Keys to Successful Time Management

“Self-knowledge and goals: In order to manage your time successfully, having an awareness of what your goals are will assist you in prioritizing your activities.

Developing and maintaining a personal, flexible schedule: Time management provides you with the opportunity to create a schedule that works for you, not for others. This personal attention gives you the flexibility to include the things that are most important to you.

How to Study

• Study in chunks: 20-50 minute time periods followed by a brief break (5-10 minutes) is the most effective way to study.

• Use daylight hours: An hour of studying during the day is worth two at night! Do the work that requires the most concentration (typically reading) earliest in the day.

• Rank your classes and be sure to spend time on your most challenging class every day and early in the day.

• Study actively: Ask yourself questions, review your notes regularly, discuss key concepts with peers.”
  

(info on time management taken from http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills)

Communicating with Your Teachers and Setting up Conferences

When?

• You are still unclear about a concept or skill that you are supposed to have mastered.
• You receive a grade on a test or assignment that is truly unexpected or you do not understand why you received a particular grade.
• You know ahead of time that you are going to miss a class or a major assignment.
• You have questions about the homework or an assignment.
• You are either making a P or below in a class or your grade is considerably lower than it has been in the past, and you want to discover why and how to remedy the situation.
• Before an upcoming test or exam if you have questions or concerns.
• You want to have your teacher look at some preliminary work or a draft of a paper before it is due.
• You know ahead of time that you need an extension on a paper or assignment.

     How?

• Obviously, it is best to talk to your teacher in person, but if you can't find them, send them an email:
• The email address formula is simple for all St. Stephen’s teachers:

                         firstinitiallastname@sstx.org
             i.e.       jhuth@sstx.org

• You can find your teacher’s first initial by looking in the school directory, which is where you can also find their home phone numbers if there is an emergency.

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