Time Management That Works!

Academic Success Seminar/Workshop

College of Veterinary Medicine

University of Minnesota

Deb Wingert, Ph.D.

Director of Educational Development

Before we begin....

List four ways you waste your time....

Time Management Quiz Do you estimate how many hours you will need

to study each week? Do you meet assignment deadlines? Do you begin working on semester-long

projects early in the semester? Do you write a daily ‘to do’ list? Do you prevent social activities from interfering

with your study time?

Time Management Quiz (c’d): Do you have a job that requires fewer than 10 hours a

week? Do you set specific goals for each study period? Do you begin your study time with your most difficult

assignment? Do you complete most of your studying during your

most productive hours each day? Do you think of being a full-time student as you would a

full-time job?

Virginia Tech (Cook Counseling Center), 2008

How much is your time worth an hour?

Manage your time like

__________________________

Randy Pausch, 2008

Bad time management = Stress

Randy Pausch, 2008

Being successful doesn’t make you manage your time well;

Managing your time makes you successful.

Randy Pausch, 2008

Time Management Tip #1:Create a Semester Schedule

Jot down Assignment due dates, exams, quizzes, projects, papers

Meetings

__________________________________________

Virginia Tech (Cook Counseling Center), 2008

Time Management Tip #2:Create a Weekly Schedule

Jot down the ________________________________ Assignments, exams/quizzes study, projects, papers Meetings Social activities

Tweak _____________________________________ Assignments, exams/quizzes study, projects, papers Meetings Social activities

Virginia Tech (Cook Counseling Center), 2008

Time Management Tip #3:Work Backwards!

Predict time needed for Assignments, exams/quizzes study, projects, papers

Draw arrows back through the days to work on/prepare Assignments, exams/quizzes study, projects, papers

nlightcom (2008)

Activity: Block Your Time Write down one day of your life in hours Eating, sleeping, in class, traveling to/from class, meetings, social

stuff, anything fun,exercise, chores/errands, spiritual life A.M. and P.M. 12-1 1-2 2-3 3-4 etc.

Did you know? The average person watches _____ hours of TV a week The average person wastes ______ hours each day

Strategies to Manage Time Successfully

Study at YOUR __________________________

Study the boring or most difficult FIRST Do the ugliest thing first (Randy Pausch, 2008)

Study in the same place

Try to reduce at least one ________________________

Use _________________________________________

School is a full-time job!

Virginia Tech (Cook Counseling Center), 2008

Strategies to Manage Time Successfully

Study ____________________________________________________

Start assignments right away (_________________________________)

Schedule reviews

Prioritize

Break task into chunks

Time journal (or just count TV hours)....check again in 30 days (Pausch, 2008)

Virginia Tech (Cook Counseling Center), 2008

Strategies to Manage Your Time: The Quiet hour

You accomplish in one quiet hour what would normally take _____.

Roy Alexander, pg. 30, 1992

Strategies to Manage Your Time: Reading Essentials

___________ for essentials.

Roy Alexander, pg. 100, 1992

Strategies to Manage Your Time: Perfectionism

“Is it adequate?” (not perfect) is your question on _______% of your work.

Roy Alexander, pg. 100, 1992

Strategies to Manage Your Time: Plan!

Failing to planis

planning to fail.

You can always change your plan, but only ___________________!

Randy Pausch, 2008

Strategies to Manage Time Successfully

TO DO Quadrant Due Soon Not Due Soon

Important

Not

Important

What does the research say about interruptions?

Interruptions may take only a few seconds,

but recovery takes ___________________.

A valuable way to spend time between classes:

Study Formula Study _______ hours weekly for an easy class

Study _______ hours weekly for an average class

Study _______ hours weekly for a difficult class

George Mason University, 2008

Before you go...........

Write down one thing you can do to improve your time management:

Randy Pausch’s Time Management Lecture:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-

5784740380335567758

Questions?

Thank you!!

Deborah A. Wingert, Ph.D.Director of Educational DevelopmentCollege of Veterinary Medicine (108 Pomeroy)Preparing Future Faculty Program CoordinatorEarly Career Program FacilitatorCenter for Teaching and Learning University of Minnesota315 Science Classroom Building222 Pleasant St. S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55455Phone: (612/626-2995 at Pomeroy) or (612/625-3405 at CTL)Email: winge007@umn.edu