This document discusses stress management for teachers. It defines stress as a mentally or emotionally disruptive condition caused by adverse external influences that can impact physical and emotional well-being. As teachers, we play many roles simultaneously such as caregiver, counselor, nurse, administrator, and more, on top of meetings, paperwork, and modeling good behavior, all of which can lead to stress, fatigue, high blood pressure, lack of focus, irritability, depression, and burnout. The document provides a self-check questionnaire to assess stress levels and recommends various stress management strategies such as setting realistic expectations, focusing on successes, recognizing criticism, developing hobbies, spending time with family, getting adequate exercise, learning to say no and

1. Stress Management
For Teachers-in- Action

2. What is Stress?

3. Stress, defined
 mentally or emotionally
disruptive or upsetting
condition
 in response to adverse
external influences
 capable of affecting
physical and emotional
well-being

4. What brings stress?

5. Wearing too many
hats can be really
fun. . .
but stressful too!

6. As an educator
in action,
We play many
roles at the
same time.

7. We are
Caregivers
Counselors
Nurses
Pencil –pushers
Coaches
Administrators
Program designers
Trainors, faciliators
Teachers with meetings to attend
Tons of paperwork

8. As teachers, we are models
of good behavior
We dress up.
We speak right.
We act right.
We live right.
We bring home our work.
And the list can go on.

9. What could stress do to us?
Fatigue
Increased blood pressure
Loss of focus
Irritability
Lack of motivation
Depression
BURNOUT
Unhappy Person

10. Let’s have self-check.
A glimpse of ourselves and
the stressors around us

11. Write
4 for Always
3 for Frequently
2 for Sometimes
1 for Never

12. Above 60:
You may be a candidate for heart
disease.
Consult your doctor.
Self –Check Results

13. You should :
Set realistic expectations for yourself.
Focus on the process rather than the results.
Focus on successes rather than on failures.
Be realistic about time expectations and
perspectives.
Recognize that you will be criticized more than
praised by parents, partners, and supervisors.

14. Make your work/study area more stimulating
Do paperwork immediately. Don't procrastinate.
Ask others for positive feedback.
Develop a hobby and spend time on it regularly.
Keep physically fit — good diet and adequate exercise.
Spend time in active family activities.

15. .
Between 51 and 60:
Your stress level is marginal and you
are bordering on being excessively
tense

16. Between 31 and 50:
You demonstrate a good balance in your
ability to handle and control stress.
Keep up the good work.
Teaching must be a rewarding career.

17. Between 31 and 50:
You demonstrate a good balance in your
ability to handle and control stress.
Keep up the good work.
Teaching must be a rewarding career.

18. Between 20 and 30:
Chances are that you are non-
productive or your life lacks stimulation.
Is teaching the career you should
pursue?

19. Stressors are ever-present!
When the disparity between
stressors and our ability to
cope becomes great –
BURNOUT!

20. Stress Management:
Is there a real need for it?

21. Strategy 1
Identifying the sources of
stress in your life.

22. Think about the ways you
currently manage and cope
with stress in your life –
Habits, attitude, and excuses -
PROCRASTINATION

23. Accept responsibility for the
role you play in creating or
maintaining your stress.

24. Avoid unnecessary stress
There are a number of stressors in life
that can eliminated.
Learn how to say “no.”
Avoid people who stress you out.
Take control of your environment.
Avoid hot-button topics.
Pare down your to-do list.

25. Alter the situation
If you can’t avoid a stressful
situation, try changing the way
you communicate and operate
in your daily life.
Express your feelings,
compromise, assert, manage
your time better.

26. Adapt to the stressor
Change your expectations and
attitude.
Reframe problems.
Look at the big picture.
Adjust your standards.
Perfectionism is a major source of
avoidable stress.
Focus on the positive.

27. Ask for Help
Take time to talk to others
– your people resources –
and plan.
Set up routines and duties.

28. Don't Sweat the Small
Stuff
Focus on the essential

29. Don't Play the
Teacher at Home.

30. Take Time for Yourself
Pamper yourself in small ways.
AROMATHERAPY
GO TO THE SALON.
PLAY GAMES.
FOLLOW YOUR INTERESTS.
EXERCISE.

31. Remember Why You Teach
“I teach in order to make a
difference for children and to
share myself with the world.
I keep these reasons for
teaching close to my heart.”