Educator Plateauing Survey – EPS

The realities of my job come close to matching my initial expectations.

I have high professional regard for those in leadership positions in my organization’s structure.

I feel trapped because I am unable to advance my organization.

My work is satisfying to me.

I feel burdened with the many things I am responsible for in my life.

I am bored with my current job.

I usually start a new day with a sense of enthusiasm.

To the extent that I am interested, I have opportunities to advance in my organization.

Work is the most important thing in my life.

My job is full of repetitive tasks.

I feel like I have been passed over when advancement opportunities have occurred in my organization.

I can usually find time to engage in leisure activities that I enjoy.

I have little interest in advancing within my organization’s structure.

My life is too predictable.

I participate in challenging and meaningful activities in my job.

I believe I can achieve my career goals within my organization’s structure.

I have been in my job too long.

I find myself being impatient too often with family and friends.

I wish I had more opportunities to advance in my organization so I could do more meaningful work.

I know my job too well.

I rarely think of my life as boring.

Although I would like to advance in my organization, given my abilities, my present position is the highest I can realistically attain in my organization.

My job affords me little opportunity to learn new things.

I am energized by the challenges and opportunities of my job.

I consider myself a risk-taker in my approach to life.

Advancing further in my organization’s structure would require that I give up many of the things I really like about my current position.

I feel I perform successfully in my current job.

My family and friends get irritated with me for being more involved with work that I am with other aspects of my life.

My life is turning out as well as I hoped it would.

I relate career success to promotion within my organization’s structure.