Abstract
In today’s current economic society childcare workers and primary school teachers are
possibly amongst some of the most significant and influential people in determining your
child’s future. Upon these people rest the developmental years of any child which will affect
their hope and their future. There is a high expectation from both professions regarding the
delivery of their education and certain developmental milestones and expectations of the
child at the end of attendance at a crèche or a primary school. What people tend to forget is
the behind the scenes work and pressure that can occur from such professions. Obstacles are
constantly being met in both professions both on a personal and professional level. The
expectation to deliver a specific curriculum each year can lead to high levels of stress for both
primary school teachers and childcare workers, including many other variables which
influence levels of job stress and job satisfaction. The purpose of this study is to examine job
stress between these two occupations, as well as examining their job satisfaction. The aim is
to discover which group shows more stress and to determine if it is the actual aspect within
the job which determines how stressed the participant might be. Using the job stressor and the
job satisfaction questionnaires, along with a self-composed demographical data survey,
different but important variables will be also used to analyse the two main hypotheses. Our
hope is for this study to indicate if there are significant levels of job stress in these two
professions and test between the groups which might indicate to have a higher amount of
stress. Results of this study indicate that there are no significant difference in the results
between primary school teachers and childcare workers in relation to job stress or job
satisfaction.
