Sixth Form Study Programme

3. Time Management

Agenda

How do you manage your time?Time management toolsSome strategies

How do you manage your time?

Introducing five time management ‘types’

…… which one fits your approach to time management the best…..????

1. The Fireman

For YOU, every event is a crisis.

You're so busy putting out fires that you have no time to deal with anything else (especially the boring, mundane things such as time management).

Tasks pile up around you while you rush from fire to fire all day.

Tasks pile up around you while you rush from fire to fire all day.

2. The ‘Over-committer’

Your problem is you can't say 'No'.

All anyone has to do is ask, and you'll chair another committee, take on another project, or head out for an event…that you don’t really want to go to.

You're so busy you don't even have time to write down all the things you do!

You're so busy you don't even have time to write down all the things you do!

3. The ‘No worry’er

YOU need to realise there is such as thing as being too "laid-back"

- especially when it starts interfering with your ability to finish tasks or bother to do any homework (and ultimately affecting your grades!)

Getting to things when you get to them isn't time management; it's simple task avoidance.

Getting to things when you get to them isn't time management; it's simple task avoidance.

4. The Socialiser

You are born to socialise

You have astounding oral communication skills and can't resist exercising them at every opportunity.

Every interaction becomes a long drawn out conversation - especially if there's an unpleasant task dawning that you'd like to put off

Every interaction becomes a long drawn out conversation - especially if there's an unpleasant task dawning that you'd like to put off

5. The Perfectionist

You have a compulsion to cross all the "t's" and dot all the "i's", preferably with elaborate whorls and curlicues., and you feel that no rushed job can be a good job.

Exactitude is your watchword

Finishing tasks to your satisfaction is such a problem you need more time zones, not just more time.

Finishing tasks to your satisfaction is such a problem you need more time zones, not just more time.

Hopefully none…

But then, perhaps a little of some??

Time Management is a myth

You can’t manage time –

there is only ever 24 hrs

in the day.

You need to manage yourself and how

you use the time available

You need to manage yourself and how

you use the time available

Time Management “Tools”

(1) Year or term calendar

Download from the internetYou can plan in terms of weeks and see

how much time you have leftHelps you plan ahead for key events

Start revision for mock exams at sensible time

Christmas holidays and Module 1 exams

(2) Weekly Schedule

(3) Daily ‘to do’ list

Keep track of what you need to do

Remember everything and prioritise tasks on a daily basis

Start with those tasks that are the most important and/or the most complex

Time management strategies

Some things to think about…You work best in daylight – make the most of

independent studyAre part time jobs the best use of your time

(weekends only?)Get enough sleepExercise is good for your brainGet a good routine