“None of us like stress, but it’s all around, even for students who should be focusing on their studies,” explains David Florence, professor and founder of The Oxford Method, a community that offers tutoring services around the country. “However, students can finish strong, and feel prepared for the next school year. We are helping students to do that daily.”
With school being a source of stress for many students, it’s helpful to take measures to reduce it in the classroom.

Here are some ways to reduce stress in the classroom:
• Help teach students to be prepared and up to speed academically. Doing this will include making sure they have the information they need so they feel well prepared, ensuring that they understand the materials, and getting them assistance when and if it’s needed. For example, some students may benefit from additional tutoring, which will help them with better understanding the material and being prepared.
• Find ways to create a relaxing learning environment. This can be done by choosing to have a positive attitude, teaching students about mindfulness and breathing exercises, and having a calm corner.
• Let students know that they can approach the teacher and other adults at the school if they have issues or questions, or need help. If they feel they have to figure everything out on their own, it will be more stressful. Knowing they can get additional help and have those they can turn to will help bring about ease.
• Encourage students to adopt healthy living habits. This includes focusing on getting enough sleep each night, eating healthy foods, getting exercise, and not engaging in activities that may bring more stress into their life, such as skipping classes or vaping in the restroom.
• Discuss stress with students and teach them ways that they can help to address it. In giving them healthy ways to reduce stress, there can also be a “check the stress at the door” policy, so that students enter the classroom leaving all the stress baggage at the door.
“Many students are stressed out because they need additional help, clarification, and a better educational foundation,” added Florence. “While teachers work on reducing the stress in the classroom, we help many students with gaining skills so they understand the materials better and don’t fall behind. The work we do with students is great at helping stress dissolve and students to become more confident.”

The Oxford Method is a community that helps students gain skills, clarity, and confidence. The community focuses on providing a full range of tutoring services on a wide variety of subjects and for all types of students. It has educational professionals available to help with all types of issues that need to be addressed with students.
The Oxford Method has over 100 tutors around the country, covering all subject areas. It offers online tutoring, as well as in-person and in-classroom options. Its tutoring services are available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. The Oxford Method works with its nonprofit, Social Actualization, Inc., by giving it 10% of all profits. The funds are used to provide free computers, high-speed internet, and instruction to underprivileged families in urban and rural America. Plus, 40% of the instructors are PhDs, 40% have a master’s degree, and 20% have only a bachelor’s degree.

The Oxford Method believes that education is the great equalizer and the best gift you can give the next generation. Subject areas include science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), as well as business, social studies, psychology, English, history, public speaking, study methods, test taking, and more. To get more information about The Oxford Method, visit the website at: https://theoxfordmethod.com.

About The Oxford Method
Started in 2020, The Oxford Method has over 100 instructors who provide access to tutoring 24/7. It also has a nonprofit sector of its community, which offers tutoring services and computers to underprivileged students. Its relationship-based education helps everyone, including those who need financial assistance and those with special needs. It donates 10% of its profits to social organizations that help those in urban areas. To get more information about The Oxford Method, visit the website at: https://theoxfordmethod.com.
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Source:
American Psychological Association. Teen stress rivals that of adults. https://www.apa.org/monitor/2014/04/teen-stress

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The Great American Teach-Off to recognize two extraordinary U.S. educators with $10,000 classroom grants to support their amazing efforts in the classroom

GOOD and University of Phoenix Honor America’s Most Innovative Teachers

LOS ANGELES, January 22, 2013 — GOOD and University of Phoenix today announced the launch of the Great American Teach-Off, a contest that will award two extraordinary teachers from grades K-12 with $10,000 classroom grants. Starting today, parents, students and community members can nominate innovative and inspiring teachers by visiting  www.good.is/GATO. The nomination period will end on Feb. 15,

2013, and 20 finalists will be chosen to compete for the $10,000 classroom grants. There will be 10 finalists from grades K-6 and 10 finalists from grades 7-12, and a grant recipient will be chosen from each category.

Past winners impacted their communities by engaging students in a hands-on sustainability project and facilitating private instruction for displaced students. The 2012 grant recipient was eighth grade teacher Daryl Bilandzija of Odyssey Charter School

in Altadena, Calif. He used the $10,000 grant to connect the inside of his classroom to an outdoor edible and sustainable garden and gave his students a hands-on learning environment.

2011 grant recipient Terry Dougherty, a third grade teacher at Roland Rogers Elementary School in Galloway Township, N.J., drew on her eacher, great, american, teach-off, teach, off, class, classroom, grants, efforts, good, phoenix, honor, innovative, teachers, school, children, childown experience being part of a military family. She recognized the hardships military children endure as they transfer state to state and experience curricula changes. Dougherty used her grant to develop “Military Child Tutoring – They Are Heroes Too!,” a free tutoring program for children of military families.

“Teachers play a critical role in shaping the futures of our nation’s children,” said Dr. Meredith Curley, Dean of the College of Education at University of Phoenix. “The

Great American Teach-Off is an opportunity to show our appreciation for teachers and provides a platform to share innovative classroom ideas. Curriculum in K-12 classrooms

continues to evolve to be more hands-on and tie learning to real life experiences. This program celebrates teachers who engage students in creative new ways.”

By recognizing teachers who are committed to impacting student learning outcomes in their classrooms, GOOD and University of Phoenix hope to shed light on the incredible work this nation’s teachers are accomplishing in their classrooms. The $10,000 grants will directly support two K-12 classrooms, but will also impact other classrooms across the nation, serving as examples for educators to adopt for use with their own students.

“The past rounds of the Great American Teach-Off have been incredible,” said Ben Goldhirsh, GOOD Co-Founder. “The positive reaction the program has received demonstrates how important it is to celebrate teachers who go above and beyond. We all know America needs creative and pragmatic solutions to improve education.

Tapping into a passionate community of educators to find those solutions has proven to be a great way to go about it. We are so excited to see what’s next, and hope we have an even bigger pool of deserving candidates in this next round of the Great American Teach-Off!”

For more information and to nominate a teacher for a grant, visit the Great American Teach-Off website at www.good.is/GATO. The nomination period begins Jan. 22, 2013, and will end on Feb. 15, 2013, after which 20 finalists will be chosen to be in the running for the grand prize.

About University of Phoenix

University of Phoenix is constantly innovating to help students balance education and life in a rapidly changing world. Flexible schedules, challenging courses and interactive learning can help students pursue personal and career aspirations without putting their lives on hold. As the flagship university of  Apollo Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: APOL), University of Phoenix serves a diverse student population, offering associate, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs from campuses and learning centers across the U.S. as well as online throughout the world. For more information, visit http://www.phoenix.edu.

About GOOD

GOOD Worldwide LLC. (www.good.is), launched in September 2006, is an integrated media, thought leadership and community action platform for people who want to live well and do good, and a community of, by, and for the people, businesses, and NGOs moving the world forward. GOOD’s mission is to convene, connect, and empower the global community of people “who give a damn.”

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