Teachers have a significant impact on the overall society’s future and progress. Therefore, addressing the issue of teachers’ well-being now is likely to have positively influence teachers’ productivity and the quality of education in the future. Furthermore, the teaching profession requires substantial efforts to overcome the challenge of working with many students simultaneously while still being able to focus attention on individual students’ progress. Raising awareness on the topic of teachers’ well-being and informing workers in the education system on the issue can result in additional support for teachers from co-workers, such as school administrators and clinical psychologists.
Next, the nature of the profession and occupational stressors such as the need to establish a connection with students makes teachers subjected to the risks of poorly managed life-work balance. Furthermore, according to Harmsen et al. (2018), teachers have more responsibilities than any other professional. Improving teachers’ knowledge about the importance of mental health for their productivity and students’ academic achievements can result in substantial changes in the education system. In particular, informing teachers about different coping strategies and the possibility of having meaningful collaborations with co-workers can improve the level of teachers’ job satisfaction and help them maintain a positive approach to fulfilling their duties.
Furthermore, work-related stress and burnout in teachers can potentially result in the development of depression and/or anxiety, which will significantly affect their personal life. Drawing attention to the importance of healthy well-being in the teachers’ profession can help prevent potential cases of depression and anxiety among teachers in the future. Moreover, raising clinical psychologists’ awareness of the issue and improving the knowledge about possible treatment interventions and necessary coping skills will help address the existing cases of depression and anxiety among teachers. Thus, exploring the questions from the study is important for society, students, teachers and other education system workers, and clinical psychologists.
Reference
Harmsen, R., Helms-Lorenz, M., Maulana, R., & van Veen, K. (2018). The relationship between beginning teachers’ stress causes, stress responses, teaching behaviour and attrition. Teachers and Teaching, 24(6), 626–643. Web.