Time Management
Being on time for class, planning classes to fit proper break times shows the students how serious and professional you are. They will adapt and develope the same professionalism. A student is only as good as the model that is representing.
Keiyanez,
Good point and valuable advice for instructors. We need to be good managers of time to make sure we are prepared for class and then use the time in class to get our message across clearly and concisely.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
Time management for teachers saves you time without compromising the quality of your teaching.
More is caught then taught. So we as teachers have to set the do what we expect of our students.
James,
What a great plan you have to keep the course progressing at the needed pace while making sure to cover all of the required elements. This gives you and your students accountability in relation to both content and competencies.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
I teach in an unusual environment: Our courses meet twice per week for 5 hour 'blocks' each session. The blocks are segmented by breaks of 10/20/10/10 minutes respectively, amounting to 5 x 50 minute segments. It is imperative to stay on-track and on-time so there is a crisp boundary between each 50 minute segment.
I keep a time-tracker for each session with a timeline indicating the breaks, then pencil in each instructional module and/or Objective on each block. I set the Chronograph feature on my Timex at the start of each so I don't need to watch the clock or remember the time -- only the "50" minutes. I refer frequently to the timeline (a simple color-coded Spreadsheet) as we move along, and it has helped tremendously. The timeline has become a front-end planning tool for each session, along with the Lesson Plans.
Alisa,
Well said and so important. We have to walk the walk and not just talk it.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
