Collective Efficacy: “The Way We do Things Around Here”

Thursday 04. of March 2010

In all organisations, including schools, functionality is considerably enhanced when there is a strong sense of collective efficacy, not just individual efficacy. Efficacy is the belief that one possesses what it takes to achieve...

More...

Anger Management Strategies

Friday 12. of February 2010

To assist both ourselves and our students in confronting and addressing issues surrounding anger, following are some tried and proven strategies for:- controlling our thinking and our anger- regaining our normal functioning level...

More...

Anger Management

Monday 01. of February 2010

Anger is an emotion that at times consumes all of us and has the potential to cause:

severe damage to relationships both in and out of the classroom a debilitating effect on our teaching and student learning unwanted explosive...

More...

Stress Management

Monday 30. of November 2009

To ensure that all of our students and ourselves are aware and prepared for the onset of stress, a proactive class activity is to:

conduct a class brainstorm and compile a list of possible stressors that may push our buttons...

More...

Stress Warning Signals

Monday 16. of November 2009

Stress is a natural phenomenon in life and a consequence of teaching children and fulfilling our associated professional responsibilities as teachers and school leaders. Our students also experience significant stress:

it is...

More...