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Professional (P):
Those activities which involve the professional aspects of the job, e.g.
long-range planning, writing influential reports or developing staff.
Crisis (C):
Activities which have to be done immediately. Problems which arise
within the school, such as interpersonal conflict or crisis decisions.
Routine (R):
Activities which basically deal with routine administrative matters such
as correspondence, phone calls and ‘on-the-move’ supervision.
Individual (I): Any activities which are personal: phone calls from home
or coffee breaks.
Through your analysis you need to assign priorities to what you do
and identify and attack those activities or actions which waste your
valuable time. If you use a diary such as the one provided in
Microsoft Outlook, it can help you analyze your time by grouping
specified categories.
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