Science teacher burnout doesn’t usually happen all at once. It builds slowly—often in predictable stages—until teaching starts to feel exhausting instead of energizing. Many science teachers don’t burn out because they don’t care. They burn out because they care deeply, take on too much, and try to do everything at full capacity all the time. Understanding the burnout cycle is the first step toward breaking it. The Science Teacher Burnout Cycle Burnout in middle school