Let's talk about Stress

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• Poor working conditions (small room, many students)

• Lack of adequate instructional materials and teaching resources,

• Lack of proper facilities within a school (heating/cooling, lighting, media facilities, noise, room structure)

• Job security factors, budget cuts,

• Decreased job mobility,

• Low salaries,

• Little opportunity for promotions,

• Annual incremental raises not in pace with cost of living,

• Interruptions during teaching time,

• Conflict between amount of time to teach and curriculum,

• Teacher roles: teacher, mother/father/coach, counselor,

• Heavy workload gives teachers no time to finish at work,

• High stakes assessment testing,

• Responsible to administration/Board objectives& policies,

• Responsible to the students, parents, school administration/board,

• Physical and mental abuse by students.