Teacher Burnout Essay

This article focused on the phenomenon called teacher burnout. Teacher burnout is described as an occurrence in which a teacher has been undergoing stress and because of that experiences the effects of that. Burnout can cause many problems for teachers and students. Problems such as teacher health decline, signs of depression, and others; resulting in negative outcomes for the students. Special education teachers are at an even higher risk because of their working conditions, and that because of that special educators were experiencing what they called “crisis proportion” burnouts. This study used an organizational framework, called Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model, to order variables having to do with teacher burnout. This review was conducted
Burnout is not uncommon. It happens to everyone that undergoes stressful situations on a regular basis. People often overlook the stressfulness of being a teacher, especially a special education teacher, when often these are some of the most stressed people you could ever encounter. I applaud those that conducted this study for publicizing something that many people forget. That teachers are human, and just like the rest of us they get stressed, and that stress exhausts them. Special education teachers in particular generally work behind the scenes to those that don’t interact with them on a regular basis, so often people don’t see the work that they really do. However, in my opinion, they are the unsung heroes of the education field. I commend them for their work, and admire their patience. Burnout is a real issue in the educational community. When students complain that a teacher is “crabby” they don’t want to do the work for that teacher, and therefore they don’t learn at their full potential. But it isn’t the teachers’ fault, it’s merely a consequence of them giving of themselves. The real problem is that teachers are not recognized, supported, and cared for near enough, and this study made that abundantly