SURVIVING THE LABYRINTH

Stress Management for Teachers

We all know that the demands placed on the teaching profession today are considerable. Between curriculum fulfilment, timetables, marking, and a large range of after school and extra curricula activities, staff can begin to feel overloaded. Sometimes the most committed, in the determination to do all they can to help, feel it most of all. The result can be a sense of never having a spare moment, and even ubiquitous cold and flu viruses developing the moment half term or holiday breaks come around. This course is designed to help.

Using the story of Theseus and the Minotaur, we look at how staff can negotiate the labyrinth of their own job demands to achieve a fulfilling and manageable balance in their work and life. - Read More