Teach & Thrive: Wisdom from an Urban Teacher's Career Narrative

Teacher burn out contributes to the epidemic of early career exit. At least half of all new K—12 teachers leave the profession by the time they reach their fifth year of teaching. Conversely, there are urban teachers who survive burn out and thrive as career— long educators. This book results from an in—depth qualitative study that explored one 40—year veteran teacher’s career narrative, analyzing how she not only survived the burn out epidemic, but also thrived as a highly effective career...