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Join our interactive workshop facilitated by a teacher at KEYS Academy or Options HS, certified in life skills by the ARISE Foundation. Learn strategies for improving time management skills and explore the impact of time in your daily life. Participate, respect each other, and discover ways to use time wisely.
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Time Management Facilitated by the A Teacher at KEYS Academy or Options HS with the ARISE Foundation
Your Presenter… • A member of the faculty or staff at KEYS Academy or Options HS • Internationally Certified in Life Skills through the ARISE Foundation
Rules for Training • Participation is crucial • No wrong/stupid answers • Respect one another • No talking while others talk, • No rude comments or noises • Wait until you’re called upon
Frame • We will ascertain different strategies for improving the way we use our time. • EQ: What are some smart ways to use your time? • I will make a list of the different ways that time affects my life.
Why we’re here… • Because we have to be • To learn some skills that will carry over into adulthood • To learn more about ourselves
How we’re going to do it… • Discussion • Everyone participates • Some, very little lecture • Activity or activities • Some Conclusions
Ice Breaker • What is an ice breaker? • Definition of an ice breaker: • An activity used to lighten the mood and or get participants warmed up to the idea of interaction
Topic of the Day – Time Management • Does everyone have extra time? • What is time management? • What are some of the things that you do with your extra time? • Do you have any hobbies?
Topic of the Day – Time Management • Why is it important to use your time wisely? • What is the difference between being unproductive and being destructive? • What are some ways that productive people spend their time? • How do you think that time management is linked to personal self-esteem and personal behavior?
Definition of “hobby” • According to Merriam Webster’s Online Dictionary: • A pursuit outside one’s regular occupation engaged in especially for relaxation
Productive vs. Unproductive • Ways to pass the time: • Drawing, painting, art • Mechanics • Sports • Music • Martial Arts/ Boxing • Running • Reading
Productive vs. Unproductive (cont.) • Ways to pass the time: • Climbing • Riding (motorcycles, quads, dune buggies) • Skateboarding/ skating • Helping around the house, gardening, cleaning, etc. • Lifting weights • Writing – poetry, short stories, comics, etc. • Any others?
Productive vs. Unproductive (cont.) • Ways to pass the time (alternatives): • Fighting/Jumping others • Hanging out until you get bored • Breaking windows/ripping stuff off • Smoking • Smoking pot • Drinking • Other drugs • Other crimes • Any others?
Activity: Time and Me • Activity Sheet p. 44 • Read instructions out loud • List ways that time can affect your life on a daily basis • What ways can time be used in a positive way? • What ways can time work against you?
Conclusions • Time should work in your favor • Learning to use time wisely can affect your life in a positive way • Creating hobbies for yourself, though difficult, can help you in dividing your time up more wisely