Jennifer Gonzalez wrote an article called, “5 Powerful Ways to Save Time as a Teacher,” on December 26, 2015. The article starts out by saying how teacher do not seem to have enough time to do all the work that they have. This can sometimes lead to an unbalanced life while trying to juggle home life and work life. Jennifer than notes the “40-hour Teacher Workweek Club,” a club that helps give out tips on how teachers can save time. The club was started by Angela Watson. Jennifer than goes on to list Angela’s five tips for saving time as a teacher.
The first one is to eliminate unintentional breaks such as, checking social media, drifting to the TV, or stopping for a second to talk to another teacher who popped in for a quick second. When focusing when at work, people tend to find more free time later. The second thing is to figure out what the main thing is a do it first. Often time teacher get caught up with all of the small things and put off the big thing. However, when the big thing is done first, we have more time to do the smaller things. Next is to do like activates in batches and avoid multi-tasking. Multi-tasking does not help accomplish anything and lead to poor work. It is suggested that instead of checking our email every 20 minutes that we set two times a day to check emails and respond to them. If we need to photocopy somethings, photocopy the whole weeks’ worth at the same time. This may take longer in the moment, but save time in the long run. The fourth thing is to look for ways that you can relax standards that are creating unnecessary work. Teachers tend to be perfectionist and want everything done right. However, trying to get everything done right is a lot of work. The last tip given is to use boundaries to set your time. Set a specific time for doing lesson plans and then stick to it. When teachers do this, they realize how long it takes to do a task. With this, it is important to stick to the schedule you created. People tend to work more effective if they have a time limit on what they are doing. I thought that this article was extremely helpful. The second tip reminded me of the rock, pebble, and sand demonstration for time use. When we do the big things first, we still have time to do the smaller things, but if we do the smaller things first, we do not have time for the large things. I also had never thought about working in batches. Personally check my email roughly ten times a day if not more. I could save a lot of time if I just checked it twice. The last tip makes a lot of sense to me. When I have an hour that I need to get something done in, I usually get it done. However, if I have the whole day, I don’t tend to get it done. It is interesting how that works. Gonzalez, J. (2015, December 26). 5 Powerful Ways to Save Time as a Teacher. Retrieved March 21, 2018, from https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/40hour/
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