Some Common Causes of Burnout
· The need for better organizational skills
· The need to learn how to delegate
· Communication issues and breakdowns
· The absence of the joy factor (performance management issues)
· Too much on the plate
· The lack of clear role definition
· The absence of supervision
· The absence of enjoying the company of your peers
· Lack of positive feedback (too much corrective feedback)
· Unclear or overly ambitious expectations (ie never feeling like you are meeting the goals)
· Lack of recognition for accomplishments
· No down time to recharge
· Overly harsh punishment for failure
· Supervising teachers whom you discover don’t really believe that all our kids can really learn: as Dr. Haberman calls it – the Pedagogy of Poverty. Then finding yourself in the position of having to fire the teacher and worry about finding a replacement.
· Not having performance management training/skills
· Being afraid to speak your truth.