Resilience! A Guide for Educators - You Can Do It!

• Exercise to combat fatigue• Healthy eating to combat fatigue• Having a good laugh and not takingyourself or the situation so seriouslyWith emotions calm and resilience established,you are now in a good position to figure outwhat you can do to make the problem go away.Step 3 – Take Action to Make the Problem Go AwayOnce you are in control of your emotions andbehaviour and you are ready to bound back,here are some actions you can take to make theproblem go away so that you can be stress‐free!Be ConfidentWhen confronting problems that arechallenging and with setbacks, use your bestexamples of verbal and non‐verbal confidentbehaviour. Make your best effort to:• Trying a new discipline plan• Trying new and different things at therisk of failure• In high pressure situations, express myopinion• Sharing with parents “issues” andproblems I am having with their child• Speaking with a clear, firm tone of voicewhen expressing my ideas in a facultymeeting• Standing up for what I believe whenothers express a different opinion• Speaking my mind even if my opinion isunpopular• Standing up for someone who is beingtreated unfairly• Beginning a project that no one elsethinks is valuable, but I do• Taking on a project that you don’t know100% about and to research it on yourown• Making suggestions to my superiorabout how to improve programming• Volunteering to model good practices inmeetings• Asking for (and do not feel intimidatedby) constructive criticism• Trying to do new things based onconstructive criticism• Implementing a new teaching strategy• Continuing doing something I think isright even when someone disagreesConfidence (Non-Verbal)• Maintaining eye contact• Standing up straight, tall with goodbody posture• Speaking clearly• Taking opportunities to meet newpeople• Dressing confidentlyPersistWhen faced with time‐consuming, boring tasks,gear up for the extra effort and avoidprocrastination. Make your best effort to:• Finishing all important tasks that have tobe done• Doing the work nobody wants to do butneeds to be done• Finishing unpleasant tasks early in theweekGet OrganisedWhen faced with time/work load pressures, getyourself organised. Make your best effort to:• Planning out lesson in advance to fitwithin time allocated• Maintaining sufficient school suppliesand materials• Keeping track of important meetings• Preparing for important meetings• Setting deadlines to complete tasks• Having proper equipment I need forlesson ready to go before lesson• Having a file cabinet with filing systemto file papers• Writing down a list of what needs to getdone each dayResilience: A Guide for Educators 13