How Can Schools Make a Firebreak for Teacher Burnout?
Jul. 13, 2017
New teachers can learn a lot from fellow teachers in their first five years on the job: how to settle a rowdy class, how to move a lesson from mildly interesting to riveting, how to spot a struggling student. They also, a new study suggests, learn burnout from their school environment and peers.
"It's not a question of how hard you work or how professional you are," said Kenneth Frank, a professor of sociometrics at Michigan State University and co-author of the study published in the journal Teaching and Teacher Education. "If you just don't fit the demands of the organization, or you are surrounded by other people who are burned out, it's an additional burden on you, and you are more likely to become burned out."
