After reviewing the survey responses from the technology teachers, the Committee decided to sample secondary school English, mathematics, and science teachers as well and compare the responses across fields. Unfortunately, the response to this second survey was insuffi- cient to warrant such comparisons. Existing literature identifies several major reasons for professional dissatisfac- tion on the part of educators. However, the conclusion that job sat- isfaction is related to a hierarchical arrangement of needs was not supported. Kreis and Milstein also discussed major changes in society and teaching as reasons why the study outcomes differed from the findings of earlier research.
Teachers spend a great deal of their time on nonteaching- related activities.
Kreis and Milstein suggested that if the per- formance of schools is to improve, the needs of teachers must be addressed and satisfied within the professional arena of their lives. They concluded there should be diagnostic ef- forts to establish the needs of teachers as individuals followed by programs that address those needs. She believes that the determining factor is the number of years of teaching ex- perience rather than the age of the teacher. She believes that this kind of total program will provide strategies that will address large numbers of experienced teachers who are dissatisfied. The mid-life crisis syndrome is a normal, developmental, and generally predictable stage in adult life that occurs between roughly 30 and 50 years of age.