Organizing your clutter usually begins with yourself and how you manage your time and space before and after a lesson, during winter and spring breaks and even on major school holidays if you are ambitious enough.
Some general useful hints on self-organization. As far as time goes, keep some time during the day like an hour or so that you haven't planned anything particular. Allow yourself to catch up on yourself, relax and find out "where you are." As far as space is concerned, you need your own bit of space at home or at school (preferably including a table, chair, drawers and shelves) that is not shared with anyone else. You need to keep your papers, and materials the way you want to and to work independently. This is a necessity, not a luxury!
Whether you use an online or offline form, a diary as a self-organizer is useful for noting things down. keep it with you and consult it frequently.
Get into the habit of making lists of things to do, perhaps in your diary on the day(s) you intend to do them. Cross them off as you get to them.
Also, if you don't already know how to touch-type in English: teach yourself! It's worth it!
Materials organization - some useful tips for the new teacher
Some general useful hints on self-organization. As far as time goes, keep some time during the day like an hour or so that you haven't planned anything particular. Allow yourself to catch up on yourself, relax and find out "where you are." As far as space is concerned, you need your own bit of space at home or at school (preferably including a table, chair, drawers and shelves) that is not shared with anyone else. You need to keep your papers, and materials the way you want to and to work independently. This is a necessity, not a luxury!
Whether you use an online or offline form, a diary as a self-organizer is useful for noting things down. keep it with you and consult it frequently.
Get into the habit of making lists of things to do, perhaps in your diary on the day(s) you intend to do them. Cross them off as you get to them.
Also, if you don't already know how to touch-type in English: teach yourself! It's worth it!
Materials organization - some useful tips for the new teacher
- File as you go. It is easy to accumulate masses of paper that you don't know what to do with but don't want to trash. Put them in the "miscellaneous" pile and file them when you have a steady block of time.
- Be eco-friendly regarding paper. Maintain a small carton to throw papers, notes, envelopes. Recycle the box when it becomes full.
- Acquire your own picture collection. Don't know what to do with magazines? Cut them up when you have a spare moment. You can create a topic collection for introducing new words for example. Or you can prepare workcards using pictures and laminate them for years for continued use.
- Purchase a card-box. You can use an index file to write (or type) a good activity or technique. give each a heading you'll understand, then file in alphabetical order.
- Carry around with you chalk (or whiteboard markers if you use whiteboards) a sponge or cloth, blu-tack, blue and red pens spare papers and pencils, paper clips and student certificates.
No comments:
Post a Comment