Effective School Time Management: Principles and Practices
The organization of school time corresponds to a target time, a real one. The goals are explicit and occur in schedules and calendars. We have to focus on subjective time, encouraging and inspiring short, engaging periods, not long and monotonous ones that make students have a tedious experience. Physical time is running fast. The educational concept of time must be implemented under the principles of:
- Globalization
- Priority
- Task Distribution
- Coherence
- Diversity
Taking into account the units of time:
- Related to the purposes of education
- Compulsory education-related educational stages
- Middle-Term Objectives
- Cycles
- School courses related to the organization
- Quarters
- Immediate short-term (credit) rating
- Teaching units
- Units Related to Educational Programming
- Workshop Session for immediate implementation
Time units determine the role of each person in the middle, according to the organ involved, and take part in decisions related to them. Basic principles on the administration of time, both theoretical (it is a valuable resource, not all tasks have equal value, time is exposed to deception, the habit of postponing decisions, acting without thinking) and practical (time management, anticipate and prevent, organization, discipline, and making decisions, relate content).
Common Challenges in Time Allocation
It is important to anticipate that we can make an incorrect allocation of time to tasks, caused by an erroneous conception of the work itself, rigidity, and lack of flexibility. Therefore, you need to review your own objectives, reorganize, and address meetings, unexpected visits, interruptions, or lack of perseverance and will. We must therefore learn to listen, learn to delegate, keep order in the information, know how to conduct interviews, how to say no, set limits on our time, and synthesize information effectively.
Conditions and Limitations on the Use of Time
Hygiene and biological criteria dictate that:
- The work rate of people varies throughout the day (although you must dispense the length of classes).
- The degree of care varies and has limitations (limit time activities to the attention span of students).
- Fatigue reduces learning capacity.
Cultural criteria, such as vacations, also play a role.
Laws for Effective Time Management
Putting time management into practice is very useful. Make the complex seem simple, think positively, and control working time according to the type of task to be performed. Conservation of time, or actions that relate to a group, provides our focus on certain tasks to avoid depression.
Time Management in School
Regarding time at school (in class, explanations and organization of content, activities in class, study-curricular activities, rest) and time out of the center related to academic tasks (additional work, study, general education), we must consider STUDENT TIME (both in school and time away from the center related to academic tasks).
For them, it is useful to teach them to plan their time. Our time is conditioned by the school timetable.
Instruments for Organization
The Annual Plan should serve to identify the short-term goals that arise in the center. The instruments have limitations and should involve the entire educational community working together. This includes the annual general plan.
Organization of Time for Faculty
Consider all faculty when organizing time, distributing tasks, setting priorities for the objectives, and defining the schedule of activities at the center.