The Balanced Teacher Path: How to Teach Live and Be Happy

Award-winning teacher offers advice on achieving work-life balance and employing self-care techniques to avoid burnout.

It wasnt long after being named North Carolina History Teacher of the year that Justin Ashley started noticing signs of burnout. He knew he needed to make some radical changes in how he handled his work and personal life. In The Balanced Teacher Path, Justin shares his personal storyilluminating how easy it is to give your job everything youve got and leave yourself with nothing outside of schooland shows new teachers and veterans alike the self-care techniques they can employ to create work-life balance and prevent burnout. With equal parts humor and wisdom, Justin analyzes four key aspects of every teachers lifecareer, social, physical, and financialand offers practical advice to bring these areas into sync, reigniting a passion for teaching in the process. See more