Teachers spend countless hours with children and experience the full range of emotion associated with parenting. They are second-guessed by parents, administrators and pundits who have never taught. Standardized tests govern the type of teaching that takes place. Is it any wonder that teachers are feeling drained?
Researcher and teacher Don Graves spent 18 months interviewing teachers across the country, asking such questions as: What gives you energy? What takes energy away? What, for you, is a waste of time?
The result of his interviews - and past experiences - is The Energy to Teach, a book that offers insight along with techniques of how highly effective teachers deal with emotional demands, and how they gain help and support from their colleagues and administrators. It explains what gives them energy, how they handle energy-draining situations and how they cope with the never-ending emotional roller coaster of teaching. The book costs $17.50.
For more information, call (603) 431-7894 or visit the publisher's Web site [www.heinemann.com].
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