TIME MANAGEMENT -A Case Study_Activity sheet

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  EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS

Jim had an overwhelming Monday, April 1.  It started poorly when he slept in.  Without any breakfast, he rushed to school but he was still late.  Being late for first period English meant a detention after school, which was going to be a problem because he has his weekly hockey practice.  During English, the class was assigned a major essay that was due two weeks from today.  Jim felt the stress rising when he realized he still had more than 100 pages to read in the book that the essay was based on.  If that wasn’t enough, on Wednesday of this week, they were having a test on the next chapter in the book that he also hasn’t read yet.

In second period science, the class was assigned a test on Friday.  In addition, a lab report for an experiment was due tomorrow. 

Third period was Jim’s lunch.  After quickly eating, he attended an Athletic Council meeting.  At the meeting it was decided that three weeks from this Friday, the Athletic Council would host a fundraising sale before a school basketball game.  Jim’s job was to prepare signs to put around the school at least a week before the event.

During fourth period French, the class was reminded that a two minute presentation, in French, on a current world event was due starting this Friday.  Jim was scheduled for next Monday.  Although this project was given to the class two weeks ago, Jim hadn’t started yet.  In addition, the class was reminded that they had a vocabulary test on Friday, which was a weekly occurrence.

Last period, Jim had art.  The class was reminded that their mid-term portfolio was due a week from Wednesday.  Although Jim had known about the portfolio since the first day of the semester, he had only completed three art works out of the seven required for the assignment. By the end of the school day, Jim was feeling a great deal of stress.

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	April 1

1. On the calendar above, list all of the Jim’s deadlines. Make sure to put the name of the course and not just ‘test’.
2. List 3 suggestions you have for Jim to reduce stress in his life.

3. List 3 suggestions you have for Jim to be more organized.

4. In what ways is Jim like you?

5. In what ways is Jim different from you?

Time Management - Self questionnaire

EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS

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TIME MANAGEMENT QUIZ--Place an X beside the statements that sound like you!

	You tend to misplace things.		You make good use of a “TO DO” list.
	You tend to be very busy.		You tend to have some time each day for yourself.
	You tend to procrastinate.		You are good at sorting out what needs to be done first when you have a lot to do.
	When you have to be somewhere by a certain time, you tend to be late.		You use some type of “Day Planner” or “Agenda Calendar” to plan your schedule each week.
	When you have too much to do, you tend to avoid doing anything at all.		When you have something really important to do, you do it right away.
	If you had a major assignment due a month from now, you would tend to wait until a few days before the due date before starting.		You tend to set goals you can achieve.
	When you have a lot to do, you tend to find excuses for not getting some of the things done.		If you are working on something that is important, it is easy for you to keep your focus even if someone tries to interrupt you.
	Problems in your life seem to take up a lot of your time.		If you were not sure what you were supposed to do on a school assignment, you would ask your teacher for help.
	Generally, you find there is not enough time each day to accomplish everything that you would like to do.		Most days, you feel in control of everything that you have to do.
	You tend to find yourself with a lot more work each day than you have time to complete.		You are very good at getting all your school assignments done on time.
	At the end of most days, you do not feel satisfied that all your schoolwork has been completed.		You are rarely bothered by stress at school.
	Whenever you have a test, you are not good at preparing for it.		When you find yourself with too much to do in a short period of time, you are good at setting a schedule to get everything done on time.
	During the course of a day, you tend to find yourself wasting time.		You tend to be a very organized person.
	When you wake up in the morning you generally do not feel like you had a good sleep.		You are good at taking notes in class as a teacher is teaching.
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The left-hand side lists indicators of poor time management.  The right-hand side lists indicators of good time management. 

Reflection:  How can you improve your time management skills?  List 3 strategies from above you could take to be better at managing your time!