I actually decided to do this course because I am feeling the effects of being overwhelmed. I really like the use of lists, but I stopped doing them. I realize that I really need to put maintaining my list as one of scheduled priorities.

Starting your class room on the first day I have found that after introducing myself that I emediately let my class know that while we are here to learn that no one is allowed to disrupt the education of another student. On that note I encourage students sitting at the back of the class to move toward the front on the excuse that they may hear me better and if they need to ask a question that I may hear them better. Then I stop the class until they comply with that wish. After they have moved forward I then inform them that is thier seat until the lecture portion is over. If after that, they start to be disruptive or talk I stop and ask them what was that? As if they were trying to join the lecture. Then I ask if they want to add to the discussion to please raise thier hand and I'll call on them. This way they know that I will not tolerate interferance while others are trying to learn.

If I hit a wall of stress during a long teach day, I will go into the faculty lounge and sit quietly for a few moments or stretching my shoulders and legs a bit. Just a few minutes where I am in control of my body will take that edge off.

The biggest stress for me is maintaining my expectations for my students without giving into the let down of disappointment. We work with a grading scale for all students, I need to remind myself that they will not get 100% in the class and will not always give 100% effort. That does not mean that they are failing.

I teach writing classes, and I find it much easier to have the students take short answer quizzes, as opposed to all essays all the time. It gives them a chance to demonstrate more knowledge on different questions, and improves their ability to be concise when answering a prompt.

I find it is important to be ready for every class, but it is just as important to take a minute for myself between classes. I grab a snack or call home or check my email. Any five minute task that can center me a bit before heading back into the classroom can relieve the pressure.

Water is definately one of my stress relivers. I find that when I am feeling run down, water seems to be the only panacea to my headaches, runny nose, itching eyes, fatigue and irritability.

I definately have been a victim of my own stressors. When I decompress and monitor my path, time management is always at the epicenter of my stress. Over the years, I developed ways to cope by making lists and learning how to prioritize the things I needed to do in both my personal and professional life.

Short answer questions are just as good as essay questions in most courses. What i have found in and agree that there can be a lot of time wasted not only putting together essay questions, but also grading them. The other thing is that if an instructor is goingto ask students to underline their main words in their esay answers, then, it is more effective to create a short answer test. I have found that essay tests can be intimidating and all around can be a big time wasting venture.

I have learned a lot from the class. I have to impliment these NEW policies ASAP!!! Thank you for all of your help!

I had to adopt making lists early in my teaching career becasue I was often overwhelmed as well as suffering from immediacy.

I am a clinical instructor where there are usually 3 instructors on the floor at one time. Sometimes the students will say, "That's not what Ms. X says to do." or "Ms. X showed us this way." Other than running back to that instructor and saying, "they said this is how you do it or told them to do it," how else can I handle this?

In the real world there are some circunstance can cause a stress in our life. We need to pay attention on situacion we are living. It could be on a personal life, as a trafic situation, we may want to change the root to go to work or live to work earlier. Some little change, make a diference of a cause of stress. Also a cause of stress could be professional. As a instructor is necessary pay attention on the situation we have and from there take an action to prevent a stress.

Classroom management assists with identifying those who may not be understanding the task. Once the student is identified you can quietly ask if they need additional help and or clarification.

I have had some interaction with angry students. I was able to calm the student and offered some alternatives for future discussions to resolve the concerns.

I found this section very informative on how to handle the various behaviors of students. I like the colored card idea and wil incorpoate some of these techniques in my class.

I want to emphasize to my students the importance of meeting deadlines as they are essential not only in the classroom, but even more so in the workplace - how can I achieve this without sounding too "dictatorial"? Have them provide input on what the standards should be? That seems dangerous. Perhaps I should begin with an example of late work and make it a classroom discussion. A little role-playing activity? (I may have just answered my own questions). Thoughts?

This past presentation helped me realize my tendency towards perceiving all teaching matters as urgent, and immediately tending to them. As a newer teacher, I feel that this has stemmed from insecurity. Additionally, I have several tasks to complete each day between teaching, grading, going to school myself, and personal matters. This presentation has also helped me realize my growth towards not handling matters as immediate as I used to. I feel that I am growing more towards handling more urgent matters initially (e.g. rescheduling a test), then moving towards the less urgent matters (e.g. grading a paper).

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