Dress For Success - Teachers

As a teacher, you will of course do more than teach. You are also going to be responsible for helping to enforce your school's policy.

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Not everyone is a natural at discipline. You may have to practice. Being a stickler for rules doesn't mean being cruel and unpleasant to students, but it does mean having firm standards. Especially in your first year, you will want to be firm because this year is when your reputation is set. Buck up and be sure to enforce all rules unfailingly.

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Pay most attention to the following rules:

Honor code * The school honor code is a policy that outlines what constitutes academic dishonesty and provides the appropriate punishments for same. Always go as far or farther than your school requires. Never let academic dishonesty slide.

Do not deviate from your school's policy on how to respond to cheating. Follow the procedures exactly; cheating is serious and you do not want a student to walk on a technicality. Know the procedures for reporting cheating before you need to report a cheater. Be prepared with knowledge of how to proceed.

Attendance * Your school will have rules for how many days of instruction students can miss. There are also limits to how many times students can be tardy (late for class) before the infraction needs to be reported.

Know the variations of attendance issues that may come up. Sometimes it isn't the student's fault * what is the policy for if the student's parent brings them to school late? If there is a tardiness problem, who do you report this to and how do you report it? The sooner you learn your school policies on these matters, the better.

Dress code * Students express individuality through dress. Know what is and is not permissible, so that when students push the limit you can rein them back in.

Dress For Success - Teachers

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Anger Management Classes and the 8 Keys to Success

What makes a quality anger management program and what can a client expect to learn? Anger management classes are designed to teach skills in a variety of areas to improve interpersonal and internal functioning. Anger management is not the same as psychotherapy and should not be confused with getting "therapy". Anger management classes are educational in nature and should teach skills in 8 core areas. These areas of skill enhancement include:

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* Stress management

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* Empathy Development

* Learning to respond instead of react

* Improving self-talk

* Assertive Communication

* Expectation Management

* Forgiveness

* Retreat and think things over

Participants of a quality anger management program should expect to use a well known curriculum. The program should be well structured and teach a new skill during each class. Sessions should be separated with cognitive homework assignments to help reinforce the material and progress should be discussed at the onset of the each subsequent class session.

Another popular question is "will the classes work"? Ultimately, ones motivation to succeed is the biggest determinant in the success outcome of any class or program. Without motivation the desire to succeed is severely limited. Keeping this in mind, clients who are willing to learn and motivated to grow tend to have the best outcome. While motivation is not the only factor for success, it is certainly the most influential. Another important component is utilizing a program that has some empirical data to back up the interventions used. Programs that incorporate cognitive behaviorally based concepts tend to have more empirical data to support their effectiveness than programs that do not.

Clients should enjoy the learning experience. We believe that humor is one of the most important approaches an instructor must use. It's not to say make fun of the work you are doing, but rather make the work fun for the client. Anger management should not, and is not punitive. The term itself often comes with a stigma that says "I'm bad, and therefore must take a class with a bunch of other bad and angry people". This could not be farther from the truth. Anger management could be and should be considered more of a life skill class that anyone will benefit from.

Anger Management Classes and the 8 Keys to Success

Ari Novick, Ph.D. is Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a certified anger management provider for both adults and adolescents. Dr. Novick is also an adjunct professor of psychology at Pepperdine University's Graduate School of Education and Psychology. His corporate website is http://www.ajnovickgroup.com and his innovative online anger management class is available at http://www.angerclassonline.com

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