Teaching has always been a highly purposeful but challenging profession, yet recent data underscores just how dire the situation has become in the United States.
According to a 2022 Gallup study, 44% of K-12 workers in the U.S. report feeling "always" or "very often" burned out at work, the highest rate across all industries nationally (Marken & Agrawal, 2022). Within this group, teachers report an even higher burnout rate of 52%, with female teachers particularly affected at 55% (Marken & Agrawal, 2022).
These staggering figures highlight that burnout in education is not simply a personal failing but a widespread systemic crisis, exacerbated by pandemic-induced disruptions, political tensions over curriculum, and chronic workplace stressors. Click the link to read more.
In this episode of the Independent School Moonshot Podcast, Cara Gallagher, founder of CGC and an expert in psychometric insights and organizational behavioral methods, which she applies to help schools be more effective, explores the early signs of organizational misalignment, especially invisible resistance.
This episode is a must-listen for leaders ready to move beyond reaction and toward strategy.