There are few professions more noble, or rewarding, than teaching. There are also few professions that are harder.
Mark Greenberg, a professor of human development and psychology at Pennsylvania State University and one of the nation’s leading researchers on teacher stress, says today’s educators feel pressured by many factors, including high-stakes testing and the fact students themselves are coming to school stressed, which negatively impacts their preparedness to learn.
Yet, while job-related stress for teachers is unavoidable, there are measures educators can take to combat stress and alleviate its symptoms.
That’s why we’ve compiled a wide range of advice from classroom veterans to help you manage, and navigate your way through, the storms the teaching profession might bring.
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