Student resilience is often discussed and written about, as it should be – student wellbeing is vital. But perhaps we need to focus a bit more on teacher wellbeing. This Teacher Magazine article looks at 4 pillars for building teacher resilience.

Students, parents, curricular and extracurricular activities, playground duties, administration and those Friday afternoon meetings are just some of the elements that contribute to teacher burnout and stress.

Associate Professor Susan Bruce from Northeast Ohio Medical University says that stress can be divided into three categories: positive, neutral and negative. While low levels of positive stress are vital for us to prevent boredom and frustration, long periods of negative stress can be very harmful and detrimental to our mind and body, ultimately leading to burnout (Bruce, 2009).

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