Teaching With Endurance

About the Book

At a crucial time in the teaching profession this book offers hope and inspiration for teachers at all levels. Within the pages of this book, you will find a collection of ideas and heartfelt renderings of experiences as a teacher and coach. The author combines research and stories to provide a powerful perspective of what it means to teach with endurance, always finding meaning and purpose within the challenge of working with young people. The book includes descriptions of human qualities that enhance a teacher’s endurance along with the components of school and learning environments that sustain it. Drawing on significant connections across the country in the teaching profession this book uses the thoughts of educators to address the intense need for a rescue of this important profession.

About the Author

The author, Dr. Brad Kahrs, is a lifelong educator. His four decades in the teaching profession includes 27 years in k-12 education where he served in the roles of math instructor, coach, and mentor. His 12 years in Higher Education focused on creating quality experiences for beginning teachers. On the heels of the completion of this writing project he continues to support the lives of many teachers in several states and searches for the answer to the question “what’s next?” He resides in Murray, Utah with his wife of 43 years where he consistently seeks adventure, beauty, and challenge, often in the nearby Wasatch Mountains.