Handle With Care

a new perspective
Teachers analyze stress, ways to manage burnout
Timothy Bui, Nicole Yao
E
nglish teacher Denzel Mitchem looks up at the
time on the clock: 3:24 p.m. He glances around the
Disobedience” paragraphs. With 10 seconds until the
ing the sophomore soccer team. With so many responsibili
For many teachers, including Mitchem, responsibilities
patterns and realize that there are things happening outside
good time management strategies, such as dedicating a cer
be taken into consideration.
% TEACHERS experiencing...
major stressors for teachers
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
Feelings of burnout
Difficulty coping well
with stress
Symptoms of depression
Frequent job-related
stress
22 features • december 2022