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5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Non-Teaching Time. Time.

5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Non-Teaching Time

It's the thing every teacher needs more of, and no teacher has enough of. Whether you wish to get deeper into student data analysis or want to spend more time with your own children, no teacher has enough hours in the day to do it all. But with very careful planning of their non-teaching time, I've seen thousands of teachers get more time back in their lives. Here are the top five ways you can make the most of your limited "free" time each week: 1.

Whether you map out your week digitally in Outlook like Heidi Reed or on a paper planner like Hollis Hyland, start with a plan. Both Heidi and Hollis, middle school teachers at the same school in Washington, DC, map out their weeks the Friday prior. 2. Most prep periods end up being a little bit of this, a little bit of that, and by the time you've used the restroom, filled your water bottle, and decompressed for a second . . . wait, who are those 30 children walking in the door already?

Try this instead. Kate's lunch. 3. Let's be real. Weekly Worksheets - The Together Teacher The Together Teacher. Online Alarm Clock. Only2Clicks - speed dial to favorite web site and make it your start page. Top 10 resources to help teachers manage their time. Using time efficiently is an essential skill for any teacher, but with a largely self-determined schedule outside of classroom hours it can be easy to feel overworked.

Top 10 resources to help teachers manage their time

These resources will help you keep on top of daily tasks, maintain your work-life balance and avoid being asked to leave your classroom by the caretaker every evening. A teacher's guide to procrastination Procrastination can affect even the most efficient teacher, and it's about much more than just being too lazy to get something done. Part of a Time Management for Teachers series, this resource explains the three different types of procrastination and the appropriate responses to each. It will help you identify the real reason that you are avoiding a task – perhaps it's because you are yearning for perfection, or because you fear failure or confrontation – and set workable deadlines to get it done. The great escape – how to leave school at the end of the day. Pyramid.jpg (JPEG Image, 652 × 546 pixels)

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Αναζήτηση προγραμμάτων βάσει οικονομικού καθεστώτος. To The Manner Born: Essential Technology Etiquette Tips For Our Digital Age. Technology impacts society in many ways — some of which are obvious and others more subtle — and those changes often call for changes in behavior.

To The Manner Born: Essential Technology Etiquette Tips For Our Digital Age

Etiquette is an important social construct that we tend to forget or ignore, but I would argue that etiquette has never been more important than now. One misstep could permanently damage or fracture your relationship with another. Technology etiquette could easily fall under the topic of “common sense” yet there are many who remain ignorant — and that’s not a judgment against those who don’t know any better.

For a long while, I never knew the acceptable rules of etiquette for handling phones, shooting emails, and general Internet behavior. I was being rude without even knowing it, and there’s a chance you could be doing the same. Log Into Life: Top 9 Tips To Fight Computer Fatigue & Protect Your Health. Did you know that your sedentary lifestyle could be killing you from the inside out?

Log Into Life: Top 9 Tips To Fight Computer Fatigue & Protect Your Health

Ryan has already presented a case on potential health risks from sitting too long, and for those of us who work with computers or spend all of our free time on our desktops, those health risks are all too real: obesity, diabetes, cancer, etc. Take charge of your health before it takes a permanent turn for the worst. If you don’t think you’re at risk, or if you think you’re young enough that none of this matters yet, I would ask that you reconsider. Even if you don’t work eight hours in front of a computer every day, playing Diablo 3 or Call of Duty for hours at a time is just as detrimental. And we’re not just talking about long-term health damage – improper computer usage can drain your energy, strain your eyes, and fog up your brain. Time Management Tools To Increase Productivity And Reduce Stress. 53 Flares Twitter 4 Facebook 31 Google+ 2 StumbleUpon 16 Pin It Share 0 3 53 Flares × These days nearly everyone wishes they had a clone or two, to help them complete all the tasks that need to be done.

Time Management Tools To Increase Productivity And Reduce Stress

Your workload is overwhelming and you never have time to do personal things like errands and laundry, let alone ever having time to relax and do something enjoyable. Your days are filled to the brim with work projects, your evenings with running errands and keeping the house clean enough to avoid any health code violations, and your weekends? Forget it. Either more work or more chores. There are several apps we have used over the years to increase efficiency in our work. GoogleDocs GoogleDocs is a resource for creating, sharing and storing documents online.