Stay Sane Inside the Classroom and Out (Audible Audio Edition) Mike Anderson Gary L Willprecht University Press Audiobooks Books Reviews
As a teacher, it's easy to allow your job to take over your life. You go in early, you stay late, you work through lunches, you take things home and if you're like me, you've probably read trade books or come up with lessons while at the gym. It's exhausting! At a time where we are constantly being asked to do more with less resources and in shorter amounts of time, it's easy to get lost in the stress of it all. Unfortunately for us, and our kids, that stress does not make us better teachers. In order to be our best in the classroom, we have to take care of ourselves.
Mike Anderson's The Well-Balanced Teacher addresses this very issue. How can you strike that balance of a healthy life both in and out of the classroom? He touches on a little bit of everything from the foods we eat, to building relationships with your kids and colleagues, to making work fun (Happy hour, anyone?) and taking the time to enjoy the job that we do. If you're fueling your body the right way, taking time to excercise (how awesome is it to get a good sweat in and literally, feel the stress of the day melt away?)and stepping out of your teacher shoes for awhile, you are going to an amazingly well-balanced teacher. You're students will notice! Trust me on that!
We talk so much about meeting all the needs of our students, isn't it important that we meet all of our needs as well?
Good book. Just not quite what I was looking for.
This book is easy and fun to read. There is practical advice cover to cover. The concrete examples go a long way to understanding how you can improve your life and still be great at the job you love.
It was very helpful in outlining how to stay healthy as a teacher. Easy read, read it all one Sunday afternoon!
I literally got this book yesterday (June 23) and once I started reading it, I could not put it down. It's relatively short at 115 pages but those pages are loaded with goodness.
I've been teaching for 5 years and balance between home and school has always been a struggle. Teachers want to do the best by their students but we're only human and only have so much time in the day to cram in everything we're supposed to do. Dragging home piles and piles of work to grade and lessons to plan, teachers put in well more hours than we are paid for.
This book provides you with stories, reflection and suggestions for how to achieve balance. The author clearly states you can not be the best teacher you can be if you are not taking care of yourself first. It just isn't possible. I know that from personal experience -- when I had too much on my plate with committees and other work functions, I was not the most effective teacher because I was spread too thin and things had to be done "so-so" in order to finish everything.
This book is worth every penny and I believe will benefit any teacher whether they've been in the classroom for 5 months or 25 years.
I am a fourth year teacher who endured three years of total unbalance. Between administrators who wanted and expected different things, changes in expectations for daily teaching, and the inexperience that comes with being a new teacher, I really felt that putting my own life and needs on hold was the only way that I would ever be a successful teacher. I didn't understand how teachers could come in at 740 and leave at 320 every day yet STILL be ready to teach each morning! I resented them and felt myself becoming a martyr. I started at a new school this year, and fell back into the old habits of getting in before the custodian and leaving after him, taking on too many responsibilities, and giving too much of myself to the families of my students after hours by making myself available via email at all hours. As an example of how all this affects my life, I signed up and started training for a half marathon over the summer. When the time rolled around to actually RUN the half, I had already stopped training to make more time to work, and decided I couldn't go to the race, even as a cheerleader for my friends who WERE running it, because I had too much work to get done.
My mom, who has watched me struggle with severe anxiety because of toxic workplaces, bought this book for me when I mentioned I wanted to get it next payday. One of my New Year's Resolutions in 2011 is to get some balance in my life. I miss reading books that are for ME and not about kids and teaching. I miss running. I miss going to yoga. And most of all, I miss being able to say YES to things I really want to do like go to dinner with my boyfriend.
I received this book on January 3, which happened to be a teacher professional development day. I started reading it in between conferences with parents on Tuesday and finished it Saturday afternoon. Initially I thought it'd be a book that tells you all the things you KNOW you should be doing but with no suggestions on HOW to do them. Being able to read the snapshots of other teachers JUST LIKE ME who feel the same way I do and were doing the same things I do was SO amazing. It's proof that balance CAN be achieved. Or at least more balance than we currently have! Mike Anderson helped me to see that there aren't ever going to be enough hours in the day to do everything--prioritizing is key, and some things will just have to be let go. The metaphor he uses in the beginning of the book about how, when we get on an airplane, the attendants tell us that in the event of an emergency we should put on our own oxygen mask FIRST and then help others really resonated with me. How can I be a the great teacher I know I am deep in my heart if I don't take care of me first?
Will I get balance today? No. It's a journey--just like learning is. I need to LEARN to say no. I need to LEARN to put me first. And I need to LEARN to prioritize things in my work-life to make room for me in my life-life.
Seriously, fellow teachers, get yourself, your teacher friends, your families a copy of this book--you can all remind each other of what you need to be doing to find that balance that we yearn for every night when we stare at the school bag full of things we brought home because we felt they needed to get done that night. Go through that bag--pull out what is really important to look at, and set the rest aside. Take a few minutes every day to read through what Mike has to share. It will be so worth it.
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