Target Audience: Primary and secondary school teachers, special educators, school principals, and mental health practitioners
Contents
- 4-module online eLearning course
- The Resilient Educator digital guide (35 pages)
Program Details
This self-paced online course, presented by Dr Michael Bernard, is designed to:
- Strengthen educators’ social-emotional capabilities
- Acquaint participants with the attitudes and skills they model for students when delivering programs such as Program Achieve
- Each module takes approximately 30 minutes to complete
Course Modules
Module 1: Work Stress in School
- Common stressors for teachers and principals
- Brain science and stress control
- Practical strategies for resilience and stress management
- Re-calibrating the ‘badness’ of events
- Case studies
Module 2: Resilience – The Big Picture
- Defining resilience
- Three critical insights for managing stress
- Adverse event examples (including for school leaders)
- The ABCs of managing emotional stress
Module 3: The Strength of Self-Acceptance
- What self-acceptance is and its workplace relevance
- Assessing your self-acceptance
- Practical keys for strengthening it
Module 4: Strengthening Resilience – Three Step Action Plan
- Step 1: Take Stock – identifying adverse events in your ‘Zone of Vulnerability’
- Step 2: Take Control – harnessing self-talk and coping skills
- Step 3: Take Action – building behavioural strengths
Benefits
Participants will:
- Deepen understanding of resilience
- Increase self-awareness of self-acceptance
- Strengthen coping skills to manage adverse school and life events
- Build confidence and self-efficacy
- Improve relationships with challenging students and colleagues
- Become calmer and less stressed
