The article "Extinguishing Teacher Burnout" by David Hurley explains what

teacher burnout is, its problems, and solutions.

Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President of the United States of America, said, and
I quote, "Teaching is one of the noblest of professions. It requires adequate
preparation and training, patience, devotion, and a deep sense of responsibility.
Those who mold the humankind have wrought not for time, but for eternity." The
responsibilities on teachers' shoulders are challenging. Crafting and preparing lesson
plans, delivering, and executing the lessons, managing, and addressing students'
concerns while delivering the lessons, giving tests, and checking them, and many
more. These are some of the daily activities of a teacher inside the classroom. In the
long run, these physical and mental activities can lead to high stress, eventually
leading to teacher burnout. According to this article, teacher burnout is a syndrome
produced by the mismatch of unrelenting pressure, demands, and stress put onto
educators and the resources needed to cope with them (Lauermann & König, 2016).
Undeniably, there is a mismatch between unrelenting pressure and high demands in
teaching and between the resources needed to cope with those pressures and
demands. According to the World Health Organization, "Burnout is a syndrome
conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been
successfully managed. Burnout is characterized by three dimensions: feelings of
energy depletion or exhaustion, increased mental distance from one's job, feelings of
negativism or cynicism related to one's job, and reduced professional efficacy.
Burnout refers specifically to phenomena in the occupational context and should not
be applied to describe experiences in other areas of life." According to Madeline Will's
article, "Teachers are not OK, Even Though We Need Them to Be," 60% of teachers

expressed stress. She mentioned that teachers work longer hours than many other
positions. Moreover, Madeline Will identified stress-related factors: lack of resources,
work-life balance, and political issues. David Hurley and Madeline Will are saying the
same thing - that over time, too much pressure and stress leads to burnout.