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Don’t Forget to Exercise: Teachers’ Personal Development

Successful teachers not only need to care for their students, they need to care for themselves also. Davis, 2009. Don’t Forget to Exercise: Teachers’ Personal Development. Teacher Wellbeing Matters. Improve school performance, by paying attention to teachers’ wellbeing.

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Don’t Forget to Exercise: Teachers’ Personal Development

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  1. Successful teachers not only need to care for their students, they need to care for themselves also. Davis, 2009 Don’t Forget to Exercise: Teachers’ Personal Development

  2. Teacher Wellbeing Matters Improve school performance, by paying attention to teachers’ wellbeing.

  3. Impact of stress at work

  4. Factors which may disrupt the student-teacher relationship • Poor self- care • Previous unresolved trauma • Inability or refusal to control work stressors • Lack of satisfaction at work

  5. Ideas for Improving Teacher Wellbeing

  6. As always, NURTURE YOURSELF

  7. Finally, students perspective of a caring teacher • Cultivate interest in the content which they are teaching. • Set high expectations for all students. • Influence learning through their relationship with students, “warm demanders.” • Are compassionate as they remind students that they can do it, as failure is not an option.

  8. References Chang, M. L. & Davis, H. A. (2009). Understanding the role of teacher appraisals in shaping the dynamics of their relationships with students: Deconstructing teachers’ judgments of disruptive behavior/students. In P. A. Schutz & M. Zembylas (Eds.), Advances in teacher emotion: The impact on teacher lives (pp. 95-127). doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0564-2_6 Davis, H. A. (2009). Caring Teachers. In E. Anderman & L. Anderman (Eds.), Psychology ofclassroom learning: An encyclopedia (PCL). The Gale Group. Retrieved from http://www.education.com/reference/article/caring-teachers/ • Teacher Support Network (2009). Report of the Teacher Support Network on Teacher wellbeing – positive steps to improve school • performance. Retrieved from • http://tsn.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2017/~/teacher-wellbeing---positive-steps-to-improve-school-performance • Teacher Support Network (2010). Report of the Teacher Support Network on Teachers’ wellbeing and stress at work. Retrieved from • http://tsn.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2276/~/teachers'-wellbeing-and-stress-at-work

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