I recommend you to read my article about Burnout Syndrome to get good information on this topic.
After five years of teaching in both primary and secondary education, I've dropped out of the education business almost completely. I still visit conferences and attend workshops just to stay in touch with the teaching profession, but I'm aiming for teaching abroad or at an English speaking school in Hungary instead. That's for the future. At the moment I'm working as a legal guardian and that job requires a different set of skills and attitudes, so it's a sort of refreshing change.
My advice, in short: you might want to try either taking up a completely different job or just go into teaching at the tertiary level instead.
Thanks dear Laszlo for sharing your experience. I appreciate your advice. Sometimes I feel trying certain tricks to avoid teacher's burn out like changing the routine, having a break can be helpful. Am I right?
All the best with your academic life.
Hi Iman
To avoid teachers burnout:
1-HAVE FUN DAILY WITH YOUR STUDENTS
2-TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH
3-LEARN SOMETHING NEW AND SHARE IT WITH YOUR STUDENTS
4-HELP ANOTHER TEACHER
5-LIGHTEN UP
6-LOOK FOR THE POSITIVE
7-REDECORATE
8-TRUST STUDENTS MORE
As one of top five most stressful careers in the world, the burnout syndrome is quite a prevalent issue for teachers because they commonly have and practice a profession whereby they have to pay lip service to the daily demands of various learners . With the start of the syndrome, teachers begin to suffer from emotional exhaustion , energy loss, slips of mind , and a lack of interest in the subject matter which ultimately result in demotivation and low productivity. To get themselves rid of the problem, teachers should:
a)Try to change their daily routines and find new opportunities to boost their physical and mental energies,
b) Identify the challenges they face in order to solve them efficiently,
c) Talk about their problems with others ,
d) Join a teacher education program, if possible,
e) Maintain healthy emotional boundaries and direct love and kindness both inwards and outwards, and
f) Treat themselves with love, care, dignity and make their well being a priority. With self-compassion, they can eventually restore their mental powers and hold themselves accountable both professionally and personally anew.
To avoid teacher/lecturer burnout, suggest that:
I recommend you to read my article about Burnout Syndrome to get good information on this topic.
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