Still Standing: Practical Sustainability for Educators

About this episode

Curtis and Joanie discuss the challenges of teacher sustainability in math education, focusing on burnout and community support.

Teaching math in 2026 is demanding in ways that are structural, cultural, and relentless — and yet the conversation about teacher sustainability rarely makes space for what math educators are actually carrying. In this episode, Curtis and Joanie get honest about burnout, purpose, and community in the math teaching profession. Drawing on research from burnout science, teacher identity, and professional resilience, this conversation explores three ideas that don't get discussed enough: why burn...

People in this episode

Host: Curtis

Guest: Joanie

Topics covered

• teacher sustainability
• math education
• burnout
• community
• professional resilience

Keywords

• math education
• teacher burnout
• sustainability
• professional resilience
• teacher identity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: burnout science, teacher identity, professional resilience

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