Stress Awareness - Developing Techniques - For teachers and support staff in an educational setting
Each delegate is provided with a workbook and throughout the day they will be asked to undertake a range of small exercises which allow them to reflect on their learning and look for opportunities in their daily lives to recognise trigger points, adapt to
challenges and change behaviours.
Understand and Identify Stress
- What “stress” is – and what it isn’t.
- The differences between pressure, healthy stress and negative stress.
- The range of physical and psychological effects of stress on the mind and body and the differences between acute and chronic stress.
- Stress in the workplace: signs and symptoms & key stress factors in teaching
- Lesson observations / walk-ins and stress
- Managing the workload
- Pupil behaviour and stress
Build Resilience
- Understanding resilience and resiliency
- Self-esteem and self-efficacy
- Coping mechanisms: fight, flight or thinking differently
- The 5 main factors of resilience
- Measuring personal resilience
- The benefits of developing a resilient mind-set
- How to switch off
Self-Care & Support
- Tools and techniques for managing stress
- Signpost to a range of further resources for self-help
Review & Action Plan
- Review of training
- Evaluation of tools and techniques
- Personal outcomes and action plan
Target audience:
Available to all staff based within a school setting. Please note there is a separate course for leaders and managers in a school setting. It is important that you do not attend this course with staff whom are managed by yourselves.
Cost:
There will be a charge of £120 per person, this includes all workbooks, materials and refreshments. Lunch will be provided.
Date and Venue:
Tuesday 28th June 2016 @ Sir Henry Mitchell, room 104, 9.30am - 4.30pm
To book places:
Please complete the booking form on the link below.
Link
to the Workforce Development Booking Form
If you have any queries about this course, please contact Workforce Development on 01274 434503.
*Due to the high demand for our courses it is important that you inform us in advance if you cannot attend. You may be charged if you fail to attend a course and do not inform us.