Human Teaching: How Recentering What’s Real Sustains Your Practice (A Typewritten Human Words Project)

Human Teaching: How Recentering What’s Real Sustains Your Practice (A Typewritten Human Words Project)

How can teachers REALLY avoid burnout and sustain their urgent work? This book gives a different understanding of WHY we do what we do, HOW we do what we do, and what we NEED to do what we do. These approaches are research-based, from other caring professions like medicine, nursing, social work, and pastoral care. Topics include: Stakes: The Job… You understand the stakes; they are why you became a teacher. But when you live with them every day, it can become a hard knowledge to bear. Learn how to know the stakes, and do the job anyway. Showing Up: …and How to Do It We all love our kids--but what does that really mean day-to-day? Teaching with professional love is about way more than “good boundaries.” It means building a whole new way of paying attention. Reality: The World… The world is more in love with virtual things than ever--but teaching remains a real-life endeavor. What’s the trade-off when we choose the virtual option? Consider the benefits of the real thing. Stories: ...and What to Believe So much of what we accept as real about who we are as teachers is actually imaginary. There are stories in our heads, in our schools, and in our culture. Which stories are true? Choose which ones to let in. Posse: Company for the Journey No one makes it in this work alone, and the mentors we are assigned aren’t always the ones we need. Take your posse seriously! And focus on how to keep them close and strong. This book is written with real human words, both word-processed and typed. No AI here! Read on to discover how recentering what's real can be the key to revitalizing your teaching life!