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Peer groups could be the answer to improving teacher wellbeing
Exhaustion, stress and burnout are some of the reasons teachers are leaving the classroom, yet a simple peer support program might be the solution to keep teachers afloat.
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Trouble is most of the stress in teaching doesn’t happen in the classroom, it comes from ridiculous policies and agenda being pushed down from education department ‘wannabes’ looking to push for their next step up the ladder. Most classroom teachers I work with feel stress from being loaded with extra workloads which are generally irrelevant to the task of teaching a class. And most of the time, any discussion of these matters by class teachers is shut down by regional directors, principals and deputies as it may affect their chance of promotion if they kick against the system.