In the past two years and especially during the pandemic, many instructors have been facing innumerable stress-related incidents due to the ongoing pandemic starting from teaching online to achieving the intended learning outcomes. As a result, teachers have had to continue their job amid a series of circumstances and stressors that may have had a toll on their mental health state (Andrade, Bosano & Paz, 2021). This paper confers a new strategy that could potentially help reduce stress in classrooms. Thus, two tools were designed to collect data. The first one was an observation checklist which was designed to record instructor’s reaction towards the new and unfamiliar reality of virtual teaching. The second tool was a questionnaire that was designed to collect data related to stressful situations in the ESL classrooms. The data collected helped in forming a new strategy to meet the dire needs for coping with the pandemic and enhancing teacher’s performance. The suggested SCREAM strategy aims at alleviating the numerous stress-related incidents that have been plaguing instructors and draining their efforts in the ESL classrooms since the beginning of the pandemic. The SCREAM strategy stands for Survive (S), Change (C), Reflect (R), Execute (E), Admire (A) and Maintain (M). This strategy could possibly help ESL instructors and attendees to recognize some of the online challenges they have been through and empower them to better realize their potential and improve their performance in the workplace.

Authors:
Marine Milad, Arab Open University, Kuwait
Hiba Tayara, Australian University, Kuwait
Mohammed Farran, Arab Open University, Kuwait

About the Presenter(s)
Hiba ELTayara is a lecturer at the Australian University in Kuwait . She teaches and coordinates a research writing courses for both Business and Engineering students. Her research interests is in curriculum development for higher education students.

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