What if everything you learned about how to be a good teacher is the reason you’re burning out?
The role of teacher has change a lot in the last century.It’s no longer in the one room school house,but the idea of what a good teacher does has largely remained the same.
Good teachers stay up late working on lesson plans. Good teachers think about their students even when they go home for the day. Good teachers are always in control. Good teachers are motivated by doing it all for the kids. Good teachers put their needs on the back burner. Good teachers are involved in multiple meetings, committees and extra curriculars. Good teachers know how to do it all in the midst of scarcity and not complain. And of course – good teachers never burn out.
This ideal teachers is considered normal in the culture of teaching.
Deep down every teacher knows its toxic – but how can it change?
This ideal teacher is made up of 6 key roles or archetypes. Every teacher plays all 6 of these roles. They create the patterns that define your teaching: how you work, how you think, What you believe.
This book decodes the thoughts, beliefs, actions, feelings and motivations of the ideal teacher model and provides the keys to quickly reframe how you take on these roles – so you can choose : Stay stuck in stress…or shift into wellbeing.
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A portion of proceeds from coaching, courses and workshops is donated to Shannen’s Dream. Shannen Koostachin was a youth education advocate from the Attawapiskat First Nation in Ontario. She advocated for safe, comfy schools and culturally-based education for First Nation Children. She passed away in a car accident in 2012 at the age of 15. Shannen’s Dream reconciliation and equitable funding in education for indigenous children in Canada through the First Nations Caring Society. In 1988, I had the opportunity to visit Attawapiskat as part of a school-exchange program when I was a grade 8 student. Many First Nations schools receive less funding per student than provincial schools, and zero dollars for things like libraries, computers, languages or extracurricular activities. Inequitable funding often results in unsafe learning environments that may pose serious health concerns. In fact, the new school built in Attawapiskat in 2012 replaced the previous school that had been built on contaminated ground (a diesel spill) and was deemed a serious health hazard. The impact of that trip has stayed with me. Reconciliation is a journey that has just begun for Canada. To learn more about Shannen’s Dream and the work towards equity in education funding for Indigenous youth in Canada please visit
Joanna Krop
MA, B. Ed
Joanna was a K-12 teacher for a decade before a battle with burnout led her to the path of healing. After healing herself through various modalities, she re-trained, starting a healing centre for people with chronic burnout conditions. She taught preventing teacher burnout at OISE-UT while she completed her MA in Teacher Development. Joanna coaches teachers to reclaim the spirit of teaching from a toxic culture of burnout.