Stress levels among teachers are now reported to have risen to unprecedented levels. The courts have made it clear that all school managers and governors have a duty to undertake a risk assessment on the levels of stress that the staff may be experiencing, to ensure that the working environment does not produce stress levels that are unacceptable and to help recovery where teachers have suffered from high levels of stress. It is not an acceptable argument to suggest that everyone knows that teaching is a stressful job. One teacher recently won more than £250,000 when her school failed to respond to her rising stress levels.

This volume covers many of the personal problems faced by teachers: assertiveness, low self-esteem, lack of self-belief, depression, coping strategies, sources of stress, and so on. It also details solutions - anxiety management, problem solving, relaxation techniques, etc - and helps school managers to understand what their colleague under stress is going through and how she or he can be helped.

The volume includes a set of templates relating to the school's policy on stress. It can be bought as a photocopiable ring bound book or on CD Rom.

Cat No: 978 1 86083 665 7