Jeans days and chocolate won’t fix teacher burnout, but skilled leaders and supportive culture can
No disrespect to either jeans or chocolate, but neither will fix the root causes of teacher burnout that are leading to unprecedented levels of teacher attrition. It’s no secret that teacher turnover and burnout have been significant barriers to school success since before the pandemic. Turnover rates are up an estimated 4% nationwide, hovering between 11% and 14% annually. A staggering 41% of Georgia’s teachers want to leave the profession within the next five years, and the top factor they cite for pushing them out is “overwhelm.” Nationally, teachers and school principals are two times more likely to report “frequent, job-related stress” than the average working adult in other professions.