Five Hours Less: Actionable Ways to Manage your Workload as a Teacher
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Colorado Convention Center, 102/4/6
Presenters

Session description
Purpose & objective
Objectives:
Identify strategies for setting boundaries during the school year for educators
Explore systems to streamline work and improve efficiency
Create personalized systems for teachers and students to maximize efficiency
Conduct a time audit and personalize a work schedule that prioritizes the most important work
Outline
Agenda:
Introduction + Using the Notecatcher (5 min)
Setting Boundaries: Email best practices, the 24 hour rule, other ways to set boundaries on your time (10 min)
Systems to Streamline Work + Improve Efficiency: Redefining productivity, The Eisenhower Matrix, Planning your daily work, Pomodoro technique, How to create a classroom system to save time, Example system: Managing redos (15 min)
Mastering your Schedule: Conducting a time audit, Mapping out your weekly schedule, Batching work (15 min)
Time Saving Hacks: Building in repetition, Creating and not wasting time (7 min)
Making Actionable Commitments (3 min)
Q+A (5 min)
Supporting research
https://www.edutopia.org/article/time-management-tips-teachers
https://www.nea.org/advocating-for-change/new-from-nea/getting-serious-about-teacher-burnout
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-06-15-it-s-time-to-take-teacher-burnout-seriously-here-s-how
Session specifications
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
Learner
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