teacher burnout
Classroom career exhaustion
Teacher burnout is a state of chronic exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced effectiveness resulting from prolonged workplace stress in education.
It goes beyond ordinary tiredness—burned-out teachers feel emotionally depleted, detached from students, and unable to find meaning in work that once mattered to them.
After fifteen years in underfunded schools, teacher burnout drove her to leave the profession.
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- overwhelmDefeat by excess
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- wine o'clockJoking term for evening drinks
depletion · resignation · quiet quitting · frustration · cynicism · dropout · attrition · classroom · grading · lesson planning · workload · unpaid overtime · underpaid · thankless · staff shortage · compassion fatigue · staff meeting · paperwork
- teacher burnoutemotional exhaustion, exhaustion, overwhelm, overwork, workload
- teacher psychologyself-efficacy, job satisfaction, job stress, morale, well-being
- burnoutemotional exhaustion, exhaustion, exhausted, overwork, chronic fatigue