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Research papers on Teacher burnout

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1. Towards an understanding of teacher attrition: A meta-analysis of burnout, job satisfaction, and teachers’ intentions to quit

   Daniel J. Madigan, Lisa E. Kim · 2021 · Teaching and Teacher Education · 670 citations

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2. Special Education Teacher Burnout: A Synthesis of Research from 1979 to 2013

   Nelson C. Brunsting, Melissa A. Sreckovic, Kathleen Lynne Lane · 2014 · Education and Treatment of Children · 478 citations

   Teacher burnout occurs when teachers undergoing stress for long periods of time experience emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and lack of personal accomplishment (Maslach, 2003). Outcomes associated with burnout include teacher attrition, teacher health issues, and negative student outcomes. Special educators are at high risk for burnout as their working conditions align with many factors associated with burnout. In this review, we updated the literature on special education teacher working conditions by reviewing studies (N = 23) that (a) included a quantitative measure of burnout and (b) focused on special education teachers as participants. An analysis of the studies reviewed provid

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3. Well-Being, Burnout and Competence : Implications for Teachers.

   Hitendra K. Pillay, Richard Goddard, Lynn A. Wilss · 2005 · ˜The œAustralian journal of teacher education · 234 citations

   Traditionally, the teaching role has been one of nurturing and developing students’ potential. However, teachers’ work today comprises a complex mix of various factors that include teaching; learning new information and skills; keeping abreast of technological innovations and dealing with students, parents and the community. These are demanding roles and there are growing concerns about teacher well-being and competence. In particular, teachers are experiencing increasing levels of attrition, stress and burnout. This study investigated the relationship between burnout and competence for a sample of mid-career teachers in primary and secondary schools in Queensland. The results break new grou

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4. ‘Overworked and underappreciated’: special education teachers describe stress and attrition

   Olivia R. Hester, Shannon A. Bridges, Lauren Hart Rollins · 2020 · Teacher Development · 132 citations

   Rising attrition rates and the shortage of highly qualified special education teachers have a negative impact on students and school districts. This study explores the open-ended questions that were part of a larger mixed-method analysis to uncover the voices of current special education teachers (n = 366) from across the United States. Using their own words, teachers identify work-related stressors and express their reasonings behind leaving the field of special education. Overall, results indicate that teachers did not feel supported by their administrators and that their profession had an adverse effect on their overall quality of life, thereby contributing to feelings of burnout. Recomme

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5. Shifting to a Wellness Paradigm in Teacher Education: A Promising Practice for Fostering Teacher Stress Reduction, Burnout Resilience, and Promoting Retention

   Jennifer R. Curry, Elizabeth R. O’Brien · 2012 · Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry · 87 citations

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6. A brief mindfulness-based intervention (bMBI) to reduce teacher stress and burnout

   Stephen G. Taylor, Alex M. Roberts, Nicole R. Zarrett · 2021 · Teaching and Teacher Education · 82 citations

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7. Stress, Burnout, and Attrition: Implications of Student Performance Data on Math Teacher Effectiveness Evaluations

   Piscitella, Becky L. · 2016 · 1 citations

   This causal-comparative/quasi-experimental design study examines the impact that high-stakes testing stress related to the inclusion of student standardized testing data in teacher evaluations has on burnout and potential attrition rates among current Pennsylvania math teachers. Participants completed three surveys including: demographic questions, the Educators Test Stress Inventory (ETSI), and the Malasch Burnout Inventory-Educators Survey (MBI-ES). The analysis showed no real difference in levels of high-stakes testing, teacher burnout, or potential attrition between evaluated Teachers of Record (TOR) and not evaluated Non-Teachers of Record (NTOR). However, both groups reported high leve

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8. Veteran Teachers Are Like A Rooted Tree: Comprehensive Formal Mentoring as a Mitigating Factor for Stress, Burnout, and Attrition for K-8 Public School Veteran Teachers

   Heidi Akin · 2021 · 1 citations

   Teaching is known to be a highly stressful occupation. Experiences of prolonged stress can lead to teacher burnout and attrition. Veteran teacher attrition, primarily teacher migration, negatively impacts students with the greatest needs and does not address antecedent factors driving the pattern of attrition. Comprehensive formal mentoring has been documented as a mitigating factor for stress, burnout, and attrition for new teachers. Although veteran teachers also face several salient causes of stress and burnout, there appears to be very little research on, or programs of, comprehensive formal mentoring designed specifically for veteran teachers. Therefore, this qualitative, phenomenologic

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9. Secondary Traumatic Stress and Other Contributors to Teacher Burnout and Attrition

   Mary Snellings Inabnett · 2023

   Teachers are the most important factor in eliciting positive student outcomes. Yet, teacher attrition is an increasing problem, due to the demands of the profession. These demands are exacerbated in high-needs schools, which serve students who are exposed to higher levels of stress and trauma. It is understood that, because of the populations high-needs schools serve, teachers who work in these schools are exposed to secondary traumatic stress (STS) at higher rates than other teachers. What is less clear is if STS exposure contributes to teacher attrition, beyond other known factors. The current study surveyed 104 teachers from a school district in North Louisiana to determine: (1) What symp

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10. Malleable Factors that Contribute to Teachers’ Stress, Burnout, Job Satisfaction, and Job Attrition in Special Education

    Saashya Rodrigo · 2020

    The emotionally and physically taxing demands unique to the special education profession have been found to contribute to increased stress levels, thereby increasing the potential for teachers to experience burnout and job dissatisfaction. Namely, administrative tasks (increased paperwork and caseloads), lack of support and resources (inadequate teaching materials, lack of planning time, lack of administrative, parent, and peer teacher support), feelings of being under-prepared for the job, challenging behaviors exhibited by students, and inadequate reward for the efforts put in (low salary, lack of student progress), are a few factors that previous studies have linked to an increase in stre

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11. Stress, burnout and attrition of PE teachers in Hong Kong secondary schools

    Paul Wong Tak-wing · 1996

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12. Teacher attrition : overcoming stress

    Samantha Sakay · 2011 · Digital Commons - CSUMB (California State University, Monterey Bay)

    A great problem the education system is having is teacher burnouts. Due to the high stress levels of teachers they soon leave the profession causing the increase of teacher attrition. A common way to address this issue is to find simple and convenient ways to relieve stress in the classroom environment without causing student attention. The ideals that were created out of this effort were a decrease in stress levels for the teachers and low level of student behavior in class that leads to teacher stress. Outcomes that have come to the surface were the more positive outlook on the day from the teachers that causes a better learning environment.

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