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How Teachers can increase their confidence in the classroomWhat is confidence? The feeling that you can trust, believe in and be sure about the abilities or good qualities of somebody or something. A belief in your own ability to do things and be successful. The feeling that you are certain about something. A feeling of trust that somebody will keep information private. A secret that you tell somebody. Teachers can increase their confidence in the classroom by first acknowledging the source of all confidence and being grateful for the option of experiencing such a feeling. Showing appreciation for existing confidence allows it to flourish, we become receptive to much, much more. Confidence is available to one and all. We don?t have to strive or work to become it. It exists. Lets enjoy it. Unity is strength. Noticing the beauty in all that is allows us to enjoy, share and experience life, precious, blessed, beautiful life. Why hide, be shy or coy, when we all have such a thing to share and enjoy, together. We are all beautiful creations. We do not have to reinvent ourselves to become beautiful, worth listening to or to be perceived as either of these by others, we simply are. We can all just be. Teachers have a special job, they like everyone else have the opportunity to share what they know with others, but they get paid to do so. We live in the world in which a monetary system exists. We work and earn money in order to provide each other and ourselves with food and shelter. An employer invests confidence in an employee to carry out tasks required. The teacher?s employer will have stipulations, rules, requirements and regulations regarding the teacher?s conduct. The teacher upon agreement accepts the investment of confidence and becomes a member of the staff, an employee. Feeling sure you understand and agree to what is required is important. A sound understanding allows the teacher to exhibit confidence in what they have learnt is acceptable and worthy of rewards workplace. Love is essential to our confidence. Mental, spiritual, social and physical health is intertwined and directly affects our level of confidence. We can take care of our bodies by eating well, exercising and getting an appropriate amount of rest while too much for one might be not enough for another, if we monitor ourselves we can find a blissful balance that keeps our bodies functioning, success! Enjoying the company of others and having others enjoy ours. Exposing ourselves to social situations presents more opportunity to experience the feeling that is confidence. If teachers establish and maintain healthy relationships inside and outside the classroom it will ?increase their confidence? that is they will feel confidence more, yes, feel more confident. Teaching like all other healthy relationships, requires patience. It is important to love others as we love ourselves, love others even when it seems they do not love us and give without expecting anything back. When we exercise patience we experience confidence in love - which never fails. Freedom, generosity and love make for beautiful relationships. Every teacher can smile more, laugh more and have fun more, so can their students, so can their bosses, so can you. Confidently, confiding in love together. Nerves, just another word for EXCITED. Nervousness. We can all feel the wave of energy that rolls through when we decide to venture somewhere new, that?s because we are alive, how wonderful. Rather than feeling it and freaking out, we can use our minds as tools. Experience the feeling and allow it to manifest as excitement. We can be enthusiastic about the moment we are a part of. To do so we must be aware of the feeling, feel the feeling and allow it to flow through us. By all means be self-conscious, that is conscious of ones self. Be conscious of the physical and mental response to the wave, watch your thought patterns, where do they wander? Take charge of them. Stay here and now. Sweaty palms - amazing, chattering teeth - ok, giddy giggle here and there ? beautiful and what about that bird soaring way up high in the sky? Wow what powerful energy. Big, big wave. How nice to be alive and feel such things. Now conscious of yourself you can use your mind, check you have your equipment, you?re learning, objectives are clear, you didn?t leave your keys locked in the car. You are a bright, bright light. Here and now is amazing. Everything is all-good. Appreciate, accept enjoy. Confidence.
