Training and Professional Development

  • 9/9 Managing Anxiety, Yours and Theirs

    Monday, September 9            3:00-4:15                                 Managing Anxiety, Yours and Theirs

    Participants will come away with specific strategies for managing their own and their students’ anxieties

    We will discuss topics such as:

    • Causes of anxiety: Lack of confidence, Lack of knowledge, lack of preparation, lack of experience, the unknown…

    Solutions:

    • Prioritize tasks (It’s not ALL vital or ALL immediate)
    • work with a partner or friend, seek help from a colleague, a friend, a professional,
    • establish and follow routines,
    • move (exercise), get enough rest,
    • consider how to change the environment to make it more effective for you, breathe,
    • think positive thoughts and believe in yourself, consider accommodations, laugh- esp. when you want to cry (crying is okay, too)
    • Managing Student Anxiety:
    • Give choices
    • Be Flexible
    • Listen
    • Share all relevant information regarding grades, assignments, policies…
    • Make a connection with your students

    Register at  - https://web9.uits.uconn.edu/fins/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=1014

    For more information, contact: Stacey Valliere at stacey.valliere@uconn.edu