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Teachers’ Seminar 2010. Time flies when you’re having fun !. Optimising class time. Session Outline. Time management – Personal to Professional Why do things go wrong? Planning – How can it affect time management? Time “Wasters” Time Savers Rounding off. Time management. How often. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Time flies when you’re having fun!
Optimising class
time
Teachers’ Seminar 2010
Session Outline• Time management – Personal to
Professional• Why do things go wrong?• Planning – How can it affect time
management?• Time “Wasters”• Time Savers• Rounding off
Time management
How often...a) are you late?
b) do you find yourself saying “I have no time for this”?
d) does it take you more time than
necessary to do things?
Why do things go wrong?
There’s too much time!Wait time
Students are not
engaged enough
RapportExtra Activities
Agenda / Debriefing
Why do things go wrong?
There’s never enough time!
Activities last longer than they shouldPace
Overambitious plan Discipline issuesToo much to be done Complicated activities
Planning
Remember! “A centimetre of input, a metre of practice!”
Formal plan X informal plan
Aims X Activities
Setting up the classroom
Plan is not a straitjacket
Long-term Planning
Plan of Work = Our BFF
Academic Calendar
Variety
Time “wasters”
HW Checking
Instructions
Preparing flipcharts
during class
Asking sts to come to e-B
Teaching and teaching again
Reading the rubricsDealing with doubts as they come upDigressing
Time savers
Recycling
Use that stopwatch!
Checking in pairs
Improve attendance
Rounding off
Remember:
Long – term Planning
Time Projections
Adapt!
Thanks!