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Managing Your Time EffectivelyDo you find it difficult to juggle multiple priorities? Do you wish someone could give you some new time management strategies?This workshop will allow you to confront all of the directions that life pulls you: work, family, and of course – school! We’ll talk about how to prioritize and organize your life so that you can have time to enjoy yourself too!
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Managing Your Time More Effectively
Time Management Strategies for Work, School and Life
The Pieces of Academic Success
Time Management
Rationale Essay
Goal Setting
Learning Styles
Developing a Study Plan
ReadingEfficiency
WritingCritical Thinking
Academic Research
Stress Management
Navigating ESC Resources
Learning Coaches, Peer Coaches, & Content Tutors• One-to-one appointments in-person or via phone, e-mail, Internet, etc.
• Small group assistance (online & onsite)
• Online Content Area Tutoring – Smarthinking - www.esc.edu/smarthinking
Curricular Support Face-to-Face & Online Support • NEC Academic Support - www.necacademissupport.pbworks.com
• Workshops (online & onsite) – www.esc.edu/learningsupport
• YouTube – www.youtube.com/NECAcademicSupport
• Enhancing the Academic Eye a self-paced or credit-bearing study - http://AcademicEye.pbworks.com
• Phasing out Dec 2010-- ANGEL Community Group - NEC Academic Support http://www.esc.edu/ole• Log in with your MyESC Username & Password
Academic Support @ NEC
Services & Resources
Helping You Connect the Pieces for Academic Success
AcademicEye.pbworks.com
What is a learning coach?
A learning coach is someone who provides academic support to students in one-on-one or small group settings in all areas of the writing process and related study skills strategies including time management, organization, reading efficiency, developing a study plan, goal setting, critical thinking, library research skills, note-taking, and learning styles.
Sarah Spence-Staulters is located in Latham working with Schenectady & Latham/Albany students Her hours are: Mondays – 3pm- 7:30pm
Wednesdays – 3:00pm-7:30pmFridays - 9am- 4pm
Contact Sarah to make an appointment : (518) 783-6203 ext 5992 or [email protected]
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Kate Stockton is located in Latham working with Johnstown & Latham/Albany students Her hours are: Mondays - 4:00pm-7:30pm
Wednesday - 4:00pm-7:30pmThursdays - 4:00pm-8:00pm
Contact Kate to make an appointment : (518) 783-6203 ext 5992 or [email protected]
Mary Sanders-Shartle is located in Saratoga working with Saratoga & Queensbury students Her hours are: Mondays – 12pm-2pm
Wednesdays – 3pm-6pmThursdays 4pm-6pmContact Mary to make an appointment :(518) 587-2100 ext 2827 or [email protected]
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Meet the Learning Coaches
Starting in the November Term…
peercoaches.pbworks.com
Helping You Connect the Pieces for Academic Success
A peer coach is a current undergraduate or graduate student trained to guide and encourage other students in improving their academic performance and development as a life-long learner, focusing on general study skills, specific content-areas, navigating college resources, and developing within their Areas of Study.
They work in both face-to-face and virtual environments.
Peer coaches are trained under College Reading & Learning Association (CRLA) international standards for peer tutors and are either volunteers, work-study, or practicum students.
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Academic Support @ NEC
(Gallway’s Inner Game of Work)
Agenda
• Academic Support What is it? What is available?• The Skills To Best Manage Your Time
•Questions? (Stop us and ask throughout)
Goals for this workshop
Learn how to prioritize
Help you take control of your time
Discuss how to create a personalized approach to managing your time
Take some time to identify your own “time wasters”
Provide you with practical advice & effective time management tools & techniques
Learn how to use your Learning Contracts to help plan your time
Any other personal goals???
TIME IS A VALUABLE COMMODITY
We all have the same amount of time ~◦60 seconds in a minute, ◦60 minutes in an hour, ◦24 hours in a day, ◦168 hours in a week,◦720 hours in a month,◦And 8,760 in a year.
Time cannot be saved and it does not gain interest. There are no rollover minutes!
How are you spending your time???
PRIORITIZATIONPrioritization is essential to effective time management… Most time management
experts will argue strongly that one must learn to differentiate between the important and the optional and discover how to judge the relative importance of each task to help in their scheduling.
First, you must set aside an appropriate amount of time to attend life issues
Second, you must learn how to differentiate the essential from the important.
Third, you must be able to push the urgent items towards the top.
Adapted from: http://www.tips-for-boomers.com/timemanagement.html
Helpful hint: Do the worst things first
Prioritizing Your Time.
IMPORTANT
URGENT (Due Soon)
NOT URGENT (Due in the Future)
This is what should be finished 1st
This is what should be finished 2nd
NOT IMPORTANT
This is what should be finished 3rd
This is what should be done 4th
Quadrant I:Crises, Pressing Problems, Deadline-driven projects
Quadrant II: Prevention, Reflection,
Planning, Recreation, Stress Management, Recognizing
New Opportunities
Quadrant III: Interruptions, Some Phone Calls, Some E-mail, Some Reports, Some Meetings,
Pressing Matters
Quadrant IV: Trivia, Busy Work, Some
E-mail, Some Phone Calls, Escapist Activities (IM, TV, DVD, etc.)
Adapted from Steven Covey’s First Things First
Important & Urgent (crises, deadline-driven projects)
Important & Not Urgent (preparation,
prevention, planning, relationships)
Urgent & Not Important (interruptions, many pressing matters)
Not Urgent & Not Important (trivia, time wasters)
There are lots of ways to Procrastinate but they all waste time
Four Simple Reasons for Procrastination
Difficult - the task seems hard to do; we naturally tend to avoid difficult things in favor of those which seem easy to us.
Time-consuming - the task will take large blocks of time, and large blocks of time are unavailable until the weekend.
Lack of knowledge or skills - no one wants to make mistakes, so wait until you learn how before you start.
Fears - everyone will know how you screwed up.
So how do I stop procrastinating….The simple cure? Do everything opposite. Tell yourself: this isn't so hard, it won't take
long, and I am sure that I know how to do it, or that I can learn while I'm doing it.
SOURCE: http://sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl/procrastination.html
REALITY CHECKApproximately 10-16 hours per week is
the optimum time for successful completion of a 4-credit study. In addition, it is important for you to have as regular a schedule as you can manage to meet the
deadlines for assignments.
How can I best spend my discretionary time?
Time with Family
Running errands
School work
Rest, relaxation & reflection
Time with friends
Volunteering/Community Activities
Others?
How do I Organize and still do things I have and want to do ?
Spending your time
Monday
•1 hour playing with kids•1.5 hours for school
Tuesday
•1.5 hour carpool for ballet & grocery shopping•1 hour for school
Wednesday
•1 hour for school
Thursday
•½ hour getting kids to grandma’s for evening•3 hours for school
Friday
•3.5 family fun time
Saturday
•3 hours school•2 hours volunteering
Sunday
•2 hours of saved time for school (if needed)
Total School Time
•11.5 hours per week
Time Management Tools & Techniques
Old school and New School tools to keep you organized
• Consider what you know about your constraints and how you prefer to organize yourself.
• Pick the appropriate strategies and tool(s) to help you best organize your time.
• Remember to be consistent with how you utilize your time management strategies and tools, and that all tools are not for everyone.
Enhancing Your Personal Time Management System
PAPER TIME MANAGEMENT TOOLS
ELECTRONIC TIME MANAGEMENT TOOLS
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/
http://www.evernote.com
Some Sites to help you organize:
How to use your time management tools
• If using paper find a planner that is a good design for you be it hour day week or month you have to see it or it wont work.
• If you choose to use electronic most phone’s and PDA’s have a calendar in the tools. For these you can also set an alarm to give you a reminder of your time. Each electronic device is different and forever changing so when in doubt check the manual.
Using Learning Contracts to Help You Organize Your Time
A few minutes now will save you many in the future!
Review Learning Contract
= Key Concepts
= Critical Thinking Skills
= Benefit to You
Review Learning Contract
= Key Concepts
= Critical Thinking Skills
= Expectations & Requirements
= Key Materials
= Due Date
= Requirements
Review Learning Contract
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Planning for Your 1st Set of Assignments
Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
SEPTEMBER
1
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Term BeginsORG BEHAVIOR
Read Chaps 1 & 16
2
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
ORG BEHAVIORRead Chaps 17 & 18 & 19
18
3
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
ORG BEHAVIORRead & Take
Notes Activity 12.5 & Start
Write-up Case 4 (4-6 pages)
OCTOBER
4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
ORG BEHAVIORFinal Draft of
Write up Case 4 (4-6 pages)
5
8 9 10 11 All Work Due 12 13 14
Columbus Day
ORG BEHAVIORReadings &
Case 4 Due
ECONOMICS
Planning for Your 1st Set of Assignments
Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
SEPTEMBER
1
Term Begins 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
ECONOMICSRead Chap 1
Do QFT - 2 & 5 Do P&E - 1, 5 &10
ECONOMICSRead Chap 2
Do QFT – 3, 11, 16 Do P&E – 3 & 4
ORG BEHAVIORRead Chaps
1 & 16
Spend time with the family
2
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
ECONOMICSRead Chap 3
Do QFT – 8 & 15 Do P&E – 4 & 5
ECONOMICSRead Chap 4
Do QFT – 3,8,14,15
Do P&E – 2 & 3
ORG BEHAVIORRead Chaps 17 & 18 & 19
Spend time with the family
3
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
ECONOMICSRead Chap 6
Do QFT – 1, 9, 13 Do P&E – 8, 14,
17
ECONOMICSRead Chap 8
Do QFT – 1 & 2 Do P&E - 1, 7 & 9
ORG BEHAVIORRead & Take
Notes Activity 12.5 & Start Write-up
Case 4 (4-6 pages)
Spend time with the family
OCTOBER
4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
ECONOMICSRead Chap 9
Do QFT – 1 & 5 Do P&E - 1,3,5a,5b
ORG BEHAVIORFinal Draft of
Write up Case 4 (4-6 pages)
Spend time with the family
5
8 9 10 11 All Work Due 13 14
Columbus Day
ECON PROBS & ORG BEHAVIOR
Readings & Case 4 Due
Spend time with the family
Fall 2010 Workshop ScheduleSept. 20 Start the Term Right27 Time Management29 Start the Term RightOct. 30 Navigating the ESC Websites6 Critical Thinking 8 Introduction Library Skills ( 10am-11am )13 Navigating the ESC Websites14 Time Management18 Critical Thinking20 Reading More Efficiently25 Leveraging Your learning Style28 Unblock the Writing Experience
Nov.1 Reading more Efficiently 33 Introduction to Library Skills8 Unblocking the Writing
Experience17 Stress Management19 Time Management (10am-11am)22 Resume and Cover Letter Writing
Dec. 20 Stress Management6 Ending the Term Right8 Ending the Term Right9 Writing a Rational Essay13 Stress Management20 Resume and Cover Letter Writing
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