Discussion: Teacher Burnout 1/3

9/11/2015

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1) Have you or someone you know experienced burnout? If so, what was it like? Discuss.

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Linda Kebely

1/9/2018 02:50:13 pm

I had a wonderful teacher in our school who I watched get completely burned out by one student. The student was so disruptive that by the end of the year she decided to change professions.

Nousheen Marashi link

2/4/2018 10:19:44 am

I have had burnouts myself. I usually just take a break or if it's chaotic in my room put on soft music and engage my kids in a musical activity.

Michelle Birdsong

2/17/2018 11:56:52 am

This year started out with three new boys that didn't know each other until coming to our daycare.They instantly bonded with each other and were my biggest behavioral challenges in over 15 years of teaching. They were 5 years old with extremely short attention spans and picked on the other children. We have worked through each of these issues and they have improved. My burnout stress is now gone and the boys are doing much better.

Marilyn

2/24/2018 03:00:38 pm

I had a burnout at my work before. I felt like I did my best to do the job done, but still is not appreciated. Its hard when you work with someone and they will be acting like they are the owner of the company. Its funny because the owner itself is so calm and not so bossy. What I did with that burnout so it will not happening again I spoke to my boss to not work with that person again. Now I'm working with the classroom and I feel appreciated.

Debbie Nice

3/1/2018 06:58:11 pm

When you feel burned out you don't have the energy needed to get through your day ,you may feel irritable and your patience is gone and you don't smile and sometimes you could not give the children in your care the attention and love that they need.It could even cause you to be short with your co workers or parents.

Katie Lindblom

3/6/2018 06:02:13 pm

I can feel burnout coming on over a period of a year. If I make too many commitments outside work, I just don't have the recovery time I need to care for myself. Eventually I become sort of hyper-stressed. Recently, I experienced this and was talking regularly with my husband about it, but I wanted to fulfill my obligations for that year and cut back the following year. I ended up in an angry argument with my sister that I probably would have been able to avoid if not experiencing burnout.

Srividya

4/2/2018 11:14:16 am

I feel burnout in my everyday work when my co worker is not cooperative & when the kids are very active on a day.

Minakshi Srivastava

5/30/2018 10:15:42 pm

Myself, when I was working alone in my childcare.

Ana R. Mtz

6/3/2018 10:54:11 pm

I thinks is a little bit of different situation like, Challenges with coworkers
Administratio, Poor compensation, Less than ideal working condition. However always decide to be better for myself and for my little students.

Robyn

6/10/2018 01:02:57 pm

I've been in this industry for over 25 years. So, yes, from time to time I get burnt out. As a Director, I sometimes get frustrated with having to deal with staff turnover, irrational parents and pending legislation. When I get this way I will spend some time in each of my classrooms so that I can refocus myself and see all the "good" I am accomplishing with my center. I also will motivate myself by taking a new ECE class or STARS course.

Staci

6/20/2018 09:26:59 pm

I have worked in child care for 25 years, since I was 19. I love children, teaching and would never change my professional. I have experienced burn out a lot to where I tell myself I can't do this anymore. But I love children and the bond that I have built with kids and there families. I am currently a Program Supervisior an I see my teachers be stressed on a daily bases due to behavior issues, large classroom that are maxed out with children. For me not being able to support all staff everyday when they need me stresses me out. I than feel like I have failed my job. As a programer I tend to get stressed when I spent so much time in classroom because we are short staff that I never get my office work done and I end up staying late at work.

Jocelyn Hilo-Boddy

6/26/2018 05:25:30 pm

Feeling burnout shows many big feelings from being frustrated and annoyed to sad and anxious. It's not a great feeling especially when you can sense that a teammate of yours is struggling and you don't know how to help them.

Gabriella Mahoney

6/27/2018 11:15:21 pm

The teacher before me in my position experienced burnout and quit. And now that I am in her position, I understand it now. I am exhausted and super anxious all the time. My patience is much less than it has ever been and it doesn't take much to make me upset. I cry every day. It's so hard.

Melissa

7/9/2018 10:17:24 am

Yes, I myself have dealt with burnout. I reached a point in the classroom where I was no longer a good teacher. I was exhausted and worn out and my patience was no longer there. I luckily was able to switch into a position in the office which has been much better.

Nicole Balch

7/30/2018 05:10:47 pm

I have gone through burnout before. It came at a time when I felt I had little to no support from my management team and I was an only teacher in my classroom at the time. I would wake up and would not want to go to work that's how upset I was. Communication is huge and I feel like it makes a big difference

Richelle Jensen

8/10/2018 03:33:40 am

i have experienced it, i took a break for a while to start new later on

Kayley

8/28/2018 08:29:22 pm

I have been in early childhood education field for almost 9 years and during that time, I have experienced burnout at least 8 times. At least once a year when I would get so overwhelmed by the day to day behaviors of preschoolers and the energy it took to keep a classroom successful. I also took things extremely personally and did a large part of worrying about my students even when I wasn't with them. I learned to leave work at work and to take long breaths before dealing with any extreme behavior.

Mee

8/28/2018 09:11:46 pm

I get burned out once or twice a year because my relationship with my coworkers becomes unhealthy.

Margarita Torrejos

9/14/2018 09:10:20 pm

I love children but sometimes I felt tired but I but I don't fell burnout .What makes me fell burnouts is Challenges with Co workers. There are times that they are so lazy to do their job and just leave it as if waiting for somebody to do it for them.

Viji link

9/16/2018 03:37:26 pm

I had a co worker who was burnt out and stressed. she was feeling sad and it was not a good environment to work.

Erin Baker

10/7/2018 07:36:02 am

I have experienced burn out. When it happens, I feel very defeated and exhausted both mentally and physically. One of the teachers in the last video explained it best - the stress of giving all day and then feeling like you have nothing left to give.

Jackie Eveland

10/8/2018 08:32:58 pm

I have seen several of my teachers over the years experience burnout for all different reasons. I see it more from inexperienced teachers that don't realize the importance of routine, expectations, modeling, etc. They feel overwhelmed and frustrated by the "telling," "doing," and not understanding that children will push boundaries every time something changes and does not stay consistent.

Melissa Kellum

10/27/2018 04:42:24 pm

I have at my current job. The stress of opening a new school and never being fully staff but being at capacity for children. Also working tons of overtime and never knowing what time I will be off. On top of that being a 1st time parent trying to learn the ropes of that.

Subbulakshmi arumugam

10/30/2018 12:19:48 pm

Yes. I have felt burn out many times while I work. When I face behavior problem among kids, high expectations and poor compensation make to feel burn out. That leads to stress.

Eliza C Mitchell

11/14/2018 07:59:35 pm

I have experienced burn out, it hurts to leave because you spend your whole day with the kids it's like you're family to them. I bounced back after taking up a nanny job and a preschool classroom. You feel lots of stress and feel sad. I had 3 major mental breakdowns before i decided I needed to leave. I've even had a few co workers just not happy where they were at and stress all the time. They told me they are looking at other jobs, then vanish and never to be heard of again. Recovering after a burn out is tough unless you're truly dedicated to working with kids.

Stacy Bryson

11/21/2018 07:59:32 am

I have known teachers who suffered burnout, which caused them to quit and look for other jobs. I make sure to take care of myself, and give myself 'me time" every day, even if only for a few minutes.

Sara

12/9/2018 06:03:29 pm

I've been working in Childcare for over 20 years and the burnout has happened time to time. The causes would be a un manageable class room, even with the best Co Workers. Former Directors not caring about their Staff and their needs, and only focusing on the money each child brings in. Co Teachers not doing their jobs and so I have to do their job to keep the classroom going. I've quit jobs because of the stress and poor management. But the job I have now is a whole lot better than the others, The Directors do care about their Staff and there are Support Staff.

Dawne

12/10/2018 11:16:42 am

I have worked in the field for 15+ years and have definitely experienced burn out. It really helps to have a supportive Co teacher that you work well with

Dawn

12/15/2018 08:32:01 am

I have worked in the field for 20 years. I experience burnout approximately every 5 years. I have taken small breaks from the field to recharge my batteries and find that love again.

Traci

12/17/2018 12:40:45 pm

This is my 23 year in ECE, 20 as a teacher and now as a manager of a large site. Burnout is something I deal with alot, I thought a change of work would help and it did some, but now it's different triggers that cause the burn out.

Dilistan

12/19/2018 01:37:25 am

I felt burnout before but I knew that it was the result of running a school, family related issues and trying to do many things by myself as well as multitasking. But I learned how to cope, started yoga and got interested in meditation and relaxing exercises which were very helpful.

Kassia

12/19/2018 07:39:50 am

I have definitely felt worn out. Thankfully, a simple vacation typically helps me feel better. I struggle with the monotonous of things never changing and the same old issues day after day.

Andrea Thomas

12/20/2018 01:16:25 pm

Both myself and my teachers have experienced burnout. This ranges from being short-staffed, to under trained, etc. It's exhausting and hard to want to come in to work. Even when you get to work, it's hard to encourage others and be encouraged to last the full day.

Kathi link

12/22/2018 02:38:58 pm

Yes I think everyone who works with kids experience burnout to a degree. It could be as simple as not enough sleep to a multitude of challenges during the day to sort through. It could be a missing staff member or having to be flexible in your area and crafts for the day. Fortunately for me each day is new and brings its own set of joy and rewards.

Missy

12/26/2018 03:18:55 pm

A staff member at our school age center. She is an excellent staff member giving her all everyday. She is creative with projects, competitive with games and she is sensitive to the needs of our students. Last summer was challenging-extreme behaviors and short on staff at times. I could tell she was stressed at times, short with her words at times, fewer smiles, tired and then she got ill. Wintertime sickness that kept her away from work for 2 weeks. I do my best to suggest a day off here and there and rotate responsibilities a little when I can.

Marley Stepper

12/27/2018 07:22:26 pm

Myself and a few of my coworkers have experienced burnout multiple times. I consider myself to have decently thick skin but I've burst into tears after a comment made by a student or even a parent, I've had to leave the room for a few minutes and just sit in silence. Some days when I come home all I can do is cry and hug my husband until i feel better. Working with children can be very overwhelming especially when you have large numbers and quite a few difficult students/parents to manage. Throw in a substitute or low staff and its even worse.

Dawn

12/28/2018 07:52:22 am

I recently experienced a burnout. I had a new kid come to my program that has some behavior issues.We are an after school program with 30 kids and ratio 15:1. I have been having some issue with this kid when they first came. But one particular day they were running from me. They were runnning up and down the hallways and kept hiding from me. I just kept asking the kid to please go back to the classroom. The kid refused and just continued to laugh and run from me. I usually don't let my feelings get to me on the job. But this particular night I broke down in tears because I have never been this disrespected by a child before.

Tabatha Gates

12/28/2018 10:18:45 am

I have been in childcare for 26 years. At about 15 years I had complete burnout. I took a year off and went to work landscaping, I did work 2 times a week as children's music teacher. It was very therapeutic.

Heike Garcia

12/29/2018 12:45:44 pm

I think we all coming on a breaking point what is not a burnout but can go to a burnout, the breaking point is when we feel tied, stiff, reacting on everything small what is not normal when this person recognize it and deep breathing exercise or meditate, or something different what this person need to do to get back in balance this person will not working on a burnout. This to recognize is that hardest part, is learnable. I can't imagine how hard is a burnout than, don't know someone with a burnout.

Irene

12/30/2018 08:42:03 pm

I have had a burnout. It was emotionally exhausting. The child had aggressive behavioral issues. It took a few days for the child to gain trust and interact calmly with myself and others.

Brittney

2/28/2019 09:32:37 pm

Yes, I personally have experienced a burn out, I have also had several people I know experience burn out. In my experience I experienced all of the listed possible causes of burnout Teaching challenging students, Managing behavior in the classroom
Time management and pressure to perform,Major changes
Observations and evaluations, Challenges with coworkers, Administration, Poor compensation, Less than ideal working conditions. I have since learned a lot about my limits, I have learned to better express how i am feeling and what i need from management. Only issue that is hard to fix is wage the industry in general is on a low pay scale.

Gina

3/5/2019 12:12:57 pm

I have and my co-workers have. It is a terrible feeling to not want to come to the job that you used to love. It was frustrating knowing that even though we were in ratio, having just one more person to allow for extra one on one time with a child who needs it can make a huge difference in the climate of the classroom. Being stretched too thin, not having the supplies or time to get them together, lack of appreciation causes stress and friction among the staff. I have seen teachers have meltdowns and have to leave which puts added stress on the staff. We allow extra breaks, and extra staff now which has greatly improved the morale and made our job fun again. The children are a reflection of the environment and you can see and feel the difference.

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