I picked up some very good tips to put into my every day practice.

Excersise daily.

Prioritizing tasks puts everything in perspective.

I had a student in my last class that didn't do any of the homework and was late to most, if not all of the classes. It was a one night a week class in a 6 week term. I feel I gave him every opportunity to make up his work and yet on the last day of class he still had nothing for me. If it weren't for the homework, he would have passed the class. Any suggestions on what else I could have done?

Sometimes I will watch TV while I grade papers. It helps me reduce stress.

I believe I have less stress now than when I was raising a young family. Do you have more stess now or less?? Why?? Thanks Fred K

I liked the first day assignment and ice breaker activities. Looks like we'll be flying some paper airplanes around the room before the first week is over.

It is important to provide constructive feedbak commnents when grading.

In my first week ever as a teacher, I noticed that some students in order to make the point across the room they used inappropriate vocabulary even after I pointed out in the beginning of the class. So, I lead by example!!! By the second week the incident continue and I stop the class and gave them my own experience of life. They took it so personal that I did not hear any other unprofessional language.

One of my first lectures went on for 45 minutes with no break for questions or allow the students to become involved. Boy, did I learn the hard way ! Fortunately it happened in my first day of teaching.

Physical layout makes a difference in the classroom to avoid temptation. Rearranging student positions usually brings the cheating student to light. Roy R.

Emphasize the impotance of timeliness of assignments both in the syllabus and orally if possible.Explain deductions and how grade can be affected. This will eliminate many of the "excuse makers". Roy R.

This module has been one of the most effective modules for me. Just having the ideas and suggestions are already helping me to manage my stress better. I look forward to using them throughout the upcoming quarter.

it helps me to write things down on a notepad, and since I got my iPhone, I use the Sticky Notes App on my phone. I always have my phone with me, so it makes it easy for me to jot down tasks and prioritize...

I assign students homework and unfortunately since these are not graded and students are aware some do not turn it in. Any suggestions?

When I am stressed, I stretch my muscles. Not only does it feel good but, it helps reduce my stress. I also talk with my supervisor when I am stressed about a class of students.

Through the years, I have had to learn how to eliminate stress. When I began my teaching career everything seemed to stress me out: a student's failure, an unprofessional comment from a coworker, etc. With time, I have had to learn to take a step back and really evaluate the importance of what it is I am stressed about. If the stressor did not effect my professional or personal life, I began to devalue the "stressor." I now understand that every student will not be successful, and I don't have to be friends with all of my colleagues - this has helped with my overall stress management immensely.

A few things that I have done in the classroom to help adult learners... If I noticed that some were uninterested or even falling asleep, I walk around the class and have more of a topic discussion than lecture or take a break from lecture and start lab for participation,to have them up and moving about.

One of the things I find most helpful is that I keep a small pocket size notebook with me at all times. This helps with listing my tasks on the to-do list and making corrections as they are needed.

One thing that stresses me out is when adult students talk while you or another student are talking or lecturing. Teaching in any way, shape, or form is stressful. I get up every day and say to myself that I am going to have a good day.I always try to be prepared. In fact, I am usually over prepared. This helps my stress level.