1. Gr 12 Time Management
Heather Cousins-Fana
Thuthuka & Fasset mentor

2. Quickly jot down
What comes to mind when you think of ‘time management’?
How have you been managing your time up till now?
Has it worked?
Does it need to change?
What do you want to get out of today’s session?

3. The 5 keys to effective time management:
Take action:
Set goals
Determine priorities
Plan your weekly schedule
Use diary, term and year planner or calendar
Adhere to your plan
No negotiation

4. Setting goals Preparing for final matric exams
Get 80% + for Accounting, Maths & English
Be on Ronelle’s Top Performers slides next year.

5. Effective time management
Take action:
Set goals
Determine priorities
Plan your weekly schedule
Use diary, term and year planner or calendar
Adhere to your plan
No negotiation

6. Prioritize Determine your priorities:
Sacrifice pleasure for opportunity
Balance your life: family, friends, school tasks and projects, and studying for exams. Exercise and sleep are important too.

7. Covey’s quadrant: Its not just about getting things done but getting the right things done

8. Effective time management
Take action:
Set goals
Determine priorities
Plan your weekly schedule
Use diary, term and year planner or calendar
Adhere to your plan
No negotiation

9. Plan your work and work your plan
Reality check:
How much time do you have before exams start?
Monday 21 July second semester starts
Last school day Friday 17 October: Valedictory
± 9 weeks
Exams start 27 October
1,5 weeks
GRAND TOTAL: ±12 WEEKS, 5 DAYS

10. Use the tools at your disposal
Protect
Calendar: scope
Weekly schedule: snapshot
Diary: day or two
To-do lists: today

11. Gr 12 Final exams week 1
When do you start studying?

12. Study process Learn work Make summaries Attend class Pre-read
To move information from your short term memory into your long term memory you need to cover it 4 times and within 28 hours of each session.
Research: ideal study sessions are minutes long with a break.
To move information from short to long term memory it needs to be visited 4 times.

13. Orange-Personal Dark Blue Sleep Light Blue-Personal Free
My Time Schedule 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4
Mon
Gym
Weekly Presentation Prep
SMC
MMG/
OMS
CCR Work
Sleep
Tue
CTLM Staff Meeting
BioMed Mentoring
Mechatronics Mentoring
SAD Staff Meetin g
Book Club
Wed
Sam
Supper Club
Thu
SGD Staff Meeting
Electrical Mentoring
CCSD
Committee
Fri
Industrial Mentoring
Civil Mentoring
UCL Mentoring
Sat
Wouldn’t you love to know what I do on my weekends?????
Sun
Yellow-Planning Teal-Staff Meeting Red-Workshops Green Committee Meetings White-Work Free
Orange-Personal Dark Blue Sleep Light Blue-Personal Free

14. Have a term plan
Just like you need a Time Schedule you also need a Term/Semester Plan
In a Term Plan, you utilize monthly calendars (slide 14) to record all important dates
Academics: tests, assignments, papers and projects for all of your courses
Co-Curricular Activities: meetings, weekends away, and special events
Personal: friends and family birthdays, events and workshops you want to attend

15. When is the best time for you to study? KNOW YOURSELF:
Plan to action your study process
When do you exercise?
When do you spend time with friends?
BE SPECIFIC in your task allocation
SLEEP & EAT!!!
Plan for the day
Church
Hockey
>Finish Romeo & Juliet essay
>Isidingo
Cell worship
Let there be an overlap of content: remember every 48 hrs. Seemless flow
History: Chapter 8 & 9
summary

16. Effective time management
Take action:
Set goals
Determine priorities
Plan your weekly schedule
Use diary, term and year planner or calendar
Adhere to your plan
No negotiation

17. Keeping to the plan Discipline: Do not negotiate with yourself
Be willing at any given time to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity
Revisit your goals
Be the best that you can be
Attack your challenges with enthusiasm
How much are you worth? Do you believe you deserve to be a CA?

18. Identify time wasters Friends: be assertive say ‘no’, ‘not now’
Whatsapp/Facebook: remove notifications
TV: watch your favourite show then SWITCH OFF
Fill in your time wasters on the handout… share?
Give your time wasters time so that you can focus on what needs to be done now.

20. Have the courage to be a leader with responsibility and accountability.