Burnout Levels and Stress Levels among Teachers: Basis for Faculty Development Program

Obsiana, Rennia Joy Baria, Capiz State University – Roxas City Main Campus, May 2024. “Burnout Levels and Stress Levels Among Techers: Basis for Faculty Development Program" Teaching is said to be a demanding profession. It is important to discuss how instructors manage their burnout levels and stress levels and how these impact their productivity. Burnout levels are said to be the results of the stress levels. For this reason, the researcher initiated on this study to know the burnout levels and stress levels of teachers. Furthermore, the researcher is motivated to pursue this study for this will be a basis for the faculty development program in the university. This study aimed to determine the burnout levels and stress levels among the teachers. Specifically, it sought to determine the burnout level of teachers in terms of emotional exhaustion, personal dissatisfaction and depersonalization; and determine the stress level of teachers in terms of work environment and work overload, use of new technologies, organizational aspect and relationship and role of teachers; and find out if there is significant relationship between burnout levels and stress levels among the teachers. The result revealed that in terms of burnout levels, the indicators emotional exhaustion, personal dissatisfaction and depersonalization is exhibited low extent, very low extent and very low extent in burnout levels respectively. For the stress level, the indicators: work environment and work overload, use of new technologies, organizational aspect and relationships and role of instructors have results of average extent, low extent, low extent and low extent in stress levels respectively. Further, the results revealed a significant relationship between burnout levels and stress levels. Hence, the study is highly recommended to be used as a basis to conduct a faculty development program in the institution.