Teacher Stress and Coping Strategies
Teacher Stress and Coping Strategies

Author(s): Otilia Clipa
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Editura Lumen, Asociatia Lumen
Keywords: teacher; stress; coping strategies; evaluate
Summary/Abstract: The article wants to describe the perceived stressors for teacher from Romania and the appropriate modalities for reducing this professional stress. We try to investigate the perceptions of teacher upon the evaluation as a stress factor and the solutions for this stress. For this study we apply a questionnaire which was administrated to 120 teachers from Suceava County. The research showed that Romanian teachers experience high levels of stress, almost half of them being tempted to give up this profession. The most used coping actions reported were the positive ones, such as enjoyable activities. Final finding is that increasing qualified personnel, creating a positive organizational climate and communicate results of evaluation process.

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