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1 Educator Burnout in Early Childhood Teachers by Rachel Bassingthwaite American College of Education February 5, 2024

2 Data Analysis The problem is that educators are burning out. Since the study examines how burnout impacts educators rather than the actual numbers of what happens in terms of teacher retention, sick days, student scores, etc., qualitative research methodology makes the most sense for this area of research. Using questionnaires, survey research analyzes trends, attitudes, and opinions in action research (American College of Education, 2017). The survey method is an effective way to gather data from a large group of people, and it is often used to gather statistical information about a population (American College of Education, 2017). Survey research is also helpful for understanding a population's needs and assessing the effectiveness of interventions (American College of Education, 2017). A study of this type appears ethical and effective at solving the problem (American College of Education, 2017). It shouldn't lead to burnout in the participants (American College of Education, 2017). In this study, it would be possible to check and see if certain research-based ideas are working or not for a specific population. Survey research analyzes trends, attitudes, and opinions (American College of Education, 2017) in action research. Survey research is an effective way to collect data from large groups of people. It is also helpful in assessing the effectiveness of interventions (American College of Education, 2017) and understanding the needs of a population. In this case, this type of research seems most ethical and effective. Ideally, I would begin with informal ethnographic interviews to see if certain research-based ideas are working or not. The research should not cause more burnout. The purpose of these casual conversations is to learn about practices related to burnout and to gauge what's not working and what's working (American College of Education, 2017). A quantitative survey based on research-based ideas to improve educator burnout would follow up on these conversations to get some more straightforward answers.

3 Implementation Action Plan The researcher would start the weekly Google Forms to collect teachers' perceptions on their burnout these forms would have weekly reminders and the teachers will be given time to complete them at the end of their contract week. Continuing these forms at the end of each school week the researcher would also do ethnographic interviews at the end of each trimester. The ethnographic interviews will take place during contracted meeting times. After a year of collecting this data, it would continue into the next school year in much the same way. Along with continuing to collect data, the teachers would also start professional development on how to be more resilient. These trainings would take place at four-week intervals during contracted meeting times and be accompanied by support groups, journal prompts, as well as support such as readings, videos, and podcasts that teachers in the study will have access to at their leisure. Communication Plans To start the researcher would have to go to the school board for permission to collect data from teachers willing to participate. After receiving permission the school board would have to grant the researcher time within the teacher's contracted day to not lead to more burnout because of increased workload. The permission would also have to go through the elementary school leader and the union. After the two-year study is completed the research would bring the data collected and ask the school board to add it to their agenda. If it was then added to the agenda, it would be presented to the board through graphics made from the data collected. After presenting, the room would then be opened up the room for questions and clarifications. It would be done in this way so that the members of the board would have time to look things over beforehand to prepare. The

4 school leaders would be at the board meeting which would lead to continued conversations about what to do about the results. Reliability, Validity, and Ethics To make sure this research study is ethical before conducting it permission would come from the school board so that participating teachers do not have an increased workload. All survey time will be given to teachers during the contract time and not outside of it. Professional development training and interviews will be done and conducted during contracted meeting times to again not add to the participating teacher's workload. The teachers who choose to participate will remain anonymous and will have filled out a consent form. The teachers will be free to stop the research participation at any time if they so choose. If data is showing more burnout in the second year with the supports added the research will cease immediately. All participants will be treated with respect and the hope is to improve their working conditions. To ensure my data is both reliable and valid I am going to triangulate through multiple sources . I will find as many resources that confirm that data as possible and make sure those resources are credible because they are peer-reviewed research articles. I have already made sure that the data I am collecting matches my research question and can answer it. To make sure the results are reliable the data collection will be consistent. Any missed data point will result in either all those points of data from that participant being removed or asterisks will be put into the research data so that results are not skewed. Reflection Thinking about action research and finding a topic I am personally affected by and getting to learn more about it has been incredibly rewarding. Action research is something I had not previously heard of but I have done it in informal ways many times. Having a more formal

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