The purpose of the following study was to determine the relationship between burnout, compassion satisfaction, and empathy for elementary-level special education teachers. Compassion satisfaction and empathy are considered resources that are necessary for teachers in appropriately performing their job tasks. Along with job tasks, there are…

World Language (WL) education is facing a teacher supply crisis affecting the quality and stability of programs in K-12 schools. The extant literature on teacher attrition draws attention to the challenges of early career teachers with implications for how teacher preparation and induction programs might increase retention in schools. This survey…

Introduction: Teaching is an emotionally challenging profession, sometimes resulting in high levels of stress, burnout, and teacher burnout. It has often been claimed that certain emotional competencies such as emotional intelligence can reduce feelings of burnout in teachers. Method: Method. A descriptive and correlational analysis was made of…

Educator mental health sits at the intersection of multiple pressing educational issues. We are among the first to provide estimates of school system employee (SSE) stress, anxiety, and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most participants reported clinically meaningful anxiety and depressive symptoms (77.96% and 53.65%, respectively). Being…

The field of special education is thought to be a stressful profession due to the complex needs of the students. The current study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based smartphone application intervention for reducing burnout in special educators. We used the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory scale (with three subscales; personal,…

In recent decades, the number of publications on teacher resilience has increased exponentially. Despite the numerous rich contributions, the lack of a theoretical consensus regarding the phenomenon's conceptualisation and operationalisation has hindered dialogue between the various results. This paper aims to address this problem by proposing a…

This mixed methods study examined teacher attrition and burnout, along with factors contributing to teachers' intent to leave their positions due to job dissatisfaction, work-related stress levels, and student behavior. The following questions guided this study:What was the relationship between teacher job satisfaction and intent to leave? What…

Teachers are burning out at an elevated rate following the COVID-19 pandemic and little research has been conducted to understand what is contributing to their burnout. The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand what factors in the post-shutdown pandemic environment are contributing to burnout in veteran teachers (teachers with more…

Educators are experiencing burnout at higher rates than other professionals. The classroom teacher's role has undergone extreme changes, most notably since the pandemic. Teachers become computer technicians for online schooling, mental health professionals for their students, and investigators to determine why their students are not making gains…

The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study was to learn more about the experiences of school principals pertaining to special education leadership and the management of special education teachers in their buildings. The researcher hoped to become aware of how public-school building principals first learned about special education and…

Teachers are leaving the profession as stress level continue to rise due to its emotional demands. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine how teachers interpret the influence of emotional intelligence (EI) on the teacher retention in the Arkansas River Valley. The theoretical framework was EI theory. The literature review examined…

The purpose of this quantitative study was to illuminate teacher burnout, its causes and effects, and determine if there was a relationship between teacher burnout and spirituality practices as well as a relationship between burnout and educator career level, hoping to recommend ways to decrease those effects in the workplace. The Maslach Burnout…

Education being one of the cornerstones of the Philippines, teachers may experience pressure and burnout from carrying the workload and responsibilities of being second to parents being the steppingstone for the development of young children. This study used a moderation analysis research design to examine if resilience moderates the relationship…

During the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, 1,930 Canadian teachers were surveyed about their burnout and resilience levels, as well as their job demands and resources. Latent profile analysis revealed that teachers were responding to their experiences in five distinct patterns, or profiles, of burnout or resilience. Survey data were then…

Structural equation modeling and autoethnography have rarely been integrated in scientific studies. The example employs a convergent intensive longitudinal data collection strategy and an explanatory bidirectional framework for data merging analysis to examine one instructor's practices of incorporating social-emotional learning (SEL) and…