Teachers’ Professional

Burnout:
Ways to Avoid and Cope '

Olga Morozan
 15 questions
Choices:

Not at all
(1 point)

Rarely
(2 points)

Sometimes
(3 points)

Often
(4 points)
shorturl.at/duFIQ Very often
(5 points)
Calculate your score
Score Comment

15-18 No sign of burnout here

19-23 Little sign of burnout here, unless some factors are particularly
severe
33-49 Be careful- you may take at risk of burnout, particularly if several
scores are high
50-59 You are at severe risk of burnout- do something about it urgently

60-75 You are at very severe risk of burnout - do something about this
urgently
First Work Day as a Teacher at your Current Job

Recall from your memory:

● How much time ago did it happen?

● What impressions did you have?
● How did you feel?
● Did you take lunch that day?
● How have you felt at your work during 2 last
weeks?
WORKLIFE AREAS

WORKLOAD

CONTROL

REWARD

COMMUNITY

FAIRNESS

VALUES
From work to
personal life
 HOW TO COPE?
KNOW YOURSELF!!!
( HOW DO YOU REACT TO STRESS?)

TRIGGER SITUATIONS ( Your Friend is Late)

1. THOUGHTS 2. EMOTIONS 3. BEHAVIOR

4. CONSEQUENCES
 RIGHT TO ASSERTIVENESS
1. Right to decide which are your objectives and your
priorities,
2. Right to refuse & say “NO”,, “I don’t know”, “I don’t
understand”
3. Right to change your mind
4. Right to express your needs and ask for what you
need
5. Right to be accepted as imperfect
“I have limits
that I need to
respect!!!”
 Change external stressful
factors:
● Quit my job
● Communicate
assertively
● Take breaks
● Reorganize my time
Change my way of thinking:
● When I come home I
don’t talk about my job Change connected to
● Stop assuming I am health:
responsible for others’ ● Relax
problems ● Do exercises
● Try to change my ● Eat healthy
perfectionist attitude ● Sleep enough
 FINAL EXERCISE

FROM PROBLEM TO SOLUTION

What could we/the organization do to change PROBLEMS

into SOLUTIONS ?
PROBLEM -> SOLUTION
PROBLEM -> SOLUTION
PROBLEM -> SOLUTION