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TEACHING MATTERS: Motivating and Inspiring Yourself $8.59 The examples and wisdom in this book will benefit teachers, principals, superintendents, professors and anyone else in the field of education. It will show you how to: – rekindle the excitement of the first day of school all year long – understand how praise helps the giver as well as the receiver – approach every day in a “Thank God It Is Monday” frame of mind – not let negative people ruin your…

Teaching Well and Liking It $46.00 Any attempt to explain why someone is a good teacher–or is strongly motivated to teach effectively–involves a complex discussion of one of the oldest questions in human history: Why do people do what they do? In Teaching Well and Liking It, a distinguished group of internationally known scholars offers a sophisticated and stimulating look at the issues involved in motivating teachers to teach we…

Teacher Morale, Job Satisfaction and Motivation $35.00 `This book is a wonderfully intimate account of the feelings of teachers about their managers, and a useful staff development tool at INSET or for personal reflection…. One of the excellent strands in this book is the end section of each chapter – A Management Perspective: Issues for Consideration – which will provoke much discussion within actual and aspiring management. Taken out of context ea…

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Become a Certified Yoga Teacher – Do You Have a Passion for Your Job?

Among Yoga teachers, there is a common thread, which we may refer to as a “calling” toward teaching classes. A passion stirs inside each one of us to become a yoga teacher because we see how much the Yogic path has helped us personally. We see what a difference Yoga can make in any person’s life.

Let’s consider what factors motivate people to go to work. We might be able to boil these prime motivations down into three groups. The desire for money, status, and passion, are the three basic reasons why people go work. Usually, most people receive one, or two, of the three prime motivators by going to work.

Many people go to work for a pay check, to bring money home for their families. There is nothing wrong with this because many people scratch out an income to survive. We could consider employment to be a 21st century survival tactic, but while the cost of living goes up, wages are not guaranteed to increase.

Some people go to work for their status. For example: A person works very hard, for years, to become a branch, regional, or department manager. Unfortunately, status, and prestige, can disappear in an instant, if our job is suddenly considered non-essential.

Now, ask yourself, “How many people are going to a job, where they are making a big difference in other people’s lives?” How often do you meet anyone who really loves their occupation? How many people wake up, filled with excitement about the day ahead of them?

The sad truth is – very few people feel satisfaction, self-worth, or enthusiasm about their occupation. On top of this, some companies make a calculated decision to fire a non-essential employee, just to put fear into the hearts of the remaining workers, and re-distribute that work among the rest.

Although the work climate has changed over the past two decades, all of us can still make a difference. Observe the work that you have a real passion for, and make a plan to succeed in that direction. For some of us, it may be as simple as taking a Yoga instructor certification course, but it is best to take small steps in a direction that is calling you.

If you are considering Yoga teaching certification, you may want to research your options for study. Can you afford to take four weeks off from work? Will your employer understand your reasons? Online Yoga teacher training is self-paced and you can easily study at home.

Copyright 2008 – Paul Jerard / Aura Publications

About the Author

Paul Jerard, E-RYT 500, is a co-owner and the director of Yoga teacher training at: Aura Wellness Center in, Attleboro, MA. He is an author of many books on the subject of Yoga and has been a certified Master Yoga teacher since 1995.

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My life seems to have hit rock bottom?

I am a 56 year old maths teacher. I have been teaching at my current school close to 30 years and have seen a depressing slope in the moral standards of both the teachers and the students.
I no longer gain any satisfaction from my job and I feel that my students, despite being at a vital point in their educations. They are rude, disrespectful and bone-idle. I find myself losing my temper with them constantly and have absolutely no connection with them.

Stop being so rude and fesicious.

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