Work-Life Balance for Music Educators

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What if today’s music educators could benefit from the wisdom and experience of a life lived inthe music education trenches:_x000D_
How to create balance between teaching music and one’s personal life;_x000D_
How to understand interconnections among all areas of a teacher’s life; and_x000D_
How to deal with burnout and other stresses?_x000D_
In this captivating book, authors Paul and Ann Kimpton challenge music educators to:_x000D_
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use reflective learning to solve problems both inside and outside the workplace;_x000D_
develop a process for dealing with professional and personal issues;_x000D_
understand that a feeling of restlessness is common and can be useful for one’s_x000D_
growth;_x000D_
learn how to enhance communication skills to solve issues at work and at home;_x000D_
recognize that professional and personal lives intersect and can affect one another;_x000D_
expand knowledge beyond one’s area of expertise; and_x000D_
find ways to maintain or revitalize life both at home and at work._x000D_
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Full of ideas for personal reflection and written in workbook form, Work-Life Balance forMusic Educators encourages teachers to reflect upon their own professional journey in order tolive 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, regardlessof their career choice, and will illuminate ways of adapting to a continuously evolving workenvironment and changing personal relationships._x000D_
A music educator for thirty-three years, Paul Kimpton is the co-author of Scale Your Way toMusic Assessment, Grading for Musical Excellence, Common Core: Re-imagining the MusicRehearsal and Classroom, and the Adventures with Music fiction series where the heroes areyoung musicians, all published by GIA Publications, Inc._x000D_
Ann Kimpton is an educator who has played a variety of roles in schools, including assistantprincipal for curriculum and instruction, literacy department chair, and reading and English teacher.