Many teachers experience a shift in their professional career from joy to burnout, and often are unprepared to address it. Author Mandy Froehlich takes readers on her search to uncover educators’ emotional disengagement. In her findings, she provides practical strategies and research-backed guidance for teachers to heal and reengage in the profession, rediscovering self-care, well-being, and healing in their purposeful work.

Educators will:

• Investigate various factors that contribute to educator burnout, disengagement, and attrition
• Consult the continuum of educator engagement
• Explore research and science that validate the importance of educator engagement
• Gain many strategies for healing professionally and pursuing the process of reengagement
• Access worksheets, checklists, and detailed instructions to help them implement the book’s strategies

Contents:

Foreword

Introduction

Part I: Extinguished

Chapter 1: Defining Emotional Engagement and Disengagement

Chapter 2: Identifying Reasons for Disengagement

Chapter 3: Understanding the Brain and Nervous System

Part II: Ignite

Chapter 4: Recovering Through Self-Healing

Chapter 5: Reengaging Through Self-Care

Chapter 6: Rewiring the Brain With Positivity

Chapter 7: Reconnecting With Your Profession

Chapter 8: Creating Cultures of Support

Conclusion

Appendix

References and Resources

Index