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Welcome to Target Performance Training on Process and Efficiency. Today we will be focusing
on how an efficient process and system can help you become an effective teacher in our
program. We will review our previous presentations on Being the Change and Time Management. You
will each have an opportunity to review your system in the classroom and how time management
may affect your system. We will share best practices that are being done by efficient
teachers in our program. Finally, we will be reviewing your process on how you complete
your Attendance and Work Records and meeting those deadlines. The Best Educators are continually
renewing, reflecting, and growing. Change presents new opportunities to learn professionally
and to work more effectively with students so it is really important to have an open
mind. Grow from your experiences. Tyring, learning, and growing is how we get better
at anything we do. Being the change takes risk. The most important aspect of being the
change is taking action. Time management plays a crucial role in the development of processes
and their efficiency. If you don't block out time for administrative tasks each day,
when deadlines are due, it appears to be more of a mountain than a mound. It's important
when you were blocking out your six week period that you delegate time for steps within your
process. When you combine both process and efficiency, you become a well oiled machine,
consistent in your steps and actions, therefore having minimum errors. Time Management within
your day to day tasks plays a huge part in ensuring your process is efficient. You should
have a process for your daily work as well as your monthly deadlines. Most of your daily
process consists of collecting work from your students and providing feedback to your students.
Some of these tasks within your process will include, collecting student work during student
appointment times, how you log in student work that is turned in, grading student assignments
and logging those assignments into the system, providing student feedback during the next
student appointment times and possibly providing additional supports or enhancements based
on student feedback. Your monthly process includes completing your attendance report,
compiling your Work Records and issuing student credits. In relation to work collection and
feedback, please take a moment to reflect on your daily process. Some samples of daily
processes that are used by teachers include the course agreement system, the course of
study record, the monthly learning period tracker, or fully utilizing the PLS system.
Your activity for the month will be to try out one of these systems that you are not
currently using. In selecting the system, what advantages do you see in using that particular
system? Are there any needs this system does not address for you? In completing your monthly
process, some teachers complete the entire process of attendance, work records, and credits
as they go through their student roster from A to Z. Other teachers like to complete each
individual task for their entire roster before moving on to the next. For example, the Attendance
report is completed for the entire roster, then the Work Records are completed for the
entire roster, and finally, the credits are completed for the entire roster. Your other
activity for the month will be to try a new monthly process. If you complete the entire
process per student, try completing the individual tasks first. If you are completing each individual
task first for your entire roster, try the full process per student. The goal is to find
if a different process helps you become more efficient in the classroom. As we wrap up
today's training, keep in mind the activities you must complete for the next session. Work
closely with your load if you need any additional support or help with your new process. Keep
in mind as you try a new system, what do you find most beneficial? As always, your lead
is here to support you, so please be sure to contact them with any questions.