Gr 12 Time Management

Heather Cousins-FanaThuthuka & Fasset mentor

Quickly jot down

• What comes to mind when you think of ‘time management’?

• How have you been managing your time up till now?

• Has it worked?• Does it need to change?• What do you want to get out

of today’s session?

The 5 keys to effective time management:

Take action:

Set goals Determine priorities Plan your weekly schedule Use diary, term and year planner or calendar Adhere to your plan

– Preparing for final matric exams– Get 80% + for Accounting, Maths & English– Be on Ronelle’s Top Performers slides next year.

Setting goals

Effective time management

Take action:

Set goals Determine priorities Plan your weekly schedule Use diary, term and year planner or calendar Adhere to your plan

Prioritize

Determine your priorities:– Sacrifice pleasure for

opportunity– Balance your life: family,

friends, school tasks and projects, and studying for exams. Exercise and sleep are important too.

Covey’s quadrant: Its not just about getting things done but getting the right things done

Effective time management

Take action:

Set goals Determine priorities Plan your weekly schedule Use diary, term and year planner or calendar Adhere to your plan

Plan your work and work your plan

Reality check:– How much time do you have before exams start?– Monday 21 July second semester starts– Last school day Friday 17 October: Valedictory• ± 9 weeks

– Exams start 27 October• 1,5 weeks

GRAND TOTAL: ±12 WEEKS, 5 DAYS

Use the tools at your disposal

Protect • Calendar: scope• Weekly schedule: snapshot• Diary: day or two• To-do lists: today

Gr 12 Final exams week 1

Study process

Pre-read

Attend class

Make summaries

Learn work

Research: ideal study sessions are 45 - 90 minutes long with a break.To move information from short to long term memory it needs to be visited 4 times.

My Time Schedule5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

MonGym

Weekly Presentation Prep SMC MMG/

OMSCCR Work

Sleep

TueGym CTLM Staff

MeetingBioMed Mentoring Mechatronics

Mentoring

SAD Staff

Meeting

Book Club Sleep

WedGym Sam Supper

Club Sleep

ThuGym SGD Staff

MeetingElectrical Mentoring CCSD

Committee Sleep

FriGym Industrial

MentoringCivil Mentoring UCL Mentoring

Sleep

Sat

Wouldn’t you love to know what I do on my weekends?????Sun

Yellow-Planning Teal-Staff Meeting Red-Workshops Green Committee Meetings White-Work Free

Orange-Personal Dark Blue Sleep Light Blue-Personal Free

Have a term plan

• Just like you need a Time Schedule you also need a Term/Semester Plan

• In a Term Plan, you utilize monthly calendars (slide 14) to record all important dates– Academics: tests, assignments, papers and projects for

all of your courses– Co-Curricular Activities: meetings, weekends away, and

special events– Personal: friends and family birthdays, events and

workshops you want to attend

KNOW YOURSELF:

- When is the best time for you to

study?

- Plan to action your study process

- When do you exercise?

- When do you spend time with

friends?

- SLEEP & EAT!!!

- BE SPECIFIC in your task allocation

History: Chapter 8 & 9 summary

Plan for the day

>Finish Romeo & Juliet essay>Isidingo

Hockey

Cell worship

Church

Effective time management

Take action:

Set goals Determine priorities Plan your weekly schedule Use diary, term and year planner or calendar Adhere to your plan

Keeping to the plan

• Discipline:– Do not negotiate with

yourself– Be willing at any given time

to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity

– Revisit your goals– Be the best that you can be– Attack your challenges with

enthusiasm

Identify time wasters

• Friends: be assertive say ‘no’, ‘not now’

• Whatsapp/Facebook: remove notifications

• TV: watch your favourite show then SWITCH OFF

• Fill in your time wasters on the handout… share?

Have the courage to be a leader with responsibility and accountability.