Burnout in Teachers: What It Is and How to Manage It

Just like other professionals working with people, teachers work in an environment that is highly demanding from an emotional, social, and intellectual point of view, and thus they may suffer from burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary stress. This happens when they give more attention to students’ well-being than to their own, more energy to their duties and responsibilities than to their health, families, and personal lives; another factor is poor working conditions and extremely demanding duties. The pandemic situation and its effects on education have aggravated teachers’ stress and fatigue. The readers will find in this material an essential guide to striking an optimal balance between self-care and other-care.