Time Management Paulina Davis Assistant Dean for Academic

Time Management Paulina Davis Assistant Dean for Academic Success, New York Law School National Academic Success Call on Transition to Distance Learning March 20, 2020

What Are Executive Functioning Skills? Image Source: http: //www. brainwaves. com/

What Are Executive Functioning Skills? • Emotional control • Flexibility • Goal-directed persistence • Metacognition • Organization • Planning/prioritizing • • Response inhibition Stress tolerance Shifting* Sustained attention Task initiation Time management Working Memory Source: Dawson, Peg and Richard Guare, The Smart but Scattered Guide to Success: How to Use Your Brain’s Executive Skills to Keep Up, Stay Calm, and Get Organized at Work and Home. New York, Guilford Press, 2016. *Source: Meltzer, Lynn. Promoting Executive Function in the Classroom. New York, Guilford Press, 2010.

Time Management-Definition “The capacity to estimate how much time one has, how to allocate it, and how to stay within time limits and deadlines. It also involves a sense that time is important. ” Source: Guilford Press, Definition of Terms, SMART BUT SCATTERED KIDS, https: //www. smartbutscatteredkids. com/about/terms/ (last visited, Mar. 19, 2020)

Time Management-Coaching • When do you begin assignments? (task initiation) • Does your mind wander or are you easily distracted when working on assignments? (sustained attention) • Have you made a list of steps you needed to complete the assignment (or study tasks more broadly)? (planning) • Do you have trouble finding materials or documents you need to work on an assignment? (organization) • Do you feel frustrated when given new assignments you hadn’t planned for and does that slow you down? (stress tolerance and flexibility) • Are you unable to work when feeling overwhelmed? (emotional control) This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

Strategies for Improving Time Management Skills • Simple plan, in writing: schedules, to-do lists, semester -at-a-glance • Environmental modification: rearrange furniture, change lighting, add visual cues and reminders to focus in workspace • Task modification: micro-tasking and chunking assignments, restorative breaks • Self-assessment: set weekly or daily goals and assess weekly or daily • Rewards • Positive self-talk • Daily mindfulness practice