Emotional burnout of teachers in the context of modernization of educational environment

The problem of research and justification of its relevance. The professional activity of a teacher in the context of modernization of the educational environment, regardless of the type of work performed, belongs to a group of professions with increased moral responsibility for the health and life of children, therefore they are often subject to emotional burnout. The goal of research is to identify the specifics of the features of emotional burnout and personality traits among specialists in the field of preschool and school education, defectologists and specialists in working with children. Methodology. In the process of psychological research of emotional burnout among teachers, the theoretical method of scientific categorical analysis of modern psychological and pedagogical literature and the testing method using reliable and valid methods were applied. Results. The generalization of the results determined the theoretical novelty (the structure of professional activity was revealed, including the interrelated indicators of motivational, emotional and behavioral components). The practical novelty lies in the identification of a significant difference in the indicators of the motivational component of the professional activity of teachers: for specialists working with children, the main motive is interest; in order to obtain satisfaction from work, school teachers should have decent remuneration and specific rewards for the performance of professional duties; specialists working with children also need remuneration for their work, while the administration of the educational institution must provide them with comfortable conditions for successful professional activity. Preschool educators consider the opportunity to be creative, to come up with something new and original as paramount in working with children. In order to maintain a high level of professional motivation, all categories of teachers need to structure their work (a clear understanding of their functionality), recognition, a sense of their power and influence, diversity (the possibility of changing types of activity); In accordance with the new challenges of the time (for example, in the context of a pandemic), psychological recommendations were proposed for the administration of educational institutions to increase the motivation of teachers' professional activities, consisting in the structure of advanced training courses to include classes to train teachers in the skills of self-regulation of emotional states and stress resistance... In addition, in order to improve their professional competence, teachers need to be taught strategies for effective coping behavior in a difficult situation that causes fear and anxiety. Therefore, exchange of experience and professional supervision are important.