Teachers face several occupational hazards in their line of work, including occupational stress, which can negatively impact teachers' mental and physical health, productivity, and students' performance. Stress can be caused by organizational change, relationships with students, fellow teachers, and administrative personnel, working environment, expectations to substitute, long hours with a heavy workload, and inspections. Teachers are also at high risk for occupational burnout.
What can hurt a teacher's mental and physical health? What, when combined with a large workload, can contribute to occupational stress? What is something that teacher's are at a high risk for? What can be the result of a change in an organization? What, on the part of a teacher, can result in a decrease in student performance