When teaching hurts: Exploring the secondary traumatic stress experiences of early-career SBAE teachers

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dc.contributor.authorSchmidt, Kirby J.en
dc.contributor.authorMilliken, D. Bretten
dc.contributor.authorGonzález Morales, Amy M.en
dc.contributor.authorTraini, Haley Q.en
dc.contributor.authorVelez, Jonathan J.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-01T19:10:28Zen
dc.date.available2022-12-01T19:10:28Zen
dc.date.issued2022-11-01en
dc.date.updated2022-12-01T17:16:05Zen
dc.description.abstractSources of satisfaction, stress, and burnout are all-too-familiar to school-based agricultural education (SBAE) teachers. Yet, the current literature related to SBAE stress has not addressed the overwhelming existence of trauma in our greater society. Teacher wellbeing can be compromised when students share their own adversities and traumatic experiences, thus producing secondary traumatic stress (STS). To lay a foundation for inquiry, we used the Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) survey and scale to quantify and draw attention to STS. In this study, we found early-career SBAE teachers (n = 49) in Oregon experienced moderate levels of STS along with STS being a significant positive predictor of burnout. Given our findings, we urge scholars and practitioners to recognize the implications student trauma has on the lives of teachers. Students carry invisible wounds to the SBAE classroom, which inextricably transfers to the teachers caring for them. Secondary exposure to trauma is salient to the experiences of teachers. Left unattended to, STS could result in severe implications for the individual as well as the profession.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.extentPages 216-232en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5032/jae.2022.03216en
dc.identifier.issn2162-5212en
dc.identifier.issue3en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/112761en
dc.identifier.volume63en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectTeacher stressen
dc.subjectWellbeingen
dc.subjectSecondary traumatic stressen
dc.subjectEarly-career teachersen
dc.titleWhen teaching hurts: Exploring the secondary traumatic stress experiences of early-career SBAE teachersen
dc.title.serialJournal of Agricultural Educationen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherArticleen
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pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Agriculture & Life Sciences/Agricultural Leadership and Community Educationen

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