Describes workshops on stress producers provided for secondary school principals and assistant principals in the spring of 1979 and 1980. Presents the Q-Sort instrument used to help participants identify low, medium, and high stress producers. Provides instructions and a form for readers to use to identify their own stressors. (WD)

Twenty-five rural educators completed a 12-item Q-sort on stress factors. Resolving parent/school conflicts was the most stressful, followed by handling student discipline, and completing reports on time. The stressors varied somewhat from stressors listed by urban teachers, but only slightly. (BRR)

A 14-item Q-Sort instrument on stressors in teaching was administered to a group of 164 educators (classroom teachers, university professors, graduate students) attending stress workshops. This article describes the instrument and reports on the rankings of stress variables identified by each group. (SJL)