Intro to NAVSCI  Instructor:LT Kretschmann, 1/C Advisor  Phone:x8011  Office Hours:By appointment, or whenever I’m in my office –If you need to see me, DO NOT HESITATE TO FIND ME – The only dumb question is the one you don’t ask!

Intro to NAVSCI  Welcome to RPI!  Time Management

Time Management  Why should you care?  Because... –It will develop a skill you will use in the fleet. –It will help you get better grades. –It will allow you to budget time for the things you want to do. –It is 10% of your Intro. grade!

Resources available at RPI  Advising and Learning Assistance Center –SAGE 2106 – or –Skill Development classes –Time Management –Test Taking Strategies –Technical Textbook reading, problem solving –Note Taking Skills

Other resources  Supplemental Instruction –Sign up at the Learning Assistance Center  Your Professor –Don’t be afraid to ask him/her for help!  Teaching Assistants –Graduate Students who are there to help you learn!

Other resources  Tutors –Register in person (or on-line) with the Learning Assistance Center –Get help early!

Organizing your time  3 Levels of Time Management –Semester –Weekly –Daily

Semester planning suggestions!  Get a monthly calendar. Tear out the Fall semester months and tape them to the wall in your room.  Make a note of when your major tests are and when major assignments are due (term papers, projects)  List these tests and assignments on a separate sheet of paper.

Semester planning  Break down each of these into a set of smaller tasks.  Ex: Chemistry of Materials I Test on chapters (one month from now) –Tasks:  (1) Study chapter 1  (2) Study chapter 2  (3) Study chapter 3  (4) Study chapter 4  (5) Review

Semester planning  The semester has 14 weeks in it (plus Finals week).  Take a blank sheet of paper and make a column: –Week 1 –Week 2 –Week 3 –(etc)

Semester planning  Write down all of your tests and assignments in their appropriate weeks  Then, organize your tasks so that you can complete these assignments.

Weekly planning  Now that you know what you need to do each week, you can go to your weekly schedule.  (Refer to your Time Management Plan handout)

Weekly Time Management Sheet  Every day of the week, there are things that you either need to do or want to do. –On your sheet, block out the hours that you will be in class. THESE ARE INVIOLATE! –Block out the times each day that you will be eating and sleeping. –The rest of the time is yours.

Weekly Time Management Sheet  For every hour you are in class, you need to spend 2 hours either: –doing homework –reviewing notes –reading your textbooks –studying for a test  Budget time in your week to do these things, and focus on your tasks for that week.

On the back of your sheet...  List each of your classes. For each class, –Note any new test or quiz scores. –Give LT Chuma an updated estimate of your grade. –Jot down a note or two telling LT Chuma how you think you are doing. –Examples:  “Class is going fine.”  “I’m having trouble with this concept. Talking to TA and Professor.”

Daily Time Management  Now that you know how each day of your week should go, make it happen!  At the end of the day, –Write out your schedule for the next day (3 x 5 card) –Review your schedule the next morning. –Stick to your plan!

Setting priorities  How do you know what is important and what isn’t?  Four Quadrants –I:Urgent & Important –II:Not Urgent & Important –III:Urgent & Not Important –IV:Not Urgent & Not Important  Where do you spend most of your time?

Quadrants  Someone in ‘Crisis’ mode is always in Quadrant I  Someone who doesn’t know how to manage their time is mostly in Quadrants I & IV  If you plan your time wisely, you will spend most of your time in Quadrant II.  A Quadrant II person thinks long term, and doesn’t allow things to become crises.

ABC System  List your goals and priorities.  Rank your priorities: –High priority activities are “A’s” –Lower ones are “B’s”, and –The lowest ones are “C’s”  When in doubt, pick an “A” activity, not a “C”

Remember...  Everyone has the same amount of time (168 hours per week). Use them wisely!  Always ask yourself, “What is the best use of my time right now?”