BALANCE IN TEACHING AND ITS TWO FACES

Edflor L. Castro

Everything seems to be hanging by a rod- family, job, and safety. While you will seek one fix answer that realizes what you should prioritize. W e cannot do everything but it’s time to embrace some things are out of our control due to demandable set up in the new normal.

As an educator, work-life balance can feel impossible- can be tough. Teaching is privilege and exhausting, it can take over your whole life. Preserving school and personal life separate, always a tussle for us- even more strenuous when they’re both take in the same place and time.

One of the sides all teachers can loss, is how to look after themselves, when confronted with myriad of teaching workloads. It seems an optional and easy task: it is life-saving care.

W ork-life balance doesn’t necessarily mean shaping a total separation between teaching and everything else. For me, balance in work-life is unifying the instructional approach with the rest of your priorities that saves you to give reasonable time and energy.

If you’re struggling to find work-life balance as a teacher, single-out on saying” I have to” and “how can I” as balance approach. W e have to realize our own limitations and start being more strategic about what you say yes to anything.

Moreover, good work-life balance is essential for teaching profession, when teachers have a better balance between work and life they’re better. The side effects of a poor work-life balance can include: personal life- poor social life and lack of time with children; health – exhaustion and panic attacks; and well-being – lack of sleep and short-tempered.

The best we can do right now is to give ourselves grace and reflect that grace unto othersfamily, work- pupils, co-workers, parents , stakeholders and most of all, God-perfect creator and great master.

The author is Teacher

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III at San Isidro Elementary School, Floridablanca East District.