Books for a teacher staff room

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My mind is taking me to self help books, would any particular recommendations be made here for teaching staff?

Aside from that genre. Can you think of something that would go really well in a school staff room?

I personally, as staff, wouldn’t want self help books. There’s a lot of other staff where I am who would just roll their eyes on the subject. This is because we’re understaffed and overworked and management go on and on about Wellbeing but all we want is more staff and better pay

Short, thoughtful books that can be dipped into: ‘Why you should read children’s books, even though you are so old and wise’ by Katherine Rundell; ‘Art Matters’ by Neil Gaiman; ‘The Rights of the Reader’ by Daniel Pennac; Michael Rosen’s ‘Book of Play’.

Not self help books no. Love the other suggestions.

And yes, steer clear of anything self-helpy, particularly the kind that suggests you’re only stressed because you haven’t learned a particular method or got a particular habit or you’re not efficient enough.

Self help books! I can't think of anything less appealing.

Art books
Recipe books
Popular fiction
Quiz books to start conversations

Do teachers really have time to read in the staffroom?

@eddiemairswife

Do teachers really have time to read in the staffroom?

I ate my lunch at 3.30 today after the children had gone home.

Reading in the staffroom is a laughable suggestion right now!

We still aren't using the staff room. Still eating in the classrooms with our year group adults.

Are you a parent trying to buy a gift for teachers?

Biscuits....!

Books would be a bit weird, no one has time to read in the staffroom and self help books for teachers would probably start and end with "quit teaching".

The best idea I've seen was a 'lending library' of books that people had read and enjoyed, and wanted to pass on. The suggested donation was 50p - it went to charity. You could return or keep as you wished, but there was a hope that you also passed on books you had read too.

What teacher has time to read in the staff room? I didn't get a lunch break yesterday due to a falling out between children that the dinner lady couldn't deal with and stayed till 6:30pm for parents evening. Definitely didn't have time to read in the staff room!