Teaching has a way of becoming more than a job. Before long, you're staying late, answering messages after hours, volunteering for one more committee, and giving so much of yourself to your students that there isn't much left when you get home.

In this episode of Band Director Boot Camp, Lesley Moffat talks with Dr. Yvette Dixon-Ledford, author of Teacher by Day: A No-Guilt Guide to Boundaries, Balance, and Bliss, about what it takes to love teaching without allowing it to consume your entire identity.

After 24 years in education, Yvette knows how easy it is to fall into the belief that being a dedicated teacher means always doing more. She shares how challenges in her personal life forced her to look closely at where she was spending her time and energy and recognize that constantly pouring into her profession was l ...