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The Frazzled Teacher's Wellness Plan: A 5-Step Program for Reclaiming Time, Managing Stress, and Creating a Healthy Lifestyle

Item # 128

By J. Allen Queen & Patsy S. Queen

This is the ideal resource for teacher support and retention: it's a stress reducer!
This wellness plan for today's busy teachers has been custom crafted by an educator and a nurse who know the daily, weekly, and yearly stresses of the academic calendar. This generously illustrated handy little volume offers a five-step program to a healthier lifestyle covering:
· Identifying schools as a culture of stress
· Restructuring personal and teaching priorities
· Mastering the science of stress management for better health
· Arresting the time bandits at home and at school
· Using nutrition to support a healthy lifestyle

Also included are 21 planning techniques to prevent classroom stress; saying "No" with a smile; dealing with perfectionism and procrastination; physical activities such as Yoga, Pilates, Karate/Kick Boxing, Tai Chi Chuan, and more!
(Corwin Press, 2003)