How Classcraft Helped This Veteran Teacher Recover from Burnout
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Guest post contributed by Classcraft Ambassador Laura Trauth
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I have been teaching full-time at my Maryland community college for almost 18 years now. Because of our role as a two-year college, the majority of our students are taking survey courses to fulfill General Education requirements and transfer. As a result, I have taught History 101 well over 100 times.
As you can imagine, I was getting burned out. I still enjoyed those occasions when I got to teach an elective class, but I otherwise dreaded the start of the new semester. I could literally recite my lectures without looking at my notes or even my PowerPoint. I have no doubt that I could do it blindfolded! And I didn’t feel inspired enough to change any of that. The path of least resistance was to down a big cup of coffee, drag myself to work, teach the way I always had, and count the days until finals.