Time Management and 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teacher

1. Time Management and
7 Habits of Highly Effective
Teacher
Zill-e-Huma Bhatti
M.Ed. (II)
Under the guidance of Sir. Anwar

2. Overview of some books
Effective Time Management

3. After this you will learn to:
 Clarify your goals and achieve them
 Handle people and projects that waste your
time
 Be involved in better delegation
 Work more efficiently with your
boss/advisor
 Learn specific skills and tools to save you
time
 Overcome stress and procrastination

4. Remember that time is money
 Time must be explicitly managed,
just like money

5. Why Time Management is
Important
 The Time Famine (Rare)”
 Bad time management = stress
 Stress spoils your willingness.

6. By some estimates, people waste
about 2 hours per day.
Signs of time wasting:
 Messy desk and cluttered (or no) files
 Can’t find things
 Miss appointments, need to
reschedule them late and/or
unprepared for meetings
 Tired/unable to concentrate

7. Avoid This
It will save your time

8. Keys to manage time
 The 80/20Rule
 Planning
 To do list
 Paper work
 Telephone
 Reading pile
 Scheduling your self
 Goals, Priorities, and Planning

9. Cont..
 Cutting things short
 Time journals
 Avoiding Procrastination

10. The 80/20 Rule
 Critical few and the trivial many
 Having the courage of your convictions
 Good judgment comes from experience
 Experiences comes from bad judgment

11. Planning
 Failing to plan is planning to fail
 Plan Each Day, Each Week, Each
Semester
 You can always change your plan, but
only once you have one!

12. TO-DO LIST
 Break things down into small steps
 Like a child cleaning his/her room
 Do the ugliest thing first

13. PAPER WORK
 Clutter is death; it leads to thrashing.
Keep desk clear: focus on one thing at
a time
 A good file system is essential
 Touch each piece of paper once
 Touch each piece of email once

14. TELEPHONE
 Keep calls short; stand during call
 Start by announcing goals for the call
 When done, get off:
 If necessary, hang up while you’re
talking

15. Reading pile

16. Scheduling Your Self
 You don’t find time for important
things, you make it
 Everything you do is an opportunity
cost
 Learn to say “No”

17. Goals, Priorities, and Planning
 Why am I doing this?
 What is the goal?
 Why will I succeed?
 What happens if I chose not to do it?

18. Cutting Things Short
 “I’m in the middle of something now…”
 Start with “I only have 5 minutes” – you
can always extend this
 Stand up, stroll to the door, complement,
thank, shake hands
 Clock-watching; on wall behind them

19. Time Journal
 Make your time log
 List the activities that you’ve done in
a day.
 Match it with your planning
 Note what has done and what is to be
done

20. Avoid Procrastination
“Procrastination is the
thief of time”
Edward Young
Night Thoughts, 1742

21. Avoid Procrastination
 Doing things at the last minute is
much more expensive than just
before the last minute
 Deadlines are really important:
establish them yourself!

22. Managed people are counted in
Effective teacher
 Apply these 7 habits to become a
managed and effective teacher.

23. Habit 1: Be Proactive
 Act in the classroom, not re-act
 Every teacher needs a pause button
 Teachers are free to choose: Self-
awareness, conscience, imagination,
independent will
 Be a positive influence on your
student’s emotional bank accounts

24. Habit 2:
Begin with the End in Mind
 Teachers need a destination and a
compass
 A Teacher’s Mission Statement
 Are teacher’s principle centered?
 The end should always be “what is best
for the children under your care.”
 Planning ahead always makes things
better.

25. Habit 3: Put First Things First
 Establish priorities in the classroom and
at home
 Home culture 50 yrs. Age vs. Today -
Where does that leave teachers??
 Balance academics with social skills,
character education, health and self
esteem
 Be an ADVOCATE for children

26. Habit 4: Think Win-Win!!!!
 Adopt the attitude:
“Let me listen to you first” or “Help me
to understand” with students and
parents.
 Positive discipline –
How can you and the student win???
No power struggles.
 Moving children from “me” to “we”
 Class Meetings where agreements
rule.

27. Habit 5: Seek First to Understand.. Then
to be Understood
 Recognize your prejudices in the
classroom and work to overcome them.
 All children want to belong - avoid
miscommunications.
 Practice Empathic Listening - the
highest form of listening.
 Give honest feedback to children and
parents

28. Habit 6: Synergize
 Work together with teachers,
parents, children,
administrators.
 Value and celebrate differences.
 Involve people in the problem
and work out the solution
together (great playground
strategy)
 Never give up - small victories
lead to larger ones.

29. Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
 Renew yourself: physically, socially,
mentally, and spiritually.
 Nurture your relationship with children.
 Begin your day with children with some
quiet time to reflect.
 Always grow - be a better teacher
tomorrow than you were today.

30. References
 The Seven Habits of Highly
Effective People,Restoring the
Character Ethic” by Stephen R.
Covey, Simon and Schuster,
1989
 Successful Time Management
by Patrick Forsyth
 Time Management
by Chris Croft