Process Of Time Management
What is the Time Management Process?
Evaluating
Organizing
Prioritizing
What would you consider Important tasks when you make your time management plan?
An important task is something essential.
Some examples may be personal goals, schoolwork, and study habits.
What is the best time management tool someone can have in college?
A PLANNER!!!
What is the biggest problem college students have when it comes to doing their schoolwork?
What is the definition of Evaluating?
What would you consider not important when making a time management plan?
Some examples are partying, shopping, and surfing the internet.
What should you include in your planner?
Academic Calendar For ECU, Homework/due dates, shifts for your job, and ELLC/ECOS Events.
As long as they are urgent/ important tasks you should include them in your planner.
College is all about _____.
CHOICES.
You are responsible for yourself, make wise choices when it comes to schoolwork and your social life.
What is the definition of Prioritizing?
Prioritizing is essentially arranging or dealing with events, tasks, or activities in order of urgency and importance.
What is an Urgent Task?
Urgent Task is a deadline driven responsibility that will directly impact your academic goals.
Urgent meaning (you need to do it ASAP)
Are "To Do Lists" helpful even if you have a planner?
YES
Making a To Do list helps you create a master schedule for the week. You write down specific tasks to help you not procrastinate and you get the satisfaction of marking off things to have a sense of accomplishment.
What are your available resources?
Pirate Academic Success Center
Academic Advising Collaborative
Office Of Student Transitions
Center For Counseling and Student Development
What is the definition of Organizing?
Organizing is when you make arrangements or schedules to help you be less stressed and more efficient when it comes to activities or tasks you do.
What are some examples of Urgent Tasks when dealing with college life?
Deadlines for Assignments
Dropping a class
Paying tuition/ billing cycle
Meeting an application deadline
How much study time is enough for one course?
Be specific (hourly)
To be successful they recommend you spend 6 hours a week studying for a 3-credit course.
For every hour you spend in class you should spend 2-3 hours studying outside of the classroom.
What are the Five suggestions given at the end of the chapter to help you stay on task?
Focus On Your Goal
Break It Up
Remove Distractions
Keep a Positive Attitude
Reward Yourself
Why is it important to have the Time Management Process?
This helps you become more prepared and organized when dealing with schoolwork and other important events happening in your life.
If you use this process, you will be guaranteed to have a more organized, structured, and less stressful college experience. This process can even promote better study and homework habits.
Is cleaning your room an urgent task?
While some say yes, the answer is actually no. An urgent task is deadline sensitive. Cleaning your room can always wait no matter how bad it is.
What activity is listed in the textbook as an outline for time management?
Time Management Grid Activity
This is a grid that you fill in your class schedule, work or meetings, study times and locations, and other important events happening.
This is a great outline to help you not procrastinate and have a good visual of your plans.
Who is responsible for you?
meaning schoolwork, job, social life etc.
Yourself