Stress: Better Classroom Management for You and Students

By Bailey Johnson


The behavior management strategy a teacher should follow should be how to cope with STRESS. As a teacher for over 20 years and having taught in elementary, middle, and high school, I understand that teachers are on the frontline with handling in managing the behaviors in their classrooms, not to mention actually teach. Am=n excellent behavior management plan starts at the beginning of the year if you want it to be efficient. However, an outstanding management strategy at the beginning does not guarantee an outstanding middle or ending.

When the management techniques do not work, this is when the stress starts. STRESS is what we think when we are beyond potential emotionally. There are three types of stress; episodic serious, serious stress and chronic. I'm going to concentrate on chronic stress. Chronic stress hurts hour body. It can result in a heart attack, stroke, or produce cancer among other diseases.

As any teacher has been taught, you are to set your discipline system at the beginning, such as your classroom procedures. For example, how you want students to line up in the hall, and how to show respect to others in the class. As you have developed a behavior management system for your classroom, you are to develop management techniques for yourself to help you eliminate the stress of managing your classroom's discipline. You do not want to die trying to cope with your classroom behaviors.

Let's face it, no matter how much you have worked on your discipline plan with your team, there will be at least two or three students that are just not going to follow the plan. These two or three learners whether in elementary school, and you have them all day, or in middle and high school and they are distributed throughout your day, they are there and they are not going anywhere.

When the students are gone home for the day and the classroom is finally empty, you sit in your desk and reflect on your day, and you look at the desk that the student that has caused your headache and neck discomfort, realize you have stress. As a teacher, to be of a purpose to your learners you must learn to reduce stress. One crucial aspect you need to do is to immediately let that day go. Do not take it home. The day is done and it cannot be relived. On your way home, pay interest to something that is relaxing, such as music, and create in your mind a better day the next day of school. When you leave school, leave the behaviors.

Practice prevention techniques to restore yourself for your class the next day. Make a plan what you may need to do in a different way the next day. Ask yourself, is it something that I can do to prevent the behaviors tomorrow? Is the activities something that is preventing learning and disruption, then you will need to correct this immediately as other learners are at possibility of not learning.

Talk to others. Ask how you can correct the situation in your class. You see, the key phrase here is discuss and ask questions. NOT complaining. Complaining is NOT going to fix anything. Remember, you are in the right place at the most ideal time. Obviously, you are to offer some of your self to your learners. Behavior management is not just for the students, but for the teacher as well. The way you handle the stress of managing classroom behavior in your class will allow you to be a better teacher.




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