Teacher Stress Is Real Because Teaching Well Is Hard: How Inspired and Collaborative Professional Development Can Help
By Sheryl Chard, Sofia Center
It’s May in schools, so let me state the obvious: Stress is at its annual high, a wiry tension of angst and anticipation, and talking very much about insight into soul action would no doubt leave me eating alone in the cafeteria. Instead, I want to talk about the stress that is referenced in nearly every conversation I have with colleagues from schools and organizations across the city. If it were just the stress of May, it might not be so concerning, but forty-six percent of teachers report high levels of daily stress throughout the year, a rate on par only with that reported by nurses and doctors...
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