"How can you energize yourself to maintain or regain a positive outlook and love of teaching? What specific, immediate actions can you take to enhance your well-being and thrive both on and off the job? Award-winning teacher Chase Mielke draws from his own research, lesson plans, and experiences with burnout to help you change your outlook, strengthen your determination to be a terrific teacher, and reignite your core passion for teaching. Often...

Increasing teacher retention through professional development programs involving teachers as planners and implementers is examined by exploring school climate and its effect on teacher morale. Substandard physical spaces that are often in disrepair, poor administrative support, disillusionment with teaching, poor teacher recruiting practices, and a sense that teaching is not a respected profession contribute to teacher discouragement. Increasing pressure...