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5 Top Tips for Lowering Stress

April 24, 2025

Working in schools can be very rewarding but it also can be demanding. The following 5 tips can help to lower stress at times when you feel under pressure. Choose a positive attitude Our attitude has a HUGE impact on our stress levels and our resilience. It is vital to realise that our attitude is NOT imposed on us. We have a choice each and every day. We can choose to be positive and enthusiastic or negative and at the mercy of others. The choice is ours! The attitude that we choose is probably the most important decision that we make each day.

Getting Feedback From Your Students

August 2, 2018

Getting feedback from your students can help identify where you should focus your attention to improve your practice. If what you are doing in the classroom is not working from the student’s perspective, then making some changes is likely to be beneficial (for them AND for you). If students are disengaged, for whatever reason, they have an impact on our stress levels. Their disengagement may present as poor behaviour that disrupts the learning of others and demands our attention OR withdrawal that also causes us stress, by challenging us to find a way of reconnecting with them. Whilst students should be at the centre of what we do, you as the teacher are the person with the most impact in…

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