How To Help Teachers Thrive

Today there are about four million teachers in America, and nearly
a third of them are thinking about leaving their jobs. It has
become harder to be a teacher in the U.S. due to a lack of
resources, political meddling, and teacher shortages, to name a few
reasons. On this episode of How To!, the first in a two-part
series, co-host Amanda Ripley talks with two teachers, Sarah and
Amy, and Daphne Gomez, a former teacher and now the founder and CEO
of Teacher Career Coach. They discuss challenges in and out of the
classroom as well as changes that would actually support
teachers.  If you liked this episode, check out: “How To
Succeed When Everyone’s Mad at You”  Do you have a problem
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