Coping with stage fright

Being confident is one of the essential characteristic a teacher must have.
It is really important to be confident because is a key to success and can improve the interaction with our students.
Body language says a lot when we are teaching, so we need to think in our posture, enter to the classroom with our heads up, back straight and walk safely will give us an air of confidence.

Also we need to be prepared, this includes anticipating the challenges we might found in the classroom while managing our students, or potential situations that could arise and how we might deal with them.

As well, teachers need to know that we are not perfects, and we need to set that clear to our students, we all can make mistakes, and we all are here to learn,so we can turn a negative into a positive, and this will help us not only to build confidence but also will really improve our practice to don't fear criticism, and use it to strengthen our strength. 

It is really important to take time and reflect what we are, why we are like that and what we want to share with others, so we can pull out the positives. This will really help to overcome negative self perception and recognize our strengths in the classroom.

 Hence by recognizing this strengths  and celebrating them we will build a sense of self worth and belief, that will lead us to the key of success, confidence.