Is the Spark Gone? Some Practical Ways to Combat Teachers’ Burnout

If you are an educator, you know the impact of the spark in a teacher’s eyes or smile. The spark is the driving force in everything we do as teachers. It is what motivates teachers to cope with the difficulties they have in their profession. If you think the spark is gradually disappearing or your students and their parents can see the spark less frequently or in case your colleagues hear too many complaints from you, and if you think everything is wrong and they can’t be fixed, then you are struggling with teachers’ burnout. However, you should bear in mind that you are not the only one and no one is immune to it; educators around the world are dealing with burnout. In this workshop, we are going to introduce some of the symptoms of teachers’ burnout and come up with some practical ways to help teachers and school authorities’ combat burnout.