Organizational Interventions to Reduce Sources of K-12 Teachers’ Occupational Stress

Job Stress and Health of Elementary and Secondary School Educators in the United States

“…15 A recent literature review found that mentoring, induction, and Peer Assistance and Review programs can increase support, skill development, decision-making authority, and perhaps job security, for teachers. 1,2…”

“…A variety of factors are associated with job stress among educators, including workload demands, limited decision-making authority, inflexible schedules, conflicting demands from peers, supervisors, students or students' parents, inadequate opportunities for skills development, students who require more resources to teach or manage, [1][2][3][4]27 and workplace violence. [5][6][7] Schools with stressful and poor work environments have a higher rate of teacher turnover, making it more difficult to build instructional capacity and maintain a strong organizational culture.…”

“…Our previous reviews found evidence for the effectiveness of some organizational policies and programs, mainly designed to improve teaching quality, to provide the skills needed to work with children who require more resources to teach or manage, and to provide support and opportunities for skill development for teachers. 1,2 Peer Assistance and Review programs and some mentoring programs were also designed to provide teachers with a vital role in evaluating their peers, due process, and help for struggling teachers. Thus, such programs were designed to provide support for teachers and to increase their decision-making authority and skill levels, key job characteristics associated with reduced job stress.…”

“…Thus, such programs were designed to provide support for teachers and to increase their decision-making authority and skill levels, key job characteristics associated with reduced job stress. 1,2 Other programs, such as teacher assistance teams, peer collaboration, and even mentoring programs, involve employees in problem-solving. In addition, Peer Assistance and Review, while now a structured program, was originally developed through collective bargaining, an important method for teachers' to influence their working conditions and reduce their work stress.…”

A Revised Ecological Model of Occupational Stress: Applications to 9-1-1 Telecommunicators

“…Ideally, such a theoretical model of occupational stress would generate novel research endeavors, guide efforts to design interventions, and provide assistance for health providers, including occupational health nurses. To date, most clinical interventions intended to reduce the adverse effects of stress in the workplace have focused primarily on the individual worker (Grawitch et al, 2015) and/or, to a lesser extent, on their workplace organization(s) (Bambra et al, 2007; Landsbergis et al, 2017). We are proposing herein an ecological approach to this complex and multidimensional public health problem.…”