2. CONTENTS
.
What kinds of
pressure do
teachers
face?
How do the
pressures of
teaching
change?
What can
teachers do
to overcome
these
pressures?
3. What kind of pressure do teachers face?
The teaching profession is not an easy one.
Time management.
Extracurricular duties:
Isolation:
Single teacher for a particular subject
Advocacy:
4. TIME MANAGEMENT
There is work to do for teachers, to
prepare for what happens in class.
Teachers without good time
management
Skills will find themselves under a lot of
Stress.
5. Extracurricular duties
• G
That teachers will contribute to the school community by
helping out in extracurricular activities.
This requires good time management.
6. ISOLATION
Many teachers feel a sense of isolation from the rest of the
school as they must all prepare their own classroom and
Lessons, without reaching out To others for support and help.
Only teacher:
Sometimes a teacher can be the only Teacher in a school who
teaches a
Particular subject; this can contribute to the sense of isolation.
7. ADVOCACY
Each person has different taste for learning.
Some subject are less valued so a teacher has
to advocate his subject
8. How do the pressure of teaching change?
1ST YEAR TEACHER: A new teacher can often feel overwhelmed with all
tasks like, taking on their own classes, planning lessons and units.
EXPERIENCED TEACHER: The more experience a teacher has, the more he is
expected to contribute to the school community whether through extracurricular activities or
by helping newer teachers to become integrated.
MENTOR TEACHER: Mentor teacher must be prepared to provide all the support that
the student teacher needs.
9. How to overcome this pressure?
Be realistic
• Problems are
going to
happen and
some days will
be better than
others.
Be organized
• Lesson
planning should
be according to
a schedule.
Be balanced
• scheduling
times to do
relaxing and
healthy
activities is
extremely
important.
• It emphasizes
the need for
good time
management
Look for support
• isolation is a
serious
• Problem in the
teaching
profession that
• doesn’t need to
exist