“Teacher Burnout Is One of My Greatest Fears”: Interrupting a Narrative on Fire

Teacher burnout is often positioned as a common result of the complex demands teaching profession (García-Carmona et al., 2019). While there no denying demanding nature teaching, in this article we present an alternative perspective on widespread discussion that distinguishes between and complexities teacher attrition, offer more hopeful strengths-based approach to profession. In qualitative study analyzed anticipatory beliefs pre-service teachers expressed reflective assignment for course focused Comprehensive School Health (CSH), found evidence suggest narrative may threaten candidates’ self-efficacy before entering We call disruption overemphasis narratives education programs they undermine