how to handle work life balance

1. Director
Global Child Wellness Centre
Dr Priyanka Kalra
MD DNB (Psychiatry)

2. Untangling Stressors among Teachers
-Mental Health Mapping
-Work Life Balance
-Mega tips for handling parents

3. Question Never (A) Sometimes(B
)
Often(C) Always(D)
Unfocused on
present moment
Overwhelmed
with life
Sleep less than
7 hours
Unhealthy food
indulgences
Headache or
muscle tension
Withdrawn from
family/friends
Irritability/Anger
Social media

4.  More than 5 are in Often ( C ) or Always
(D)category , then stress is high

5. Mental Health Mapping
Teacher
Mentor
Leader
Family
member
Colleague

6.  Antoniou, Polychroni, Vlachakis, (2006) showed
that the most highly rated sources of stress
among teachers
 problems in interaction with students,
 lack of interest,
 low attainment and handling students with
“difficult” behavior.
 Female teachers

7. Main stressors
 Family Stress
 Personal Problems
 Family commitments
 Managing Finances
 Less Family time

8.  Parents Expectations
 They expect all demands to be fulfilled
 Unloading on teachers for personal matters

9. Behavior of children after covid
 No corporal punishment
 Hyperactivity
 Learning problems
 Reading and writing problems
 Un motivated
 attention span has reduced
 increased screen time

10.  Special children
 Unequipped to handle such children
 Unaware to get the results for them
 Lacking facilities for them in classroom
Think of most naughty student in your class . What
are your strategies to handle him?
Think of most underperforming child in your subject .
What is your strategy to improve him?

11. How can we improve
 Workload management is very important
 Social media usage to be decreased
 Free time in school can be used to recharge

12.  Senior teachers need to act like leaders
 De stress the environment
 Regular workshops for mental health

13.  Core group of 5 teachers each in Kindergarten,
primary, middle and secondary level
 Take up personal issues of teachers to support
them
 Financial Literacy is must

14.  Understanding the basic requirements of children
and focus on overall development
 Parenting workshops for parents of
underperforming children

15. Handling High Pressure Situation
with parents
 How many of you have had heated parents in
class?

16. Tips
 Learn to stay cool in tough situations, anger
cannot answer anger
 Help each other identify and share which parents
are tough to handle
 Set realistic expectations from day 1

17.  Speak in a gentle and firm voice
 No surprises about the child’s problem. Don’t wait
for PTM to tell anything is wrong
 Practice active listening

18.  Let students make some mistakes . They have
also endured covid
 Give parents example from your experience
 Don’t loose confidence after heated discussion

19.  Don’t over reason.
 Inform your superior about rude behavior, so that
they can take appropriate action

20. Better than a thousand days of
diligent study is one day with a great
teacher.