ABSTRACT
Although an optimum amount of stress is helpful and can even improve our productivity, it is clear that the situation for many teachers is one of too much stress to the extent that, fi nding their workload overwhelming, they are becoming burned out and leaving. Explanations of how people become stressed typically involve three elements or steps:
1 The facts of a situation, including what we have/haven’t done, what we have been asked to do, student grades etc.
