Taking Care of YOU: 14 Stress-Busting Strategies to Help You Avoid Burnout

No matter how much you love your job, teaching can be a high-stress profession. I read a sobering article the other day: according to a 2015 survey of 30,000 educators by the American Federation of Teachers, 78% of educators say they’re often “physically and emotionally exhausted at the end of the day.” And 87% say that their job demands “at least sometimes” interfere with their family life. Would you agree? Do your stress levels sometimes find you teetering on the edge of burnout—especially this time of year?