Exploring professional quality of life in the context of language teacher attrition

IF 1.5 1区文学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Foreign Language Annals Pub Date : 2025-05-13 DOI:10.1111/flan.12806

K. Chimène Gecewicz, Laurel Hodges, Tammy Greer

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This study investigates the professional quality of life among 124 K-12 language teachers in the U.S. to explore factors influencing teacher attrition. Participants reported moderate levels of burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and compassion satisfaction, with secondary traumatic stress levels significantly higher than levels reported by educators in other disciplines. Lower compassion satisfaction and higher burnout correlated with thoughts of leaving, though secondary traumatic stress showed no significant relationship. Demographic factors such as first language and target language were found to influence professional quality of life, and although over half of the participants indicated they had thoughts of leaving in the past year, 87.9% reported that they were likely to remain. Implications are described for educator preparation programs, which must prepare teacher candidates for professional realities while also instructing them on best practices for combating burnout and secondary traumatic stress.

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语言教师流失背景下的职业生活品质探究

本研究对美国124名K-12语言教师的职业生活质量进行调查，探讨影响教师流失的因素。参与者报告了中等程度的倦怠、继发性创伤压力和同情满意度，其中继发性创伤压力水平显著高于其他学科教育工作者报告的水平。较低的同情满意度和较高的倦怠与离开的想法相关，但继发性创伤压力没有显着关系。人口因素，如第一语言和目标语言，被发现会影响职业生活质量，尽管超过一半的参与者表示他们在过去一年中有过离开的想法，但87.9%的人报告说他们可能会留下来。本文描述了对教育工作者准备计划的影响，该计划必须为教师候选人的职业现实做好准备，同时也指导他们对抗倦怠和继发性创伤压力的最佳实践。

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Foreign Language Annals Multiple-

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5.40

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期刊介绍： Dedicated to the advancement of language teaching and learning, Foreign Language Annals (FLA) seeks to serve the professional interests of classroom instructors, researchers, and administrators concerned with the learning and teaching of languages at all levels of instruction. The journal welcomes submissions of the highest quality that report empirical or theoretical research on language learning or teaching, that describe innovative and successful practice and methods, and/or that are relevant to the concerns and issues of the profession. FLA focuses primarily on language education for languages other than English.