Teacher Burnout in Special Education

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Teacher Burnout in Special Education

• By Melinda Boone
• Heather Nissen

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• Teacher burnout not only affects the teachers
  in this profession, but the students they serve,
  (Beck Gargiulo, 2001).

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Purpose

• To discover if special education teachers in an
  urban Midwestern school district have suffered
  from burnout and to see what they believe the
  causes of burnout to be.

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Hypothesis

• Special education teachers have in fact suffered
  from burnout and the major cause of this burnout
  is work overload.

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Assumptions

• Special education teachers answered the survey as
  honestly and as accurately as possible.
• Teachers know the definition of burnout
• Teachers understood what was being asked on the
  surveys

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Limitations

• Time
• Lack of interest
• Lack of population
• Limited districts
• Number of responses

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Definitions

• Special Education
• Burnout

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Method

• Quantitative
• Teacher surveys
• 15 teachers
• 4 school districts

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Data Collection

• Teacher Survey
• 15 Likert scale items
• 4 demographic questions

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Analysis of Data
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4.5
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3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
Yes
No
UA
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Contributors

• Increased Paperwork and Documentation

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Contributors
Underpaid for Responsibilities
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Contributors
Work Overload
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Contributors
Student Behavior
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Contributors

• Administration

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Contributors

• Favoritism

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Contributors

• Poor Teamwork/Isolation

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To Conclude

• A majority of teachers have felt they suffered
  from burnout
• The most identified contributor to teacher
  burnout is increased paper work and documentation
  
• Our hypothesis is partially supported

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Recommendations

• More in-depth research on the causes of burnout
  in the special education field.
• Research on effective ways to prevent burnout.

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Thank You To.

• Dr. Merryellen Towey-Schulz
• All teachers who participated in our research
• CSM Students

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Questions