This study investigated the causes and consequences of teacher stress and effective means of stress management. Responses to a survey questionnaire were received from 800 primary teachers in New Zealand public schools (a response rate of 67.3 percent). Six situations which cause teacher stress were identified: (1) work overload; (2) expectations…

Stress in various occupations is of interest to managers, counselors, and personnel workers. A study was undertaken to examine, through the use of self-report scales, stress-related characteristics of workers in occupations which require many and varied human interactions. Subjects were 244 full-time employees in six professions: health services,…

Two issues of "Plantings," are presented. The 1986 issue is a panel discussion that considers the results and future plans of faculty development programs in three Minnesota institutions. In addition to the moderator, Robert Young, of the University of North Dakota, the panel consisted of Norman Noonan (Augsburg College), Chandra…

Responses to a questionnaire regarding stress and coping skills were collected from 185 regular educators and 225 special educators--teaching emotionally disturbed (ED), learning disabled (LD), mentally retarded (MR) or other types of handicapped children. Results demonstrated little difference between the regular and special educators' responses…

Studies of job satisfaction among community college faculty use a variety of theoretical constructs and measure widely different dimensions of satisfaction. Research on the effects of working conditions on faculty attitudes has shown consistently that interaction with students and peers and privacy within the classroom are major sources of…

A survey was administered to 510 high school teachers, and completed by 302 French-speaking teachers (56 percent) in the Ottawa-Hull (Canada) region to examine their views regarding the degree of structuration in their school organization, to determine the relationship of these views to their degrees of stress, and to determine if a greater degree…

The owner-operator of a child care center, nursery school, and kindergarten organization located in the Pennsylvania heartland implemented a practicum providing in-service programs in communication to child caregivers working in the surrounding area. Based on a needs assessment completed by directors in nine centers, nine workshops in three topic…

By using a path analytic model, this study seeks to determine the relationship of school organizational stressors to teacher stress in public high schools. The model included three stress variables (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and degree of personal accomplishment), seven organizational health characteristics, a motivational variable,…

The following papers were presented at a joint conference of the Colorado Library Association and the Mountain Plains Library Association (MPLA) in October 1986: (1) "Development of a Strategic Plan for the Harold B. Lee Library--A Model for Public Service" (Larry Ostler); (2) "The Library Committee in MPLA Libraries" (Ronald…

To avoid "burn out" from the general tensions of the times and from the severe demands of the teaching profession, English teachers need to exploit the means of renewal. Having literature at their command, English teachers can reconstruct themselves again and again through the dynamic interplay of human imagination and language artistically…

A study was designed to identify patterns or relationships among test items used to measure teacher stress and develop a measure of teacher stress using a Likert-type scale. The subjects of the study were 89 experienced elementary and secondary school teachers, who rated 50 items related to events in a classroom situation or school setting, using…

The manual describes six sessions of an inservice workshop, Camp Lite-Up for Burnouts, for teachers of the handicapped and teachers of the arts to learn and experience new ways of integrating dance, drama, theater games, music, and the visual arts into instructional programs. The narrative and photographs illustrate such activities as playing…

This packet of materials provides information for those who have obtained Lansing Community College's videotape series on stress and professional burnout and who plan to use these tapes in a professional development seminar. General information for seminar leaders is presented first, including a list of the contents of the packet, an outline of…

This paper reviews, compares, and summarizes writings from 1974 to 1980 which address the concept of burnout. The 48 writings are summarized in a tabular format and presented in chronological order to provide the reader with a sense of trends. The table also includes authors, year of publication, the occupation of the "burned-out" individual, and…

This study reviewed journal literature on aspects of teacher stress and burnout, the causes of these problems, and what coping or preventive measures could be used to alleviate them. The annotated bibliography is organized into three sections. In section one, symptoms of teacher stress and burnout are explored. Section two covers causes of stress…