Self Management Practices & Activities
Circle Opener/Closer:
If you had a robot that could do anything for you, what would you have it do?
If you had two extra hours in your day, what would you do?
What is something you appreciate about being a teacher?
Who is someone you appreciate?
How do you “reward” yourself?
Soda Bottle Shake-Up:
Get a bottle of soda.
Ask participants to share something that gives them stress, shake the bottle and then pass it.
Go around the entire circle this way.
Ask participants if they want the soda? Do they want to open it? What is going on with the bottle?
What does this have to do with stress?
Point out the following:
Stress builds up and creates pressure.
If we release that pressure in an unhealthy way, our stress essentially sprays all over.
Collective stress is an experience for teachers and students.
Because teachers are the adult in the room...they are the container.
Have one more circle round and ask “How do you relieve stress?”
Practices and Activities for Time Management:
Rocks, Pebbles, Sand Analogy and Exercise
Eisenhower’s Urgent/Important Principle
“Compassionate people ask for what they need. They say no when they need to, and when they say yes, they mean it. They’re compassionate because their boundaries keep them out of resentment. ”
“Do not let what is urgent get in the way of what is important.”
“What is important is seldom urgent.”