Work-Life Balance for Music Educators

Music educators are familiar with the teaching difficulties that occur in the music education trenches, but many are not ready to deal with the less-discussed challenges such as how to balance teaching and one's personal life, how to understand interconnections in other areas of a teacher's life, and how to deal with burnout and other stresses. Full of ideas for personal reflection and written in workbook form, this text encourages teachers to reflect upon their own professional journey in order to live a meaningful life, to consider what is truly important, and to set benchmarks for the future. The stories threaded throughout this book will be familiar to all professionals, regardless of their career choice, and will illuminate ways of adapting to a continuously evolving work environment and changing personal relationships.