You are not alone. The pressures on teachers reflect societal and system changes that have intensified the work of teaching. Composition of class and mainstreaming of students with special needs are more significant causes of stress now than in 1986. Bargaining success after achieving union status moved salary issues out of the top eleven.
Most teachers now have preparation time in contract.
This is the student-focused view. Teaching in the '90s is a series of reports based on a survey of B.C. teachers conducted in May and June of 1993. It constitutes a culture map of B.C. teachers, looking at teacher practices and a range of current issues in education. 2,000 questionnaires were mailed to a random sample of BCTF members. 735 responses were entered into a Teaching in the '90s database, and form the basis of the report.