Managing Anxiety, Yours and Theirs
Tuesday, August 24, 1:30-2:30
Online
Presenter: Wayne Trembly, CETL –Faculty Development
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 – https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=2084
For more information, contact: Stacey Valliere at stacey.valliere@uconn.edu