In the modern system of education, all its participants suffer from what might be called “success addiction”, cultivated by the system itself. Compelled to maintain constantly the rank of educational institutions, their administration pushes the employees to participate in endless series of rating events. In pursuit for leading positions in ranked lists, the true meaning of teacher’s job gets lost. As a result, teachers are subject to “professional burnout”, which involves loss of interest for professional activities, chronic fatigue from interacting with colleagues and students, health problems and vital energy decline. Striving for successful implementation of their professional functions, teachers risk to neglect the essence of their job –upbringing of the young generation. Actually, ratings have little to do with job satisfaction. The source for that is creative self-realization of a teacher, which also provides for his or her professional resourcefulness. However, the processes of self-realization are difficult to estimate due to their latency as well as to subjectivity of interpretations. The given research was undertaken to develop certain methods for assessing the processes of self-realization, with the use of combined techniques for qualitative/quantitative analysis. The ultimate purpose of the study is to estimate the young teachers’ professional self-realization by means of a resource-saving technology. This technology, being reproducible, offers an adaptational tool, helping young teachers to adjust for the profession.

The hybrid research complex developed by the author includes such methods as participant observation, in-depth interview, expert survey, and content analysis of regulatory documents. The results of the study showed the inconsistency of the requirements for the "success" of the teacher's professional activities. It is empirically confirmed that ratings and “indicators” impede the self-realization processes and may trigger professional burnout.

Information for citation: Ushakov, D. V. (2020), “Estimating the young teachers’ professional self-realization”, Research Result. Sociology and management, 6(1), 106-115. DOI: 10.18413/2408-9338-2020-6-1-0-9