Ken is also a named author or editor of 17 other books, including both professional books and textbooks for teacher education programs or secondary classrooms. As book-review editor for an academic journal in education for 12 years (published by SAGE), Ken oversaw the publication of 400 book reviews by about 200 reviewers. Ken has taught secondary, undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students in Canada and the US. He has led hundreds of workshops for in-service teachers and have served as a conference speaker or guest professor on five continents. He currently holds the position of Research Professor in Education at Tyndale University in Toronto, where his primary responsibility is to support education faculty members in research and publication.

With a multitude of references to film, literature, architecture, and geology, Ken Badley examines the factors, metaphors, supports, and practices that can help teachers flourish. He addresses the journey from launching a teaching career, to sustaining passion in the middle years, to finding deep fulfillment all the way to retirement. Filled with concrete examples and engaging assignments, this book offers inspiration and practical guidance for educators at every stage, helping them nurture their well-being and calling to shape lives through teaching.

• Introduction1 Snapshots of Teaching2 The Language of Teaching: Vocation, Calling, Work, Career, Job, Profession3 Teachers’ Day-to-Day Work: A Model 4 Teaching: Intense and Complex with Mixed Rewards5 Teachers’ Worldviews6 Classroom Ideals and a Philosophy of Education 7 Metaphors for Flourishing8 Flourishing in the Induction Years9 The Middle Years10 Voices from the Classroom11 The Summit Push12 Six Kinds of People One Meets on the Road13 Supporters14 Dispositions that Foster Flourishing15 Staying Focused on the Journey16 Nurturing the Teacher’s CoreAbout the Author

Ken is also a named author or editor of 17 other books, including both professional books and textbooks for teacher education programs or secondary classrooms. As book-review editor for an academic journal in education for 12 years (published by SAGE), Ken oversaw the publication of 400 book reviews by about 200 reviewers. Ken has taught secondary, undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students in Canada and the US. He has led hundreds of workshops for in-service teachers and have served as a conference speaker or guest professor on five continents. He currently holds the position of Research Professor in Education at Tyndale University in Toronto, where his primary responsibility is to support education faculty members in research and publication.

With a multitude of references to film, literature, architecture, and geology, Ken Badley examines the factors, metaphors, supports, and practices that can help teachers flourish. He addresses the journey from launching a teaching career, to sustaining passion in the middle years, to finding deep fulfillment all the way to retirement. Filled with concrete examples and engaging assignments, this book offers inspiration and practical guidance for educators at every stage, helping them nurture their well-being and calling to shape lives through teaching.

• Introduction1 Snapshots of Teaching2 The Language of Teaching: Vocation, Calling, Work, Career, Job, Profession3 Teachers’ Day-to-Day Work: A Model 4 Teaching: Intense and Complex with Mixed Rewards5 Teachers’ Worldviews6 Classroom Ideals and a Philosophy of Education 7 Metaphors for Flourishing8 Flourishing in the Induction Years9 The Middle Years10 Voices from the Classroom11 The Summit Push12 Six Kinds of People One Meets on the Road13 Supporters14 Dispositions that Foster Flourishing15 Staying Focused on the Journey16 Nurturing the Teacher’s CoreAbout the Author

Ken is also a named author or editor of 17 other books, including both professional books and textbooks for teacher education programs or secondary classrooms. As book-review editor for an academic journal in education for 12 years (published by SAGE), Ken oversaw the publication of 400 book reviews by about 200 reviewers. Ken has taught secondary, undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students in Canada and the US. He has led hundreds of workshops for in-service teachers and have served as a conference speaker or guest professor on five continents. He currently holds the position of Research Professor in Education at Tyndale University in Toronto, where his primary responsibility is to support education faculty members in research and publication.

With a multitude of references to film, literature, architecture, and geology, Ken Badley examines the factors, metaphors, supports, and practices that can help teachers flourish. He addresses the journey from launching a teaching career, to sustaining passion in the middle years, to finding deep fulfillment all the way to retirement. Filled with concrete examples and engaging assignments, this book offers inspiration and practical guidance for educators at every stage, helping them nurture their well-being and calling to shape lives through teaching.

• Introduction1 Snapshots of Teaching2 The Language of Teaching: Vocation, Calling, Work, Career, Job, Profession3 Teachers’ Day-to-Day Work: A Model 4 Teaching: Intense and Complex with Mixed Rewards5 Teachers’ Worldviews6 Classroom Ideals and a Philosophy of Education 7 Metaphors for Flourishing8 Flourishing in the Induction Years9 The Middle Years10 Voices from the Classroom11 The Summit Push12 Six Kinds of People One Meets on the Road13 Supporters14 Dispositions that Foster Flourishing15 Staying Focused on the Journey16 Nurturing the Teacher’s CoreAbout the Author