Organization Made Easy: Tools for Today's Teachers - Pointers from Chapter 5

Buck’s Chapter 5:  Think It Through Once:  Handling Repeating Tasks

Because education goes in cycles (i.e. – school years), certain tasks repeat themselves at least annually.  

There are 3 possible types of repeating tasks systems:

·         Index cards dropped into tickler files

·         A list written and saved on a computer

·         Repeating tasks on a digital device.

1.        As soon as repeating tasks appear, enter them into your system for handling repeating tasks.  The system then does the remembering for you.

2.       Repeating tasks can be written on index cards and placed in the appropriate tickler files.

3.       It is also helpful to compose a chronological list of repeating tasks. 

4.       Those who store repeating tasks digitally can click the “recurrence” button and then indicate how often the task should show up on a list.

5.       As you read manuals (teacher evaluation, board of education policy, courses of study), enter into your repeating task list any tasks that must be completed at a particular time.