1. Chapter 2 (Teaching Stories)
By:
Shelley Coyle, Stephanie Gary, Zachery Fuller and Mariel Piper

2. Average Public School Teacher
Caucasian
Female
Married
Mid Forties
Master’s degree or higher

3. Most common reasons for wanting to join teaching profession

4. Teacher Burnout
The condition of teachers who have lost their motivation, desire, sense of purpose and energy for being effective practitioners.

5. Causes of Burnout Low pay and demand to work many hours
Failure to renew skills
Stressful interactions with students
Stressful interactions with parents
Work requiring different skills than
anticipated.

6. Signs of Burnout Teaching experience and expectations conflict
Don’t feel like going to work
Difficulty concentrating
Feel inadequate as a teacher
Overwhelmed by paperwork and workload
Withdraw and conflict with colleques

7. Consequences of Burnout
Health and happiness of teachers
Health and happiness of students
Work would suffer

8. Ways of Dealing With Burnout
What Teachers Can Do
What Schools Can Do
Consult with other teachers
Maintain teacher journal
Join new teacher networks
Find a mentor
Find a professional to talk with
Create networks for new teachers
Set up regular group meetings
Provide adequate resources and facilities to support teachers
Provide clear job descriptions and expectations
Establish and maintain open communications between school administration and teachers
Allow for and encourage professional development activities

9. Hidden Curriculum
What students learn, beyond the academic content, from the experience of attending school

10. Examples of Hidden Curriculum
Extracurricular Activities
Before or After Care
School associated clubs
Nature of interactions among all people in the school environment
Enactment of the rules of the schools culture
Educators communication of expectations for student achievement and demeanor
Educators passion or lack of passion for teaching and learning

11. Learning Community
A classroom, a group of classes or a school organize to promote active engagement in learning, collaboration between teachers and students, and a sense that everyone involved shares the experience of learning.

12. Professional Development
A teachers life long effort to improve their skills and professional knowledge.
This may include :
Taking advance courses
Attending workshops
Attending conferences
Continued study

13. Role of Professional Development in Learning Community
Helps keep the learning community up to date with what’s new in the world
Gives teachers opportunity to share their experiences
Students are receiving the most recent information

14. Exciting aspects of being a teacher
Being so immersed in teaching that time passes unnoticed
Trying different approaches and reaching different learners
Being challenged to learn something oneself
Meeting new students each year
Watching students grow
Strategizing a plan and making lessons to achieve plan
Seeing students really learn and grasp a concept
Being respected by parents and community members
Interacting with students in extracurricular activites

15. Challenging Aspects of Being A Teacher
Student diversity (Language and culture)
Excessive paper work
Implementing the curriculum at a pace determined by date of standardized tests.
Difficulties communicating with parents
Politics of the school environment
Engaging with the curriculum
Navigating relationships within building and district administration