Cultivating Teacher Renewal

Teachers today are more stressed than ever. It is crucial that teachers develop the tools necessary to keep from falling prey to the potentially destructive effects of stress and burnout. Cultivating Teacher Renewal: Guarding Against Stress and Burnout offers the antidote by providing the knowledge, skills and practices that will keep teachers from surrendering to burnout.

Barbara Larrivee is an education professor at California State University. She writes about classroom and behavior management, creating learning communities based on respectful dialogue and authentic communication, and building reflective practice.

Introduction PART 1: Understanding the Many Facets of Teacher Stress and Burnout Chapter 1: The Consequences of Stress and Burnout Stress and Its Impact Factors Contributing to Teacher Stress and Burnout Teachers Most Likely to Experience Burnout Chapter 2: Job Characteristics and Their Impact on Burnout and Well-Being Multiple Models for Understanding Burnout and Well-Being Research on the Impact of Job Characteristics on Burnout Research on the Impact of Job Characteristics on Well-Being Maintaining Work-Life Balance Chapter 3: The Vital Role of Social Support for Counteracting Burnout The Importance of Perceived Support from Colleagues and Supervisors System Support Creating a Spirit of Mutual Support A Schoolwide Crisis Intervention Plan for Teachers under Stress Chapter 4: Teaching is Emotional Labor Emotional Labor: Managing Emotions at Work Emotional Labor and Teachers Challenging the Emotional Rules Teachers Live By Emotion Regulation and Coping Strategies Strategies Teachers Use to Regulate Their Emotions Chapter 5: Why Teacher Emotions Are Important Emotional Triggers and the Brain Negative Emotions and Flooding Addressing Teacher Anger What Teachers Need to Know about Emotions PART 2: Becoming Stress Hardy: Guarding Against Burnout Chapter 6: Approaches to Student and Classroom Behavior Management that Reduce Stress Classroom Management and Teacher Stress and Burnout Teacher Burnout and Teacher Renewal Cycles The Importance of Forging Relationships with Students Teacher Reflection and Classroom Management Establishing the Classroom as an Arena for Respectful Dialogue and Authentic Communication Chapter 7: Modifying Destructive Ways of Thinking Challenging Irrational Beliefs Changing Self-Defeating Thoughts Strategies for Disputing and Replacing Destructive Thought Patterns Chapter 8: Changing the Way You Communicate with Yourself Curbing Stress-Producing Self-Talk Types of Stress-Producing Self-talk and Strategies for Transforming StressConverting Overbearing Judges to Realistic Guides Chapter 9: Learning to Quiet the Mind Cultivating Mindfulness Practicing Mindfulness as a Pathway to Managing Emotions Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction The Power of the Breath Relaxation Techniques Stress-Free Life Skills Chapter 10: How to Thrive and Flourish: Sustaining Resilience, Optimism, and Hope Building Character Strengths Promoting Well-Being Cultivating Optimism and Hope Epilogue References