Course Synopsis The modern workplace often grapples with stress, significantly impacting employees, with a considerable number of individuals reporting high stress levels. This stress, especially in the educational sector, can stem from various sources, including interactions with parents and students, workplace conflicts, and looming deadlines. It’s crucial for teachers to understand and effectively manage these stressors.
In this course, attendees will learn to pinpoint stress triggers, adopt preventive measures against stress, and cope with stressful scenarios. They’ll also gain skills in aiding students to handle stress and conflict. The course employs a hands-on approach, equipping participants with practical methods and a platform for exchanging best practices for managing stress and conflict in both professional and personal contexts.
Training Outcomes This course enhances participants’ skills in foreseeing and managing work-related stress by identifying stress sources and exploring the best strategies to prevent and handle stressful situations.
The overarching goal is to enhance the quality of education by empowering educators, trainers, headmasters, and other educational staff with improved stress and conflict management skills. This is achieved through collaboration and knowledge exchange with peers and trainers across Europe, fostering a broader understanding of European education.
Course attendees will:
- Understand the dynamics, causes, and effects of stress;
- Recognize their personal stress response patterns;
- Learn and practice effective stress and conflict management techniques and tools;
- Apply stress management strategies to typical educational scenarios (e.g., parent-teacher interactions, bullying);
- Conduct simple relaxation and visualization exercises to alleviate student anxiety;
- Share best practices and discuss challenges with colleagues and course trainers;
- Network with professionals and organizations in the European educational sector through daily collaboration and networking activities.