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

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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 Sarah.Spence-Staulters@esc.edu

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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 Kate.Stockton@esc.edu

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 Mary.Sanders-Shartle@esc.edu

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Meet the Learning Coaches

Starting in the November Term…

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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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(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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