Building Positive Resilience in Educators
Course Overview
Like every other employment, teaching has its fair share of joys and pains. Although the number of educators leaving the industry remains acceptable, if you were to be honest, we can do better at encouraging and equipping teachers to journey through the pits and troughs specific to their teaching career with bright smiling faces, rather than gritting their teeth gruelingly enduring all.
This workshop helps build positive resilience in teachers, and to remain committed to their calling. It challenges the participants’ self-defeating thinking patterns and transforms the participants’ mindset and ability. It also teaches participants effective skills to handle workplace problems and work stress.
This course is based on prominent research-based studies in key areas like cognitive behavioural therapy, transactional analysis, existential therapy - logotherapy and organizational psychology. Using them as the theoretical foundation, participants are taught important keys and techniques to deal with their daily work matters in a way that enhances their effectiveness and long-term resilience.
It covers:
- escape the trap of old negative thinking
- turn stress into positive energy
- try new ideas with enthusiasm
- persevere despite hardships yet with realistic optimism and expectation of positive results
- understand yourself and your students in a new light
- gain positive perspective in times of difficulties
- deal constructively with problems, conflicts and opportunity
- look beyond self for encouragement and motivation
- develop your own unique personhood and make an impact in your career
Target Audience
Teachers and Administrators working in the School environment.
Duration
This workshop can be conducted over 2 full days.
It can also be conducted as 4 stand-alone courses of 3.5 hours each. Schools are welcome to contact us to discuss the most optimal way of delivering this course to your staff.
Pedogogy
Theories and concepts from different research-based studies are distilled into practical, easy-to-relate themes and taught using interactive activities such as role-plays where participants engage in lively discussions and presentations.
Topics
Like every other employment, teaching has its fair share of joys and pains. Although the number of educators leaving the industry remains acceptable, if you were to be honest, we can do better at encouraging and equipping teachers to journey through the pits and troughs specific to their teaching career with bright smiling faces, rather than gritting their teeth gruelingly enduring all.
This workshop helps build positive resilience in teachers, and to remain committed to their calling. It challenges the participants’ self-defeating thinking patterns and transforms the participants’ mindset and ability. It also teaches participants effective skills to handle workplace problems and work stress.
This course is based on prominent research-based studies in key areas like cognitive behavioural therapy, transactional analysis, existential therapy - logotherapy and organizational psychology. Using them as the theoretical foundation, participants are taught important keys and techniques to deal with their daily work matters in a way that enhances their effectiveness and long-term resilience.
It covers:
- escape the trap of old negative thinking
- turn stress into positive energy
- try new ideas with enthusiasm
- persevere despite hardships yet with realistic optimism and expectation of positive results
- understand yourself and your students in a new light
- gain positive perspective in times of difficulties
- deal constructively with problems, conflicts and opportunity
- look beyond self for encouragement and motivation
- develop your own unique personhood and make an impact in your career
Target Audience
Teachers and Administrators working in the School environment.
Duration
This workshop can be conducted over 2 full days.
It can also be conducted as 4 stand-alone courses of 3.5 hours each. Schools are welcome to contact us to discuss the most optimal way of delivering this course to your staff.
Pedogogy
Theories and concepts from different research-based studies are distilled into practical, easy-to-relate themes and taught using interactive activities such as role-plays where participants engage in lively discussions and presentations.
Topics
Topic 1: Transform your Thinking
Our thinking styles and belief system
ABCD model
Detect what’s beneath the iceberg
The principle of ‘Remove-and-Replace’
Cultivate positive thinking habits
Topic 2: Develop Realistic Optimism
Our way of explaining things that happen to us
Gaining correct perspectives
Difference between realistic optimism versa foolish daydreams
Positive self-talk
Find meaning in our difficulties
Re-connect with your purpose
Cultivate habits that lead to an optimistic perspective
Topic 3: Set Healthy Boundaries
Set healthy boundaries to grow your personhood
Communication styles used by perpetuators
Develop a ‘Bill of Rights’ to define yourself
Negotiate successfully to protect boundaries
Start afresh by ‘releasing and letting go’
Topic 4: Sharpen Problem-Solving Skills
The relationship between your problem-solving ability and your self-efficacy
People have different perspectives and
Tools to improve your problem-solving capability
Topic 5: Get Connected
Reach out to be encouraged
Reach within yourself to help others
Borrow strength when you are weak
Find perspective and comfort in helping others
Our thinking styles and belief system
ABCD model
Detect what’s beneath the iceberg
The principle of ‘Remove-and-Replace’
Cultivate positive thinking habits
Topic 2: Develop Realistic Optimism
Our way of explaining things that happen to us
Gaining correct perspectives
Difference between realistic optimism versa foolish daydreams
Positive self-talk
Find meaning in our difficulties
Re-connect with your purpose
Cultivate habits that lead to an optimistic perspective
Topic 3: Set Healthy Boundaries
Set healthy boundaries to grow your personhood
Communication styles used by perpetuators
Develop a ‘Bill of Rights’ to define yourself
Negotiate successfully to protect boundaries
Start afresh by ‘releasing and letting go’
Topic 4: Sharpen Problem-Solving Skills
The relationship between your problem-solving ability and your self-efficacy
People have different perspectives and
Tools to improve your problem-solving capability
Topic 5: Get Connected
Reach out to be encouraged
Reach within yourself to help others
Borrow strength when you are weak
Find perspective and comfort in helping others
