School leadership is more complex, challenging, and stressful, survey shows
Teacher satisfaction continues to decline
As major changes in education loom and cuts in many public school budgets continue, the job of running the nation’s schools has become more complex, challenging, and stressful, the new MetLifeSurvey of the American Teacher: Challenges for School Leadership (2012) reveals.
School leaders today say that key responsibilities are challenging, particularly those schools alone cannot address. The challenges include balancing budgets—more than half of both teachers (56 percent) and principals (53 percent) report that their school’s budget has decreased in the last 12 months—and addressing the growing needs of diverse learners and their families.