An expert shares how to manage stress in the classroom and focus on mindfulness and positive thinking.

Keep stress at bay–keep calm and teach!


An expert highlights strategies to manage emotions and stress in and out of the classroom

The management concept known as the Peter Principle, in which people become ineffective when promoted to a level where they no longer have the skills to be successful, is also applicable to teachers.

Whether highly-successful teachers choose a career path that takes them out of the classroom or whether they choose to stay in the classroom, job-related burnout issues are a high possibility, according to Ginger Welch, Ph.D., associate professor of professional practice at Oklahoma State University, in a recent edWebinar.

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It is essential to reduce these issues by keeping the passion for teaching alive and manage careers by addressing the stress and anxiety associated with burnout and learn how to control our cognitive thinking.

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