Time management and organization are essential to leading and managing high quality child and youth programs. This webinar focuses on strategies and tools to manage your time and tasks and highlights ways to become more organized and productive in your role as a program leader. In this training we examine the research on time management, strategies on how to manage your time more efficiently and effectively, and organizational systems to support the successful operation of your program. In addition, we highlight VLS tools and resources that program leaders can use to organize and manage tasks within the program.
VLS Lessons & Resources Referenced
- Time Management & Organization in Leadership Slides
- FT, Leadership Essentials. Lesson 3
- FT, Leadership Essentials, Lesson 4
- FT, Leadership Essentials, Lesson 5
- MGT, Program Management, Lesson 3
- FT, Leadership Essentials, Lesson 1, Apply Resource - NAEYC - Expanding the Lens
- FT, Leadership Essentials, Lesson 4, Explore Resource - Child Care Aware - Marketing Plan Template
- FT, Leadership Essentials, Lesson 4, Apply Activity - Developing a System
- FT, Social Emotional Learning for Teachers, Lesson 2, Learn Activity - Emotion Regulation Strategies
- FT, Social Emotional Learning for Teachers, Lesson 4, Apply Activity - Enhancing Physical and Mental Relaxation
- MGT, Program Management, Lesson 3, Explore Activity - Reflecting on Staff Arrangements
- MGT, Program Management, Lesson 3, Apply Resource - Staffing Pattern
- Aeon B, Faber A, Panaccio A (2021) Does time management work? A meta-analysis.
- Bailey, C. (October 4, 2017). 5 Research-based strategies for overcoming procrastination. Harvard Business Review.
- Barrett, M. (March 27, 2015). Time management: Making time for what matters most. McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership.
- Good, M. (n.d.). The importance of time management and organization in leadership. The Ohio State University Leadership Center.
- Indeed Editorial Team. (2020). The Covey time management matrix explained. Indeed.com.
- Jaffe, E.H. (2005). Time management for directors. Child Care Exhange.
- Rhiney, D. (January 8, 2018). Procrastination: The thief of time. LinkedIn.
- Tzu, L. (n.d.). Balancing act: Managing your role as the director. National Association for the Education of Young Children.