Stressed Teachers

Paper Summary:

The paper attempts to identify how the psychological needs of UK secondary school teaching staff can be met. The report includes an outline detailing common stressors encountered by teachers and a review of how in-school leadership can help in the reduction of the common stressors. The paper also discusses how the leaders can be supported and looks at the development of a program that will take a top down approach to reduction of stress at work in the UK.

Outline:
Objective
Introduction
Results of Occupational Stress
Sources of Stress
Development of Multiple Intelligences/Multiple Dimensions
Stressors Identified
Scottish Council for Research in Education (1993)
Coping Strategies
Systemic Failure Identified
Factors Intrinsic to Teaching
Summary and Conclusion

From the Paper:

"International literature has established the fact that one of the most stressful of all professions is that of the teacher. The work of Cooper (1988) which classifies occupations by the degree of stress for the employee indicates that "as far as the occupations of social welfare are concerned, teachers experience the highest levels of stress...." Cooper states that evidence exists showing that factors of "stress and burnout" are apt to result in mental and physical problems with health which may ultimately: "....impair the quality of teaching." (1988) Other study findings include those documenting stress levels so intense that UK teachers have committed or attempted to commit suicide because of workload stress."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Antonious, A.S.; Polychroni, F.; and Walters, B. (2000) Sources of Stress and Professional burnout of teacher of Special Educational Needs in Greece" International Special Education Congress 2000, July 28. Online available at: http://www.isec2000.org.uk/abstracts/papers_p/polychroni_1.htm.
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• Chaplain, R. (1995). Stress and job satisfaction: a study of English primary school teachers. Educational Psychology, 15, 4, 473- 489.
• Cooley, E. and Yovanoff, P. (1996). Supporting professional-at-risk: evaluating interventions to reduce burnout and improve retention of special educators. Exceptional Children, 62, 4, 336-355.

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