Time Management College Success We will review four tools for managing your time to promote college success, assignment sheets, to-do-lists, term calendars and a weekly schedule. Each of us are unique and have to determine the tools that work best for us. Students often use two of these tools in combination. Keep in mind that each of these tools are available in the Learning Center’s College Skills Zone.

Where does the time go?  Time is a finite commodity. How many hours in a week? 168 What is the ideal number of hours we should get for sleep? 8 X 7 = 56  112   How many credits is full-time? 12 credits equals 12 hours of class time a week . 12 100 On average, what is that ratio of study time to class time? You should study 2 hours for every hour spent in class (2:1). If you’re taking 12 credits, how much time should you set aside for studying? 24  76 Some of you work. If you have a part-time job - 20 hours a week 20  56 full time job - 40 hours a week 40  36 That leaves 36 – 56 hours a week for parenting, meals, getting ready, commuting, hanging out with family and friends., working out, playing music… Just like money, time can seem to evaporate especially when you are a busy college student. Unlike money however; time is a finite commodity. No matter what we do, each of us only have 168 hours in a week. You can go through this a line at a time getting answers to the questions before bringing up the next piece of information. Be sure you are familiar with the answers on the slide even though the answers from the students will vary.

Weekly Schedule A weekly schedule will help you… have a realistic sense of the time you have available for different aspects of your life spend time on things that bring you closer to your goal have focused leisure time and focused work or study time without feeling guilty or distracted have more freedom and control over your time. reduce stress and procrastination   Finally lets review how to create a weekly schedule. A weekly schedule has many benefits that will help you to be a more effective student. Go through the list of benefits.

Step One: Write in the earliest time you start your day Weekly Schedule Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun 5:00 6:00- 7:00 8:00 9:00- 10:00- 11:00- 12:00- 1:00- 2:00- 3:00 4:00- 5:00- 6:00 Step One: Write in the earliest time you start your day To the latest time you end your day The first step in creating a weekly schedule is writing in the times into hourly blocks that you will be awake throughout the day. Begin with the earliest time you will get up during the week and end with the latest time you will go to bed.

If they are the same each week Step Two: Add your fixed times - activities that stay the same from one week to the next. Classes Work hours if they stay the same. Family time Other routines Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 7:00 Wake up Family 8:00 breakfast travel 9:00 RD 90 RD90 Frisbee 10:00 WR95 WR 95 Church 11:00 12:00 Math 1:00 Lunch Work Study Work on class 2:00 project 3:00 4:00 5:00 Dinner 6:00 Weekly Meeting Sleep Regular family time Classes Other routines Work If they are the same each week Regular family time Other routines Next add all of your fixed times such as classes, your work schedule if it is the same each week, family time that you want to be sure you set aside, and any other regularly set routines. Have a non-routine work schedule? Duplicate the schedule for each week of the quarter.

Shade the time blocks you have available for study. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 7:00 Family 8:00 breakfast 9:00 RD 90 RD90 Frisbee 10:00 WR 95 WR95 Church 11:00 12:00 Math 1:00 Lunch Work Study Work on class 2:00 project 3:00 4:00 5:00 Dinner 6:00 Weekly Meeting Review Sleep Step Three: Shade the time blocks you have available for study. Shade all of the time you have left for studying. If you have a non-routine schedule including your work, duplicate your schedule for each week of the quarter before adding your work and study time. That way you can add your study time each week after you have your work schedule.

Step Four: Add work hours (if they are non-routine) Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 7:00 WR95 Study Family 8:00 breakfast 9:00 RD 90 RD90 Frisbee 10:00 WR 95 Church 11:00 Math Math Study 12:00 Math Study 1:00 Lunch Work Study LUNCH Work on class 2:00 WR95 Study project 3:00 4:00 5:00 Dinner 6:00 Study/Review Weekly Meeting RD90 Review Sleep Step Four: Add work hours (if they are non-routine) Add your study times (Remember the 2:1 study ratio.) Shade all of the time you have left for studying. If you have a non-routine schedule including your work, duplicate your schedule for each week of the quarter before adding your work and study time. That way you can add your study time each week after you have your work schedule.

Time Management Guidelines, Support, and Forms are available in the College Skills Zone