stress
Stress is what you encounter when you are unprepared for a particular set of circumstances that find their way into your world. How you deal with these circumstances many times will determine your stress level.
It sounds like class can be a form of therapy. Can you see the effects of stress in a student's output? If so, is that something you can show the student?
I agree with this, but with the field of work I am teaching (Baking & Pastry), I have to explain to them everyday that you must leave everything at the door. If you do not this will affect everything you do in class and all your product. I explain to them not to bring it into the classroom, use the space as a freespace to allow their creativity flow. This allows them to to be happier and usually also allows them to be more open and free to talk to me if their are any problems they do talk about. If it is a personal problem I bring them to the school's counselor, but if it's minor we usually talk it out. This helps relieve alot of the students stress and make's the classroom a much happier and open environment for teaching.
I have found stress to be somewhat welcomed because it causes me to try to be more prepared for anything I may encounter while teaching. I have definitely embraced being stressed to a small degree because it helps me to stay on my toes more.
yes you have to help the students and assist them somtime you have to go the extra mile specialy if they are stress for a test coming up prepare them will reduce the level of stress
I do feel it is critical that we involve our students each step of the way in order to assist them to stay in school
I think that it is impportant to celebrate the small successes with the student first. This will provide them encouragement to tackle the bigger challenges that they face later on.
Indeed people have different preferred learning modalities. Some concepts are better communicated by lecture while others are best learned by physically practicing them.
Your institution might want to do some in-service training about how to incorporate presentation tailored to these different learning styles.
Different students learned in different ways. If we decide that the students have to adapt to our teaching style some students will fell behind. That same student will encounter multiple problems to comply with the class assignments, this in particular cause a lot of stress to those students. Something that might be easy to do can turn into something really stressful to the student, just because he doesn’t have a clear picture of what needs to be done.
Do the students prepare a personal improvement plan that addresses the potential problems they identify? This can be a very useful tool to guide them to taking personal responsibility for their success. It also can be very useful to faculty or staff who serve as the person's advisor/counselor.
Our students have many stressors outside the classroom and some are not prepared to handle them. In our first course we talk about family pressures, time commitments, self-talk, etc. to get the student thinking about what they could encounter along the academic road to graduation. We stress celebrating short-term accomplishments to keep the vision alive.
I agree 100%. You just have to be able to recognize it before it goes to the point of no return. A small incourageing conversation will go a long way.
I also think that listening to the student and hearing what is going on in their life helps when assisting them with stress levels. Some just need reassurance of their decision since they haven't had support from family.
When I see a student is not having a good day, I always take the time to see if they want to talk. I can always complete reports or paperwork later. A 5 minute conversation can make all the difference in the world.
Stress is found in all jobs and walks of life. We can try to eliminate as much as possible but the fact is we as individuals must learn somehow to deal with it. Some can learn to deal with stress and some cannot. I think we as educators need to make our students aware of this fact, we cannot eliminate all stress.
i make a point if i see someone having a "bad day" to see if they need to blow off somme steam or need to talk to someone. i have learned that if you atleast ask if there ok of if they need anything it puts the students at ease and kinda shows them that someone cares
"no Quarter"...I have not heard that term in ages. But it applies. We are not above our students, and they should be made aware that we are all adults and all on the same plane.
Having experience as a manager over production, I have had my share of stress. I believe that we need to have some level of stress in order to stay in a forward direction, but too much is damaging. I try to give students examples of how I would handle a stressful situation, placing emphasis on control.
Many of my students are working bread winners trying to improve themselves, and many again are young, inexperienced, and have never held a job or been away from home. I have often found my self playing the uncle or older brother, depending on the situation.
If we make the environment welcoming, and let our students that we care, and will do what we can to support them (within guide lines of course) this in itself will not only show compassion, but may also reduce some of the stress level. Strength in numbers.
In my class, if I see a student who seems distant or not engaged, I try to take the time at break or lunch time to ask the studetn how things are going and even let him know that I've noticed a change in his behavior and participation. If he responds with concersn of a personal nature, I refer him to counsellors who are tained to deal with these types of issues.
Unfortunately, both can have very significant impact on a student's performance. If a student can't make the rent payment, they probably aren't going to perform well on the unit test.
Maslow's hierarchy of need tells us that many of those basic family issues must be addressed before the student can move toward self actualization.
When you have a situation where you don't understand why something is getting to a student, do you take time to talk privately with them to try to find out what the issue is?
