1. PGCE Induction Resilience workshop Ann Jones

2. Teaching is emotionally demanding work, and levels of work-related stress, anxiety and depression are higher within education than within many other occupational groups.
Day et al (2011, p.3)

3. A research project has identified teacher resilience as being key to outstanding teaching and learning in schools.
Professor Chris Day explains the key messages from the research for schools, teachers and heads.

4. What situations, events, pressures
What situations, events, pressures might you encounter during your PGCE that could be stressful? - Think about in school and university academic work.

5. Challenging behaviour
Workload
Too much to do, too little time
Not knowing what to prioritise
Life getting in the way
Break-up
Illness
Family
Commitments
Feeling incompetent
Haven’t done academic writing in a while
Lack of knowledge
Lack of information
Negative attitudes
Not enough positives
Constant targets
Not fitting in
Difficult relationships
Lack of autonomy
Challenging behaviour
Children
Parents

6. Develop a finite job list system

7. Learn to accept ‘good enough’

8. Seek support and ask questions

9. Be self-aware – know what you need to do for you

10. Accept that at times it may be difficult

11. Organise your time and manage your energy
Managing energy, not time, is the key to high performance, health and happiness.
(Loehr & Schwartz, 2003)

12. Four sources of energy
Physical
Emotional
Mental
Spiritual

13. Energy management What energises you? What saps your energy?
What would help energise you?
What do you need to change?

14. Physical
Emotional
Mental
Spiritual
What energises you?
What saps your energy?
What would help energise you?
What do you need to change?

15. Physical energy Eat healthily Keep hydrated Plenty of sleep
What energises you?
What saps your energy?
Boredom
Hangover
Duvet days
A run
A swim
A walk
Good music
Eat healthily
Keep hydrated
Plenty of sleep

16. Emotional energy What energises you? What saps your energy?
Being connected
Negativity
Make time to do things that you find emotionally nourishing.
Nurture your social network

17. Mental energy What energises you? What saps your energy? Creativity
Lack of autonomy
Lack of knowledge

18. Spiritual energy What energises you? What saps your energy?
Working within your values
Conflicting values
Reflect on your deepest held values
Identify activities that are spiritually reviving.

19. The priority is you. Put your own oxygen mask on first.

20. Useful references
Clarke, J (2013) The Resilient Practitioner. In J. Clarke & P. Wilson (Eds) Forensic Psychology in Practice: A practitioners handbook. Palgrave MacMillan, Hants
Clarke, J.M (2008). “Promoting Professional Resilience”. In M. Calder (Ed) Contemporary Risk Assessment in Safeguarding Children, pp Russell House Publishing
Day, C., Edwards, A., Griffiths, A. and Gu, Q (2011) Beyond Survival Teachers and Resilience Nottingham
Loehr, J & Schwartz, T(2003) On Form Nicholas Brealey publishing