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Time flies when you’re having fun !

Teachers’ Seminar 2010. Time flies when you’re having fun !. Optimising class time. Session Outline. Time management – Personal to Professional Why do things go wrong? Planning – How can it affect time management? Time “Wasters” Time Savers Rounding off. Time management. How often.

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Time flies when you’re having fun !

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  1. Teachers’ Seminar 2010 Time flieswhenyou’rehavingfun! Optimisingclass time

  2. Session Outline • Time management – Personal to Professional • Why do things go wrong? • Planning – How can it affect time management? • Time “Wasters” • Time Savers • Rounding off

  3. Time management How often... a) are you late? b) do you find yourself saying “I have no time for this”? d) does it take you more time than necessary to do things?

  4. Why do things go wrong? There’s too much time! Wait time Students are not engaged enough Extra Activities Rapport Agenda / Debriefing

  5. Why do things go wrong? There’s never enough time! Activities last longer than they should Pace Overambitious plan Discipline issues Too much to be done Complicated activities

  6. Planning Formal plan X informal plan Aims X Activities Setting up the classroom Plan is not a straitjacket • Remember! “A centimetre of input, a metre of practice!”

  7. Long-term Planning Plan of Work = Our BFF Academic Calendar Variety

  8. Time “wasters” Instructions HW Checking Preparing flipcharts during class Teaching and teaching again Asking sts to come to e-B Reading the rubrics Dealing with doubts as they come up Digressing

  9. Time savers Recycling Use that stopwatch! Checking in pairs Improve attendance

  10. Rounding off Remember: Long – term Planning Time Projections Adapt!

  11. Thanks! cintia.nogueira@culturainglesa.net

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