TEACHER BURN OUT HAS BECOME EARLY TEACHER RESIGNATION
Back in the 1970’s there was a far more optimistic climate about teaching, but in my 4 years of teaching at a NYC high school and by contacting many teachers in other schools regardless of level I found, way back then, that although they may choose to stay or have stayed in teaching for decades, many teachers had already “burnt out” approximately by year 5. So for my Masters thesis in 1974 I decided to look at teacher burn out, a very common term to describe a big drop off of energy, involvement, and in some cases competency.
There were a variety of reasons but a sizable percentage just started to go along to get along…. go through the motions. Given the more pro union (although that didnt necessarily equate to pro teacher) sentiments at the time, it is easy to see why so many stayed in the profession, even though they werent as highly motivated as they were when they started. Many stayed TEACHER BURN OUT HAS BECOME EARLY TEACHER RESIGNATION | DCGEducator: Doing The Right Thing: