Full Description
39 reflections to turn task completion into time for you
Your time is precious - so use it well.
With so many pulls on your time, and a changing environment, now more than ever it is vital that your time and task management is both targeted and efficient. If you can achieve this, you can allocate more time for yourself and so become a more relaxed and effective teacher. All too often to do list gets longer and longer which can impact on your enjoyment of the job and, more importantly, your mental health and well-being.
Building on the strategies in his first two book, LIFT and RISK, David Gumbrell advocates that you need to focus your attention on giving the right plates a spin to save time, energy and attention that you can then allocate elsewhere. The 39 short, research-based chapters, punctuated with reflective questions, along with teacher interviews, together build into a significant body of knowledge to promote resilience and teacher retention.
Praise for RISK
A beautifully written book with David's characteristic use of rich metaphors and thoughtful narrative. This book will certainly help you make bolder and better decisions in the classroom and beyond. Adrian Bethune.
Contents
Introduction Part A: SPINNING - How effective is plate spinning as a strategy to get things done, for you? 1. Jiaoda opera 2. Beach balls blow your mind 3. Hypotrochoids and epitrochoids 4. DVDs spin 5. Hamster wheels 6. Play pumps 7. Wind farms PART B: FITTING - How can you best fit all the jobs you have to do into the working day? 8. Seven piece puzzle 9. ISO - Keep cargo ships in order 10. The power of punctuation 11. Sinuous curves and straight lines 12. Dutifully dovetailed 13. Feat M C Escher 14. Warp and weft PART C: ORDERING - Which job should you do first, second and then third? 15. Not a knot 16. Fizz, bang, whoosh 17. Cream teas - are you Devon or Cornwall? 18. Judy and Punch 19. Rock, paper, scissors 20. Podium positioning 21. Rounders and 'abouters' PART D: TIMING - How much time should you allocate to each job on your 'To Do List'? 22. Not now, Grommet 23. Cryogenic torpedoes 24. It's a horological show 25. A Black Forest tweet 26. Greenwich clock 27. Boil then bake then fry PART E: FILTERING -e time? How can you filter out which of the job list needs to be done? 28. Permanently temporary 29. Activate your carbon 30. Big blue whale 31. Canned meat or email feat? 32. Prime position 33. Do bowling balls float? PART F: RANDOMISING - Does a randomised approach to the job list, get the job done? 34. Drawing the short straw 35. Lottery numbers 36. Life of Pi 37. Baffle ball & bally hoo 38. Running the gauntlet 39. Grapeshot Interviews
