The Frazzled Teacher’s Wellness Plan
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Boost teacher retention and help banish classroom burnout with this expert guide!
This handy wellness guide helps busy teachers optimize their classroom effectiveness and breeze through stressful times. Custom crafted by an educator and a nurse who understand the stresses teachers face, this updated second edition offers a five-step program to help weary educators:
- Master the science of stress management
- Restructure professional and personal priorities
- Use technology for effective time management
- Understand and eliminate procrastination and perfectionism
- Use nutrition to support a healthy lifestyle
- Easily fit health-promoting exercises and yoga routines into their hectic schedules
New research includes expert tools, tips, and examples for managing high-stakes CCSS, 21st Century Learning initiatives, and new technology requirements. Use this all-in-one guide to help teachers maintain high energy, boost morale, and increase productivity!
“Dr. Queen is a visionary in the field of education and his work is a living example of his commitment to children and educators. For this educator, there is no more valuable tool to improve student outcomes than to give those who are in control of it—the educators in the building every day—the tools that they need in order to perform at a higher level and live longer, more productive lives.”
—Chris Lineberry, Principal
Stanfield Elementary School, Arizona
Contents
Additions to the Second Edition
Additions to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
- STEP ONE: Identifying Schools as a Culture of Stress
- School Culture and Stress
- Teacher Stress and the Immune System
- Teaching and Personalizing Stress
- Managing School Stress
- 21 Planning Techniques to Prevent Classroom Stress
- STEP TWO: Restructuring Personal and Teaching Priorities for a Healthy Lifestyle
- Why Manage Priorities?
- A Mirror Image of Self
- Managing Personal and Teaching Priorities
- Something to Think About
- Avoiding Lifelong Regrets
- STEP THREE: Mastering the Science of Stress Management for Better Health
- Managing Your Stress
- Reducing Stress Levels
- Professional Coping Strategies
- The Benefits of Physical Exercise
- Developing a Stress Management Plan
- STEP FOUR: Arresting Time Bandits at Home and at School
- The Three Major Time Bandits
- Personal and Professional Time-Management Strategies
- Some Additional Classroom Time Savers
- STEP FIVE: Using Nutrition to Support a Healthy Lifestyle
- Nutrition Affects Teachers’ Health
- Making Good Choices
- Health Screening Measures to Know
References and Suggested Readings
References and Suggested Readings
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
Boost teacher retention and help banish classroom burnout with this expert guide!
This handy wellness guide helps busy teachers optimize their classroom effectiveness and breeze through stressful times. Custom crafted by an educator and a nurse who understand the stresses teachers face, this updated second edition offers a five-step program to help weary educators:
- Master the science of stress management
- Restructure professional and personal priorities
- Use technology for effective time management
- Understand and eliminate procrastination and perfectionism
- Use nutrition to support a healthy lifestyle
- Easily fit health-promoting exercises and yoga routines into their hectic schedules
New research includes expert tools, tips, and examples for managing high-stakes CCSS, 21st Century Learning initiatives, and new technology requirements. Use this all-in-one guide to help teachers maintain high energy, boost morale, and increase productivity!
“Dr. Queen is a visionary in the field of education and his work is a living example of his commitment to children and educators. For this educator, there is no more valuable tool to improve student outcomes than to give those who are in control of it—the educators in the building every day—the tools that they need in order to perform at a higher level and live longer, more productive lives.”
—Chris Lineberry, Principal
Stanfield Elementary School, Arizona
Contents
Additions to the Second Edition
Additions to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
- STEP ONE: Identifying Schools as a Culture of Stress
- School Culture and Stress
- Teacher Stress and the Immune System
- Teaching and Personalizing Stress
- Managing School Stress
- 21 Planning Techniques to Prevent Classroom Stress
- STEP TWO: Restructuring Personal and Teaching Priorities for a Healthy Lifestyle
- Why Manage Priorities?
- A Mirror Image of Self
- Managing Personal and Teaching Priorities
- Something to Think About
- Avoiding Lifelong Regrets
- STEP THREE: Mastering the Science of Stress Management for Better Health
- Managing Your Stress
- Reducing Stress Levels
- Professional Coping Strategies
- The Benefits of Physical Exercise
- Developing a Stress Management Plan
- STEP FOUR: Arresting Time Bandits at Home and at School
- The Three Major Time Bandits
- Personal and Professional Time-Management Strategies
- Some Additional Classroom Time Savers
- STEP FIVE: Using Nutrition to Support a Healthy Lifestyle
- Nutrition Affects Teachers’ Health
- Making Good Choices
- Health Screening Measures to Know
References and Suggested Readings
References and Suggested Readings
Index
Index
Additional materials
The Frazzled Teacher’s Wellness Plan
A Five-Step Program for Reclaiming Time, Managing Stress, and Creating a Healthy Lifestyle
August 2013 | 120 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781452260921 | $37.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781483332154 | $35.00 |
Boost teacher retention and help banish classroom burnout with this expert guide!
This handy wellness guide helps busy teachers optimize their classroom effectiveness and breeze through stressful times. Custom crafted by an educator and a nurse who understand the stresses teachers face, this updated second edition offers a five-step program to help weary educators:
- Master the science of stress management
- Restructure professional and personal priorities
- Use technology for effective time management
- Understand and eliminate procrastination and perfectionism
- Use nutrition to support a healthy lifestyle
- Easily fit health-promoting exercises and yoga routines into their hectic schedules
New research includes expert tools, tips, and examples for managing high-stakes CCSS, 21st Century Learning initiatives, and new technology requirements. Use this all-in-one guide to help teachers maintain high energy, boost morale, and increase productivity!
“Dr. Queen is a visionary in the field of education and his work is a living example of his commitment to children and educators. For this educator, there is no more valuable tool to improve student outcomes than to give those who are in control of it—the educators in the building every day—the tools that they need in order to perform at a higher level and live longer, more productive lives.”
—Chris Lineberry, Principal
Stanfield Elementary School, Arizona
Table Of Contents:
- Additions to the Second Edition
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- STEP ONE: Identifying Schools as a Culture of Stress
- School Culture and Stress
- Teacher Stress and the Immune System
- Teaching and Personalizing Stress
- Managing School Stress
- 21 Planning Techniques to Prevent Classroom Stress
- STEP TWO: Restructuring Personal and Teaching Priorities for a Healthy Lifestyle
- Why Manage Priorities?
- A Mirror Image of Self
- Managing Personal and Teaching Priorities
- Something to Think About
- Avoiding Lifelong Regrets
- STEP THREE: Mastering the Science of Stress Management for Better Health
- Managing Your Stress
- Reducing Stress Levels
- Professional Coping Strategies
- The Benefits of Physical Exercise
- Developing a Stress Management Plan
- STEP FOUR: Arresting Time Bandits at Home and at School
- The Three Major Time Bandits
- Personal and Professional Time-Management Strategies
- Some Additional Classroom Time Savers
- STEP FIVE: Using Nutrition to Support a Healthy Lifestyle
- Nutrition Affects Teachers’ Health
- Making Good Choices
- Health Screening Measures to Know
- References and Suggested Readings
- Index