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Thanks, Katie,
You hit upon something important when you referenced "appointments." We do not always have to solve a problem immediately. Making an appointment with the student shows we are concerened.
I used to schedule my classroom observations so that when students stopped me in the hallway, I could tell them I was on my way to an appointment, but that I would be back in my office at a certain time to talk to them. It worked well.
In the education business, I believe we are all forced to muli-task. Even with the best planning, I feel I'm constantly interrupted by an immediate instructor or student need. I think the best way to handle this is to evaluate the task at hand, the immediate interruption and then decide which to continue. Sometimes, the interruptions can be handled by making an appointment to follow up with them. Also, the the task at hand is crucial and urgent, I can ask someone else to handle any immediate issus that may arise so all needs can be met.
Thank you, Neal.
Some individuals are comfortable multi-tasking. Others perform best when working on one thing at a time. The toughest thing for folks who like to do one thing at a time to address are interruptions and changing priorities.
Sometimes it does for me. If I take one task at a time and complete that task before moving on to the next one. This is where prioritizing your daily and weekly schedule will help eliminate the mistakes.