In Keep the Fire Burning: Avoiding Teacher Burnout, seven classroom teachers give an unparalleled look into their everyday life in the 'pressure cooker' known as a classroom. While some of the teachers survived tremendous pressures, others decided it was time to change what it means to them to work in education. Throughout the book, these educators provide real world strategies for overcoming burnout, becoming the best professional you can be and sustaining yourself as an educator. This book will help you refocus your teaching and encourage you as a true expert in your field. For a limited...

Somewhere in America a new teacher is sitting at their desk questioning whether or not they made the right decision to educate the youth of today. Many are tired of the bureaucracy of red tape needed to make a real change, while others are struggling with the emotional demands teachers endure for the next 180 days. In the memoir Behind the Desk: How I Survived My First Ten Years in Education, Franchesca Warren gives a "no holds barred" look at her first ten years in education- the good, bad and ugly. A current public school teacher, Warren is passionate about the only way to help teachers...