This site is a class blog space for new Career and Technical Specializations and Heathcare Science teachers enrolled in the New Teacher Institute (NTI) at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Time- I need more time.
I would like to improve on my time management this year. I find myself getting busier each day. Teaching and coaching fill my plate. Additionally, as a career tech teacher there is the additional pressure of keeping your own program in tune, which I discovered after my first year is like running a business. Now, I have three jobs for the price of one.
My time management is, right now, the most self-critical aspect in my second year. Shockingly, I thought behavior management would have been the battle at this point. However, the battle is with my schedule and the many expectations therein. Everyone wants something from the "video guy." Unfortunately, there are no pause buttons in our lives.
I agree with you Marc. Although I did place planning as my primary concern, time is the second. I teach a college course 2 nights a week, I have HOSA, MSK (a female mentoring group at my school I was asked to be a part of), and planning for my career tech course because I have to make everything from scratch. I also like to keep things fresh and interesting with my pathway. I can find myself exhausted and running out of time during the day with all the responsibilities but what I have noticed is that set times for each obligation can reduce the amount of stress around each responsibility. I set a time limit for each activity and I stick to it. Things will happen to shift those time limits but generally that is the best approach I have used that works. I also use students as helpers because some are so eager. They make the words for my Word Wall or organize my classroom for me, etc. And practice the art of saying "No." Your "No" loses values if you're always saying yes. Hope this helps!
ReplyDeleteCourt I agree with you wholeheartedly. Setting time limits is a great plan and sayng "NO" is a sanity saver. Marc you are right, I don't even coach, and time is constantly slipping away from me, it seems my to-do's never end. I made one of my goals this semster to prioritize more efficiently. I found myself running ragged last semester and I don't want to become "burnt out". As far as the "no" suggestion from Court, that is something I need improvement on as well. It would seeem CTAE is a work hourse in the eyes of many of the regular ed teachers and administration.
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