Teachers feeling the burden of COVID-19: Impact on well-being, stress, and burnout

BACKGROUND: Teachers have had to deal with many of the negative aspects of COVID-19 over the past year. The demands associated with the sudden requirement to teach remotely, and later having to manage hybrid (both in person and online) learning may be having adverse effects on the mental and physica...

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Published in:Work (Reading, Mass.) Mass.), 2022-01, Vol.71 (2), p.407-415
Main Authors: Kotowski, Susan E., Davis, Kermit G., Barratt, Clare L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Burnout, Professional - epidemiology
COVID-19
Humans
Job Satisfaction
SARS-CoV-2
School Teachers
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Summary:BACKGROUND: Teachers have had to deal with many of the negative aspects of COVID-19 over the past year. The demands associated with the sudden requirement to teach remotely, and later having to manage hybrid (both in person and online) learning may be having adverse effects on the mental and physical health of teachers. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether COVID-19 continued to impact teacher stress, burnout, and well-being a year into the pandemic. METHODS: An online survey was sent out to 5300 teachers in public and private schools, and 703 completed the survey. RESULTS: Stress and burnout continue to be high for teachers, with 72% of teachers feeling very or extremely stressed, and 57% feel very or extremely burned out. Many teachers struggled to have a satisfactory work-family balance (37% never or almost never; 20% only has sometimes). CONCLUSION: School systems must start to deal with the mental and physical health of teachers before a large number of them leave the profession.
ISSN:1051-9815
1875-9270
DOI:10.3233/WOR-210994