Managing Your Time Effectively Do you find it difficult to juggle multiple priorities? Do you wish someone could give you some new time management strategies? This workshop will allow you to confront all of the directions that life pulls you: work, family, and of course – school! We’ll talk about how to prioritize and organize your life so that you can have time to enjoy yourself too!

1. Managing Your Time More
Effectively
Time Management Strategies for Work, School and Life

2. The Pieces of Academic Success
Rationale
Essay
Academic
Research

3. Learning Coaches, Peer Coaches, & Content Tutors
• One-to-one appointments in-person or via phone, e-mail, Internet, etc.
• Small group assistance (online & onsite)
• Online Content Area Tutoring – Smarthinking - www.esc.edu/smarthinking
Curricular Support Face-to-Face & Online Support
• NEC Academic Support - www.necacademissupport.pbworks.com
• Workshops (online & onsite) – www.esc.edu/learningsupport
• YouTube – www.youtube.com/NECAcademicSupport
• Enhancing the Academic Eye a self-paced or credit-bearing study - http://AcademicEye.pbworks.com
• Phasing out Dec 2010-- ANGEL Community Group - NEC Academic Support http://www.esc.edu/ole
•Log in with your MyESC Username & Password
Academic Support
@ NEC
Services & Resources
Helping You Connect the Pieces for Academic Success

4. AcademicEye.pbworks.com

5. What is a learning coach?
A learning coach is someone who provides academic support to students in one-on-one or small group settings in all areas of the writing process
and related study skills strategies including time management, organization, reading efficiency, developing a study plan, goal setting, critical
thinking, library research skills, note-taking, and learning styles.
Sarah Spence-Staulters is located in Latham working with Schenectady & Latham/Albany students
Her hours are: Mondays – 3pm- 7:30pm
Wednesdays – 3:00pm-7:30pm
Fridays - 9am- 4pm
Contact Sarah to make an appointment :
(518) 783-6203 ext 5992 or Sarah.Spence-Staulters@esc.edu
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Kate Stockton is located in Latham working with Johnstown & Latham/Albany students
Her hours are: Mondays - 4:00pm-7:30pm
Wednesday - 4:00pm-7:30pm
Thursdays - 4:00pm-8:00pm
Contact Kate to make an appointment :
(518) 783-6203 ext 5992 or Kate.Stockton@esc.edu
Mary Sanders-Shartle is located in Saratoga working with Saratoga &
Queensbury students
Her hours are: Mondays – 12pm-2pm
Wednesdays – 3pm-6pm
Thursdays 4pm-6pm
Contact Mary to make an appointment :
(518) 587-2100 ext 2827 or Mary.Sanders-Shartle@esc.edu
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Meet the Learning Coaches

6. Starting in the November Term…
peercoaches.pbworks.com

7. Helping You Connect the Pieces for Academic Success
A peer coach is a current undergraduate or
graduate student trained to guide and encourage
other students in improving their academic
performance and development as a life-long
learner, focusing on general study skills, specific
content-areas, navigating college resources, and
developing within their Areas of Study.
They work in both face-to-face and virtual
environments.
Peer coaches are trained under College Reading
& Learning Association (CRLA) international
standards for peer tutors and are either
volunteers, work-study, or practicum students.
Academic Support @ NEC

8. (Gallway’s Inner Game of Work)

9. Agenda
• Academic Support
What is it? What is available?
• The Skills To Best Manage Your
Time
•Questions? (Stop us and ask
throughout)

10. Goals for this workshop
Learn how to prioritize
Help you take control of your time
Discuss how to create a personalized approach to managing your time
Take some time to identify your own “time wasters”
Provide you with practical advice & effective time management tools &
techniques
Learn how to use your Learning Contracts to help plan your time
Any other personal goals???

11. TIME IS A VALUABLE
COMMODITY
We all have the same amount of time ~
◦ 60 seconds in a minute,
◦ 60 minutes in an hour,
◦ 24 hours in a day,
◦ 168 hours in a week,
◦ 720 hours in a month,
◦ And 8,760 in a year.
Time cannot be saved and it does not gain interest.
There are no rollover minutes!
How are you spending your time???

12. PRIORITIZATION
Prioritization is essential to effective time management… Most time management
experts will argue strongly that one must learn to differentiate between the
important and the optional and discover how to judge the relative
importance of each task to help in their scheduling.
First, you must set aside an appropriate amount of time to attend
life issues
Second, you must learn how to differentiate the essential from the
important.
Third, you must be able to push the urgent items towards the top.
Adapted from: http://www.tips-for-boomers.com/timemanagement.html
Helpful hint: Do the worst things first

13. Prioritizing Your Time.
IMPORTANT
URGENT
(Due Soon)
NOT URGENT
(Due in the Future)
This is what should be finished
1st
This is what should be finished
2nd
NOT
IMPORTANT
This is what should be finished
3rd
This is what should be done
4th
Quadrant I:
Crises, Pressing Problems,
Deadline-driven projects
Quadrant II:
Prevention, Reflection,
Planning, Recreation, Stress
Management, Recognizing
New Opportunities
Quadrant III:
Interruptions, Some Phone
Calls, Some E-mail, Some
Reports, Some Meetings,
Pressing Matters
Quadrant IV:
Trivia, Busy Work, Some
E-mail, Some Phone Calls, Escapist
Activities (IM, TV, DVD, etc.)
Adapted from Steven Covey’s First Things First
Important & Urgent
(crises, deadline-
driven projects)
Important & Not Urgent
(preparation,
prevention, planning,
relationships)
Urgent & Not Important
(interruptions, many
pressing matters)
Not Urgent & Not Important
(trivia, time wasters)

14. There are
lots of ways
to
Procrastinate
but they all
waste time

15. Four Simple Reasons for Procrastination
Difficult - the task seems hard to do; we naturally tend to avoid difficult things in favor
of those which seem easy to us.
Time-consuming - the task will take large blocks of time, and large blocks of time are
unavailable until the weekend.
Lack of knowledge or skills - no one wants to make mistakes, so wait until you learn
how before you start.
Fears - everyone will know how you screwed up.
So how do I stop procrastinating….
The simple cure? Do everything opposite. Tell yourself: this isn't so hard, it won't take
long, and I am sure that I know how to do it, or that I can learn while I'm doing it.
SOURCE: http://sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl/procrastination.html

16. REALITY CHECK
Approximately 10-16 hours per week is
the optimum time for successful
completion of a 4-credit study. In addition,
it is important for you to have as regular a
schedule as you can manage to meet the
deadlines for assignments.

17. How can I best spend my
discretionary time?
Time with Family
Running errands
School work
Rest, relaxation &
reflection
Time with friends
Volunteering/Co
mmunity
Activities
Others?
How do I Organize and still do
things I have and want to do ?

18. Spending your time
Monday
•1 hour
playing with
kids
•1.5 hours for
school
Tuesday
•1.5 hour
carpool for
ballet &
grocery
shopping
•1 hour for
school
Wednesday
•1 hour for
school
Thursday
•½ hour
getting kids
to grandma’s
for evening
•3 hours for
school
Friday
•3.5 family fun
time
Saturday
•3 hours
school
•2 hours
volunteering
Sunday
•2 hours of
saved time
for school (if
needed)
Total School
Time
•11.5 hours
per week

19. Time Management Tools &
Techniques
Old school and New School tools to keep you
organized

20. • Consider what you know about your constraints
and how you prefer to organize yourself.
• Pick the appropriate strategies and tool(s) to help
you best organize your time.
• Remember to be consistent with how you utilize
your time management strategies and tools, and that
all tools are not for everyone.
Enhancing Your Personal
Time Management System

21. PAPER TIME MANAGEMENT TOOLS

22. ELECTRONIC TIME MANAGEMENT TOOLS
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/
http://www.evernote.com
Some Sites to help you
organize:

23. How to use your time
management tools
• If using paper find a planner that is a good
design for you be it hour day week or month
you have to see it or it wont work.
• If you choose to use electronic most phone’s
and PDA’s have a calendar in the tools. For
these you can also set an alarm to give you a
reminder of your time. Each electronic device
is different and forever changing so when in
doubt check the manual.

24. Using Learning Contracts to Help
You Organize Your Time
A few minutes now will save you
many in the future!

25. Review Learning Contract
= Key Concepts
= Critical Thinking
Skills
= Benefit to You

26. Review Learning Contract
= Key Concepts
= Critical Thinking
Skills
= Expectations &
Requirements

27. = Key Materials
= Due Date
= Requirements
Review Learning Contract

28. ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Planning for Your 1st Set of Assignments

29. Week
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
SEPTEMBER
1
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Term Begins
ORG
BEHAVIOR
Read Chaps
1 & 16
2
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
ORG
BEHAVIOR
Read Chaps
17 & 18 & 19
18
3
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
ORG
BEHAVIOR
Read & Take
Notes Activity
12.5 & Start
Write-up Case 4
(4-6 pages)
OCTOBER
4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
ORG
BEHAVIOR
Final Draft of
Write up Case 4
(4-6 pages)
5
8 9 10 11 All Work Due 12 13 14
Columbus Day
ORG
BEHAVIO
R
Readings &
Case 4 Due

30. ECONOMICS
Planning for Your 1st Set of Assignments

31. Week
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
SEPTEMBER
1
Term Begins
10
11 12 13 14 15 16
ECONOMICS
Read Chap 1
Do QFT - 2 & 5
Do P&E - 1, 5 &10
ECONOMICS
Read Chap 2
Do QFT – 3, 11, 16
Do P&E – 3 & 4
ORG BEHAVIOR
Read Chaps
1 & 16
Spend time
with the family
2
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
ECONOMICS
Read Chap 3
Do QFT – 8 & 15
Do P&E – 4 & 5
ECONOMICS
Read Chap 4
Do QFT –
3,8,14,15
Do P&E – 2 & 3
ORG BEHAVIOR
Read Chaps
17 & 18 & 19
Spend time
with the family
3
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
ECONOMICS
Read Chap 6
Do QFT – 1, 9, 13
Do P&E – 8, 14, 17
ECONOMICS
Read Chap 8
Do QFT – 1 & 2
Do P&E - 1, 7 & 9
ORG BEHAVIOR
Read & Take
Notes Activity 12.5
& Start Write-up
Case 4 (4-6 pages)
Spend time
with the family
OCTOBER
4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
ECONOMICS
Read Chap 9
Do QFT – 1 & 5
Do P&E -
1,3,5a,5b
ORG BEHAVIOR
Final Draft of
Write up Case 4
(4-6 pages)
Spend time
with the family
5
8 9 10 11 All Work Due 13 14
Columbus Day
ECON PROBS &
ORG BEHAVIOR
Readings &
Case 4 Due
Spend time
with the family

32. Fall 2010 Workshop Schedule
Sept.
20 Start the Term Right
27 Time Management
29 Start the Term Right
Oct.
4 Navigating the ESC Websites
6 Critical Thinking
8 Introduction Library Skills ( 10am-11am )
13 Navigating the ESC Websites
14 Time Management
18 Critical Thinking
20 Reading More Efficiently
25 Leveraging Your learning Style
28 Unblock the Writing Experience
Nov.
1 Reading more Efficiently 3
3 Introduction to Library Skills
8 Unblocking the Writing Experience
17 Stress Management
19 Time Management (10am-11am)
22 Resume and Cover Letter Writing
Dec.
1 Stress Management
6 Ending the Term Right
8 Ending the Term Right
9 Writing a Rational Essay
13 Stress Management
20 Resume and Cover Letter Writing

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