Stress Management for Teachers
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This document discusses stress management for teachers. It defines stress as a mentally or emotionally disruptive condition caused by adverse external influences that can impact physical and emotional well-being. As teachers, we play many roles simultaneously such as caregiver, counselor, nurse, administrator, and more, on top of meetings, paperwork, and modeling good behavior, all of which can lead to stress, fatigue, high blood pressure, lack of focus, irritability, depression, and burnout. The document provides a self-check questionnaire to assess stress levels and recommends various stress management strategies such as setting realistic expectations, focusing on successes, recognizing criticism, developing hobbies, spending time with family, getting adequate exercise, learning to say no and
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- 1. Stress Management For Teachers-in- Action
- 3. Stress, defined mentally or emotionally disruptive or upsetting condition in response to adverse external influences capable of affecting physical and emotional well-being
- 5. Wearing too many hats can be really fun. . . but stressful too!
- 6. As an educator in action, We play many roles at the same time.
- 7. We are Caregivers Counselors Nurses Pencil –pushers Coaches Administrators Program designers Trainors, faciliators Teachers with meetings to attend Tons of paperwork
- 8. As teachers, we are models of good behavior We dress up. We speak right. We act right. We live right. We bring home our work. And the list can go on.
- 9. What could stress do to us? Fatigue Increased blood pressure Loss of focus Irritability Lack of motivation Depression BURNOUT Unhappy Person
- 10. Let’s have self-check. A glimpse of ourselves and the stressors around us
- 11. Write 4 for Always 3 for Frequently 2 for Sometimes 1 for Never
- 12. Above 60: You may be a candidate for heart disease. Consult your doctor. Self –Check Results
- 13. You should : Set realistic expectations for yourself. Focus on the process rather than the results. Focus on successes rather than on failures. Be realistic about time expectations and perspectives. Recognize that you will be criticized more than praised by parents, partners, and supervisors.
- 14. Make your work/study area more stimulating Do paperwork immediately. Don't procrastinate. Ask others for positive feedback. Develop a hobby and spend time on it regularly. Keep physically fit — good diet and adequate exercise. Spend time in active family activities.
- 15. . Between 51 and 60: Your stress level is marginal and you are bordering on being excessively tense
- 16. Between 31 and 50: You demonstrate a good balance in your ability to handle and control stress. Keep up the good work. Teaching must be a rewarding career.
- 17. Between 31 and 50: You demonstrate a good balance in your ability to handle and control stress. Keep up the good work. Teaching must be a rewarding career.
- 18. Between 20 and 30: Chances are that you are non- productive or your life lacks stimulation. Is teaching the career you should pursue?
- 19. Stressors are ever-present! When the disparity between stressors and our ability to cope becomes great – BURNOUT!
- 20. Stress Management: Is there a real need for it?
- 21. Strategy 1 Identifying the sources of stress in your life.
- 22. Think about the ways you currently manage and cope with stress in your life – Habits, attitude, and excuses - PROCRASTINATION
- 23. Accept responsibility for the role you play in creating or maintaining your stress.
- 24. Avoid unnecessary stress There are a number of stressors in life that can eliminated. Learn how to say “no.” Avoid people who stress you out. Take control of your environment. Avoid hot-button topics. Pare down your to-do list.
- 25. Alter the situation If you can’t avoid a stressful situation, try changing the way you communicate and operate in your daily life. Express your feelings, compromise, assert, manage your time better.
- 26. Adapt to the stressor Change your expectations and attitude. Reframe problems. Look at the big picture. Adjust your standards. Perfectionism is a major source of avoidable stress. Focus on the positive.
- 27. Ask for Help Take time to talk to others – your people resources – and plan. Set up routines and duties.
- 28. Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Focus on the essential
- 29. Don't Play the Teacher at Home.
- 30. Take Time for Yourself Pamper yourself in small ways. AROMATHERAPY GO TO THE SALON. PLAY GAMES. FOLLOW YOUR INTERESTS. EXERCISE.
- 31. Remember Why You Teach “I teach in order to make a difference for children and to share myself with the world. I keep these reasons for teaching close to my heart.”