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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I found the thing that helps me most with teaching burnout is leaving immediately at the end of the day and having something else to focus on when I get home—I have 2 small children, so I focus totally on them when I get home and don’t think too much about work. Also, regular exercise really helps. [/quote]

It may be my content - secondary English.  But even PT, I find myself drowning in planning and grading. I am in two different rooms, with two different preps. And my planning period is often taken up by useless meetings. I'm exhausted by the time I return home, and I'm faced with work I can't get done during my school day.

How do you do it?  any tips?[/quote]
I’m the PP you responded too. I teach elementary school so I have a lot less grading than you, but the main thing I try to do is be as efficient as I can at work. I’ve been at my school in the same position for ten years so planning doesn’t take me very long any more. I also bring my laptop to all meetings and do lesson planning or paperwork while at the meeting. I used to do some after school activities with the students, but I have cut them out completely, so no tutoring, no clubs, etc. this might change when my kids are older. Mentally, I’ve shifted my perspective towards work the past few years. I decided to do as much as I can for the kids while I’m at work during the hours I’m paid to be there but I’m not going to be a martyr about it any more. At the end of the day, there’s only so much I can do, and teaching is just my job, not my whole life. [/quote]

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