How to avoid burnout and set yourself up for the teaching long haul

By Margaret Ryan
Published May 24, 2021

If you think your early career years as a teacher will be a challenging ‘rite of passage’, you’re not alone. Statistics vary, but some research shows about a quarter of new teachers don’t make it past five years in the profession.

Dr Nick Kelly, an educational researcher from the Queensland University of Technology, points to many quantitative studies suggesting links between ...

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How to avoid burnout and set yourself up for the teaching long haul

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