Abstract: This study developed “Chinese Teacher Job Burnout Inventory”, which is comprised with four dimensions, which are Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalization, Personal Accomplishment, and Cognitive Burnout. 679 teachers from elementary and high schools joined the survey. The reliability and validity of the inventory is satisfactory. With the inventory, we explored the status of teachers’ job burnout and it’s relationship with the social support they received. The results indicate that the status of male teachers’ burnout is more severe. Teachers who have worked for 11~20 years have the highest feeling of EE and DP. The support from each source has significantly positive correlation with the dimensions of EE, DP, PA and IB. Among all the sources, the most effective support is which offered by the students and school leaders. Emotional support can predict EE, DP negatively, and predict PA positively. Practical support can predict PA positively, and predict IB negatively.

Key words: job burnout, social support, teacher