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OTF Survive and Thrive 2003/2004

OTF Survive and Thrive 2003/2004. Stress Management for New Teachers. Stress Management and New Teachers - An Oxymoron?. Stress is an unavoidable consequence of life. It can be positive and negative.

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OTF Survive and Thrive 2003/2004

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  1. OTF Survive and Thrive 2003/2004 Stress Management for New Teachers

  2. Stress Management and New Teachers - An Oxymoron? • Stress is an unavoidable consequence of life. It can be positive and negative. • It provides us with the energy and the motivation to meet our daily challenges at home and in the workplace. • “The bow always strung… will not do” • George Eliot, Middlemarch (1871)

  3. Optimum Stress • Personal level - different for everyone • Michael Fullen - High support/high pressure • Consider areas in your life/work where there is too much/not enough pressure.

  4. Stress Triggers • Body cues • Stressful times/positive uplifting times • Physical, social, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, environmental • N.B. - Recognition and reflection

  5. Teaching • A teacher’s day is half bureaucracy, half crisis, half monotony, and one-eightieth epiphany. Never mind the arithmetic. • Susan Ohanian, Ask Ms. Class (1996) • Not just part of us becomes a teacher. It engages the whole self - the woman or man, wife or husband, mother or father, the lover, scholar, or artist in you as well as the teacher earning money. • Sylvia Ashton-Warner, Myself (1967)

  6. Coping Methods - Maladaptive • Compensation • Rationalization • Projection • Repression • Withdrawal • Fantasy • Denial

  7. Coping Methods - Adaptive • Physical - • Healthy foods • Physical activity • Enough rest and sleep • Relaxation

  8. Coping Methods - Adaptive • Mental/Emotional - • Positive thoughts • Personal recognition • Acknowledge the learning process • Organize and prioritize - time management • Plan ahead for stressful moments; practice • Express your feelings.

  9. Tears • Rich tears! What power lies in those falling drops. • Mary Delariviere Manley, The Royal Mischief (1696)

  10. Coping Methods - Adaptive • Social - • Communicate with others • Listen to others • Seek out social opportunities

  11. Tips to Manage Stress • Choose a place to start: • Lifestyle habits? • Specific stressful situation? • Overall thinking?

  12. . 25 Tips to Manage Stress 1.Take a deep breath when you hear bad news. 2. Count to ten before responding if something angers you. 3. Identify your own symptoms of stress and stressful situations. Write down your thoughts. 4. Talk to someone about how you are feeling. 5. Laugh. Share a joke, make a joke, find the humour in the situation. 6. Wait a day before sending an e-mail response to something that upset you. Give yourself time to react. 7. Get enough rest and sleep. 8. Move your body. Walk around the block, dance in your living room, go to the gym.

  13. . 25 Tips to Manage Stress(cont’d) 9. Cut yourself some slack. Allow yourself not to be perfect. 10. Help others. Find a volunteer commitment that fits in your schedule. 11. Choose healthy snacks. 12. Use relaxation techniques – yoga, massage, meditation, deep breathing.. 13. Start with time management – identify essential tasks and address them. Use a checklist and check off things as they get done. 14. Limit the amount of alcohol and caffeine you consume. 15. Get away – read a book, watch a movie, play a game, listen to music. Change the pace. 16. Make an effort to be early. Allow more time than you think you’ll need.

  14. . 25 Tips to Manage Stress(cont’d) 17. Roll your shoulders. Turn your neck. Shake out your hands. 18. Look for things to praise in yourself and others. 19. Progressively squeeze and relax different muscles in your body. 20. Pick routine things that you do everyday as reminders or “cues” to practice relaxation. 21. At every stoplight on your drive home, take a few deep breaths. 22. Scan your body for areas of tension. 23. Take a break during the day. Don’t wait for the end of day to deal with your stress. 24. Close your eyes for a few seconds. Breathe deeply. 25. Treat yourself for a job well done.

  15. Activity Breaks • Support Daily Vigorous Physical Activity • Provide a break, build fitness and commitment to active healthy living • Relieve stress • I Don’t Know But I’ve Been Told • Desk Exercises • ACTION Spelling

  16. Stress in the Curriculum • Grade 11 and 12 Healthy Active Living Education - Mental Health and Stress Management • Characteristics of emotionally healthy person • Positive and negative effects of stress • Coping with stress and anxiety

  17. Resources • The Ontario Health and Physical Education Curriculum Support: Grade 11 Additional Supports – Healthy Active Living Education, Healthy Living, Module #3. Download this free resource from www.ophea.net. Look under Teacher Resources, Health and Physical Education Curriculum Implementation Support, Resources and Materials. • The Canadian Mental Health Association www.cmha.ca • Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety www.ccohs.ca • The American Institute of Stress www.stress.org • For more ideas to support Daily Vigorous Physical Activity in the classroom, see Appendix B of the Ontario Health Physical Education Curriculum Support: Kindergarten to Grade 10 document series available in your school. See www.ophea.net for more information.

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