Teacher Burn Out

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Teacher Burn Out

• By Allison Tryon

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What is Teacher Burn Out?

• An intense feeling of stress
• A lack of motivation
• Physical emotional exhaustion
• The result of having too much
• The result of prolonged stress compiled with a
  lack of success, or feeling of success
• Lost of meaning in profession

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How Does Burn-Out Effect Teachers?

• Prevents teachers from effectively coping with
  their job stresses, and responsibility.
• Prevents teachers from coping with stresses in
  their personal life.
• Teachers often feel dissatisfied with their job.
  They will also feel dissatisfied with the work
  they are doing.
• Teachers may lose confidence both professionally
  and personally when experiencing burn-out.

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How Cont

• Most often teachers will first experience
  feelings of irritability followed by feelings
  related to early depression.
• Teachers will find themselves snapping and
  doing or saying things that are out of character.
• When burn-out manifests itself through depression
  teachers will find their emotions become more
  sedate.
• Socialization with other adults will become less
  appealing.

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Causes of Burn-Out

• Too many expectations.
• Not enough resources to do job efficiently.
• Lack of student interest
• Rowdy class lack of control.
• Conflicts with colleagues, administration and
  parents.
• Conflict with School Board
• Lack of job satisfaction and recognition.

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Causes cont

• Isolation from other adults.
• Ambiguity in role as a teacher.
• Too many expectations
• Extra-curricular
• Lunch duties, extra supervision
• Curriculum changes
• Boredom and lack of change.

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Effect on Students

• Teachers experiencing burn-out have a lack of
  ambition which often leads to students having a
  lack of ambition and motivation.
• Teachers may be resentful of their job and of
  their students.
• Teachers often will not put the same amount of
  effort into lessons when experiencing burn-out.
• Teachers may have subdued emotions which do not
  allow them to have a close relationship and open
  up with students.
• Students often are better learner when they can
  see the teacher as a person, or when they can
  share a joke or a story.

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Identifying Teacher Burn-Out

• Look for
• Sadness
• Emotional and Physical fatigue
• Irritability
• Feelings of failure
• Withdrawal from friends and family

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Burn-Out in Men and Women

• The effects can sometimes differ in male and
  female teachers.
• Women often experience depression, headache and
  role conflict. Women tend to burn-out because of
  lack of support socially and personal life stress
  compiled with job stress.
• Men often experience depersonalization the
  feeling of being detached from oneself.

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Who is the Global Teacher?
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Treatment Prevention

• Find a support group
• Make friends with colleagues so that you can
  vent, and talk about problems in the classroom.
• Within your group of colleagues compliment each
  other and make and effort to keep up each others
  spirits.
• Realise your limitations
• Dont try to play the hero
• Make time for yourself outside of school
• Know when to quit
• Administration should make an effort to prevent
  burn-out by working closely with staff and
  setting goals. They should assure that the lines
  of communication are open.
• Administration and teachers should work with
  school boards to lower class sizes and create the
  best policies possible.

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Summary

• Burn out is the intense feeling of stress,
  physical and emotional exhaustion.
• It is often caused by having to meet to many
  expectations and by not being able to complete
  everything one would like all at once.
• It can manifest as depersonalization and
  depression. Irritability is also a symptom.
• Teachers feel overwhelmed and often lack self
  confidence.
• Teachers must take steps to prevent burn-out
  throughout their career.

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Still Interested?

• Some supportive websites to check out
• www.teachers.net
• www.education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/ttmpg.html
• www.teachersnetwork.org
• www.teachersupport.info/

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ANY QUESTIONS?
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My Sources

• www.helpguide.org/mental/burnout_signs_symptoms.ht
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THE END THANK YOU!
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one. Elbert Hubbard