Music Teacher
Burnout
Are you burning out?
If you’re reading this, the odds are that
you’ve felt one or more of the symptoms of
teacher burnout.
Given the complexities
of teaching music and the
current condition of our
school systems across the...
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Music Teacher
Burnout
Are you burning out?
If you’re reading this, the odds are that
you’ve felt one or more of the symptoms of
teacher burnout.
Given the complexities
of teaching music and the
current condition of our
school systems across the
country--it’s a sure bet that
stress is a part of your life.
Have you thrown up your
hands and said, “I can’t
take it any more?” Cried
yourself to sleep in the past
year? Looked seriously at
the classified job ads in your
Sunday paper? If so, you are
not alone.
Burnout affects
every single person in “helping
professions.
” That’s you.
You are a music teacher in
a helping profession who is
subject to incredible stressors
day after day.
This journal, based on my
extensive research on this
topic, is designed to help you
immediately understand the
burnout you are feeling and
more importantly---what to do about it.
Dr.
Barbara Payne McLain
University of Hawaii - Manoa
Why did I decide to research burnout?
Because I too, was burning out and I
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