Description:
Stress is inevitable. It walks in and out of our lives on a regular basis. A burnout is a mixture of professional exhaustion, and disillusionment with other people, the organization, or the career, over the long term.
Fortunately, there are many things you can do to minimize and cope with stress and learn how to avoid a burnout.
Main Aims:
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Career guidance and counselling
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Combating failure in education
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Fight against school/university failure & link school/university and work
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Inclusive approaches
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Pedagogy and didactics
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School/university improvement & quality evaluation
Specific objectives of the course are: Introduce holistic model of stress and raise understanding of stress causes, mechanisms and effects Raise understanding of how stress impacts teaching ability Provide the participants with practical tools for dealing with stress Reduce the consequences of stress (such as poor health, absenteeism, lack of creativity, ineffective communication, inability to focus, more conflicts etc.) and develop healthy ways of dealing with everyday work demands Prevent burn-out syndrome in educators Enhance emotional self-awareness Introduce practical tools for coping with difficult emotions Improve the participants’ emotional balance Help the participants to identify their stress triggers and emotional triggers at work context and come up with new, more resourceful strategies Enhance in the participants the ability to relax Broaden the understanding of health
Programme Elements:
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Introduction and course overview
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Ice breaking
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Individual expectations
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What is stress?
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Definitions
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Understanding the stress response (fight/flight versus prolonged stress)
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Physical, emotional, mental and behavioural symptoms of stress
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Relation between our thinking and stress
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Effective and ineffective ways of dealing with stress
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Relaxation exercises that help to manage stress effectively – part 1
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The impact of emotions on teaching and learning ability
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Tools for dealing with disturbing emotions
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Effects of stress in educational setting
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Assessing your personal stress triggers
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Changing not resourceful strategies
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Self-talk awareness
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Relaxation exercises - part 2
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How can I be more mindful and resourceful in the classroom? – action plan
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Summary, course evaluation and closure
ACTIVITIES TO BE CARRIED OUT BY THE PARTICIPANT
Before
Participants will receive a list of study material prior to their arrival for the seminar along with the links for the websites which are relevant to the content of the course.
During
The course will provide theory necessary to understand the nature of stress as well as practical tools for managing stress and difficult emotions. Attention will be given on how to implement the findings and skills in real life situations after the seminar.
Methods such as debate, role play, body movement, individual mind management technologies, pair and group exercises and mini -coaching will be used throughout the course.
The methodology of the course includes learner – centered approach and utilizes self-learning methods.
The aim of the course is not to produce ready-made solutions (passive learning), but to inspire the participants to search creatively for knowledge and effective solutions which are connected with their needs and challenges (active learning). In this way the participants take responsibility for their own learning process and act as active partners of the course.
After
The participants will be encouraged to form a network in order to continue an exchange of ideas and support one another. Up to 6 months after completion of the workshop, the participants will have an opportunity to ask for advice (via email or Skype) if they face obstacles in using the new skills or if they have any questions or concerns.