Overview: This module looks at how many demands are placed on teachers and strategies to cope with those.
Read More : How This Program Works...
We all have many things that fill our time and demand our attention. Being a new teacher adds many new and very demanding tasks to our life. In this module we help you to identify some of these tasks and develop strategies for managing them.
Objectives for this module include:
Overview - Activity 1 - Welcome and Pulse Check
Activity 1 - Welcome and Pulse Check (Adobe Acrobat File)
Activity 1 - PowerPoint (PowerPoint File)
Application - Activity 1 - Advice from Experienced Teachers
Activity 1 - Advice on Workload (Adobe Acrobat File)
Activity 1 - PowerPoint (PowerPoint File)
Application - Activity 2 - Identify Stressors
Activity 2 - Identifying Stressors (Adobe Acrobat File)
Activity 2 - PowerPoint (PowerPoint File)
Activity 2 - Now, Soon, Later (Adobe Acrobat File)
Application - Activity 3 - Teacher Toolbox
Activity 3 - Teacher Toolbox (Adobe Acrobat File)
Activity 3 -Toolbox PowerPoint (PowerPoint File)
Application - Activity 4 - Looking at Case Studies
Activity 4 - Case Study Instructions (Adobe Acrobat File)
Activity 4 -Case Study PowerPoint (MS PowerPoint File)
Activity 4 -Case Study Document (Adobe Acrobat File)
Community Connections -
Activity 1 - Community Connections (Adobe Acrobat File)
Conclusion - Activity 1 - Reflection
Activity 1 - I Commit Activity (Adobe Acrobat File)
Activity 1 -I Commit Document (MS Word File)
Activity 1 -I Commit Document (Adobe Acrobat File)
Conclusion - Activity 2 - Exit Slips
Activity 2 - Exit Slips Instructions (Adobe Acrobat File)
Activity 2 -Exit Slips Handout (Adobe Acrobat File)
Alternate Activity -Going Deeper - Composing Organization List
Activity 1 - Going Deeper with Workload- Organization List (Adobe Acrobat File)
American Psychological Association - Teacher Stress Module: Reveals that new teachers are particularly susceptible to stress.
Visit at: http://goo.gl/DlczSc
Stressing Support, Not Stress: Easing the Anxieties of Being a Novice Teacher: Knowing why you teach can help deal with the pressures of the job. Visit at: http://goo.gl/FLJR9b
Back to School Stress: Establishing Good Habits: Developing good habits can you help reduce stress.
Visit at: http://goo.gl/Ow9ASi
Why is Teaching so Stressful?
Visit at: http://goo.gl/8c1KZq