A Study of Characteristics of work of the school teacher for every place of work -What should be know with the staff of mental health support？-

学校教師の仕事は非常に複雑で難しく、教師は非常に多忙である。そのため、教師のメンタルヘルスは次第に悪化し、休職者も増える傾向である。ところが精神科医やカウンセラーなどの教師を支援する立場にある専門家の中には、「教師の仕事は楽である」という誤解をしているものもいる。それでは十分な支援ができるはずもない。筆者は、支援にあたる者が、教師の業務の特性や学校組織の特徴を知りことが重要であると考えた。そこで小学校、中学校、高等学校ごとに、その職場の特性や人間関係の特徴を列記し、不調の背景要因を整理した。The school teachers' works are very complicated and difficult, and most of teachers are very busy. Therefore, the state of teachers' mental health is in a very bad tendency. However, among the specialists in the position which supports teachers, such as a psychiatrist and counselor, there are those who have misunderstanding, saying "A teacher's work is easy". The writer thought it important that a psychiatrist and counselor got to know the characteristic of a teacher's work and culture peculiar to school. So, in thia paper, the writer summarized the characteristic of the work for every elementary school, junior high school, and high school, and described the factor to which a school teacher becomes out of condition mentally