Stepping Back

Oh boy. A month ago. I was very stressed then. Taking on too much.

A couple weeks after my last post, we had some training at work. Although I had to act as SmartBoard Girl for the presenter, I mostly got to take things easy. Interestingly enough, the topic of the training was mental health. What to do about students who present with learning difficulties due to mental health issues. (No, it wasn't, "What to do if your job is causing you mental health problems.") Here's what I learned though. Adult Education students often present with mental health and other difficult issues, but that we as teachers should remember two things: our students want to learn or they wouldn't show up at our doorsteps, and as teachers, our responsibility is to adapt our teaching to meet their learning needs, not to make them "well". Ok, I knew that, but spending 6 hours in a room with 15 other people who were all focusing on the same thing was very helpful. I'm feeling better now.