Show Notes
It’s Teacher Editor Jo Earp dropping into your podcast feed to give you a heads up on a special episode coming up tomorrow to coincide with RU OK Day. We’re going to be talking burnout with educational leader Brad Gaynor. He writes about it so candidly in his book From Burnout to Breakthrough: The Leadership Reset – sharing his own lived experience. I really can’t recommend this one enough – it’s such an important discussion and there’s so much to reflect on. Listen to the full episode tomorrow!
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