The Road to Stress Free Living | Origin: ED110
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Time and Stress Management for Instructors --> The Road to Stress Free Living
Post what you've learned about this topic and how you intend to apply it. Feel free to post questions and comments too.
In this module I learned several positive coping mechinisms to cope with stress
In this course I learned about the negative effects that stress has on the body, physically and different, positive coping mechinisms to deal with these stressors
Helping those around you with technics to improve time & Stress Management will help. you ease your stress.
Finding strategies to reduce, eliminate stress- sharing, exercise, breathing exercises, stretching and getting enough sleep.
Asking for help is a good tool for reducing stress but we don't wait for someone to ask; we offer help and hints to everyone, especially new faculty. In addition to helping with admin stuff, if a new instructor has a night class, we arrange to have an experienced instructor "hang" around during the first week of the night class to address any issues the new instructor may have.
The coping mechanisms for stress are actually quite easy to implement. It just takes commitment and dedication.
In todays society, everyone is so rushed and having to meet deadlines. People need to wind down at the end of the day like this section discussed. Getting away from social media even for a few hours will help people to relax.
Eliminating or reducing stressors is a great idea, in theory. But those of us in education know that often our stressors are things that cannot simply be eliminated, so we must look for ways to reduce the stress. Teachers often report feeling overwhelmed by the day to day responsibilities of preparing for instruction, instruction, and evaluation/providing feedback to students. While these are all responsibilities that cannot be eliminated, teachers can find ways to streamline their processes such as grading less.
Reducing my stress level will help me become more productive and relaxed. It will also help inspire the people around me to start working toward better time management in their own lives.
Stress management needs to be practiced by both students and instructors, It is ok tospeak about your stressors especially to those who could give you solutions. As instructors we can also try and help our students with the stresses that thye could be going through.
I started an exercise routine last year and I really noticed the difference in my stress levels. I added a partner to the walk and just walking an takinking for 1 hour made all the difference to the start of my day. I felt like I had a purpose.
this will be a challenge that should be interesting. I didn't realize students were that stressed out also. this will be helpful as an instructor, to help students, and fellow instructors with stress elimination.
Everyone is stressed, but they deal with it differently.
I realized that I have already been sharing my ideas and strategies of reducing stress with my students when I meet with them related to theiir grades. I share how to organize their calendar so that it works for them and reduces stress.
I have earned better ways to reduce and or eliminate stress in my life. Taking stress one day at a time is how i plan to benefit from this exercise.
I hace definitively understood, received different perspectives and learned different ways to identify stressors and potentials courses of actions to deal with them.
The approach given by this course is pretty rationale and has been illustrated by several clear examples. The process of how to deal with the stressors is also quite clear and will help me out on coping with my particular ones.
The road to stress free living:
Choosing to eliminate or reduce stressors is the first step. One needs to identify what stresses them, & make a list & then identify which can be eliminated, or can be reduced.
Ways to eliminate stressors:
- Create rules to curb reoccurring issues.
- Get help with items
- Just slow down and think about it.
Ways to reduce stressors:
- Drink water
- Make small changes
- Take classes on understanding things that stress you out.
Healthy ways to handle stressors that can not be eliminated or greatly reduced:
- Share experiences
- Exercise
- Breathing
- Stretching
- Getting enough sleep
Ways to help my students with time & stress management…….. Teach / Share with them what I have leaned in this course.
