The Burnout index of 119 Elementary Public Education teachers was assessed. The CBP-R, Teacher Burnout Questionnaire - (Brown, Garrosa and González, 2000) and a socio-demographic questionnaire were used as data collection instruments. The results showed that 70.13 per cent of the participants presented symptoms of Burnout, 85 per cent felt threatened in the classroom, 44 per cent spent more than 60 working hours a week and 70 per cent of them were less than 51 years old. Significant differences were found in the following factors: feeling threatened in the classroom, journey to work and age, when related to Burnout Syndrome. Based on the research results, the authors suggested alternatives aimed at humanizing the teacher workplace.
Burnout Syndrome; teacher's workplace; humanization of workplaces
