Teachers work in highly stressful environments, where they are met with competing demands and external pressures that make true teaching harder every day. 

Classrooms have become places of management, where teachers must be educators, counsellors, administrators, social workers, mediators, technology and legal experts, parent liaison officers, and disciplinarians all at once, and often without the time, resources or support to do so meaningfully or fear of serious repercussions. 

The result is a cycle of burnout and bureaucracy that stifles one’s ability to inspire curiosity and connection, the very heart of teaching.