I have to do what!?

The teaching field is hardly a low stress area. Teachers are constantly being asked to increase their standards, and increase their outputs. These pressures are stressful for the teachers because sometimes it's not feasible for them to get to the standards that the teachers expect them to be at. These standards are forced upon them, and they are often threatened with monetary cuts if they do not perform to the level that the state requires of them.

Some ways that teachers can be prepared for the stress is to first of all just put them in stressful situations, or give them hypothetical stressful situations so that they can become more accustomed to working under some sorts of strains and pressures. Teachers do not always know how to cope with stresses either, so offering stress management options can be good for them too. What teachers learn in their college needs to truly prepare them for what they're going to deal with when they get out to the work force. This means that the professors that teach them need to be qualified and be able to answer questions that they may have.

Another option that would be useful for new teachers is giving them someone to go talk to when they have questions, and know that especially during the first year that someone has their back. They're not going into things all by themselves, and that people do support them. If the teachers feel like they have a support group to turn to, they will be less likely to want to discontinue in the profession, because they know they can actually keep doing what they're doing.

Finally, exposing new teachers to lots of different situations involving students helps them figure out what to do when they find themselves in new and uncomfortable places. Whether this means having them volunteer at summer camps, or just spend a lot of time student teaching, this will really provide them with a positive atmosphere to work in.