It is again time for you to decide what you would like to learn more about regarding time management and commitment. Below, we list a set of six activities which will guide you temporarily away from the shared trail. Again, as you choose your own path for a while, please try to choose activities which you believe will help you grow. If you are taking this course for credit please check your study guide for directions. After exploring these activities fully, you may return to the conclussion of Trail 4. Return to this page and click on the arrow at the bottom of the page to continue on your journey.

For those activities requiring an e-mail partner, please share with someone you know.

1. Using a multisearch engine, search the World Wide Web for more sources of information relevant to the main themes of students and stress which are embedded within this part of your journey. Limit your search to the grade or age level of the students with whom you work. Many of the best resources you will find may be autobiographical writing which youngsters often embed within their homepages. Other youth-oriented publications, especially those written by youth, may be invaluable resources. When you have completed this activity, return and click here to share with the instructor.

    

2. Engage in a dialog with others travelling along this journey how developmental differences may influence the self-care process for students. Click here to share with the instructor.

    

3. Click here to share with the instructor the reactions of some of your students to self-care exploration.

    

4. Identify what you have learned are the causes of excessive stress in each of the four areas of your students' lives. Think about one thing that you might be able to teach them to reduce at least one of the stressors in each of the four areas. Click here to share with the instructor.

    

5. Volunteer to conduct a brown-bag lunch session for other teachers at your school where you will share your experiences on the journey to self-care and renewal. When you have completed the lunch, click here to share with the instructor.

    

6. Discuss with your colleague a situation in which you felt that you were successful in helping someone else (either a student or a colleague) manage stress and avoiding excess stress. Share tips about how you were able to do this. Click here to share with the instructor.
   
   

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