{"id":16790,"date":"2023-05-18T08:33:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T08:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/progressteaching.com\/?p=16790"},"modified":"2024-12-19T12:00:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T12:00:30","slug":"4-top-tips-for-improving-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/progressteaching.com\/?p=16790","title":{"rendered":"4 top tips for improving productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16790\" class=\"elementor elementor-16790\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-895649a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"895649a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4d9f4f\" data-id=\"e4d9f4f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1facc8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1facc8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A challenge that all schools face is saving their teachers\u2019 time. Teachers are facing an ever-growing workload and a multitude of stresses which are negatively impacting their ability to teach well.<\/p><p>There are many factors that contribute towards a teacher&#8217;s stress levels \u2013 many of which are out of our control. One of the ways in which we can help our teachers is by reducing their workload and giving them the tools that they need to improve productivity.<\/p><p>We spoke to Ian Deledicq, Assistant Vice Principal, Head of Learning Area \u2013 Maths &amp; Computing at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mca.mossbourne.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Mossbourne Community Academy<\/u><\/a>\u00a0to find out some of his top tips for improving productivity and saving time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de12071 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"de12071\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f141850 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f141850\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bab36bd\" data-id=\"bab36bd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b220e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b220e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1.\tUtilise mobile technology<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d2d063 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d2d063\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;We all have a smart phone. Use it to your benefit and save time doing your daily tasks. One of the ways that I make the most of having a phone on me most of the time is by logging behaviour points from it at the end of a lesson whilst it is still fresh in my mind.\u00a0<\/p><p>I save the chrome webpage for\u00a0ProgressTeaching\u00a0on my phone background so it\u2019s instantly accessible and I can log behaviour points at the end of the lesson without the need to sit down at a computer.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e12ece2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e12ece2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-509ddee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"509ddee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f3738a\" data-id=\"4f3738a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-061ba23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"061ba23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2.\tDon\u2019t duplicate work that you\u2019ve already done<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b69125 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b69125\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;It sounds like an obvious tip, but you\u2019d be surprised at how often it happens. One task that can be quite time consuming is creating seating plans. When you need to do this for every room and every class that you teach it can quickly amount up to a few hours of work.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.01rem;\">We replicate the seating plans that we know work to different rooms. This saves us so much time!\u00a0<\/span>ProgressTeaching<span style=\"color: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.01rem;\">\u00a0has pre-loaded seating plan layouts too for each room which is a great starting point. Making minor changes to these instead of creating seating plans from scratch is a big help for us.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90e45b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"90e45b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-433301d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"433301d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3753642\" data-id=\"3753642\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9e0bb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f9e0bb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Make the most of the tools at your disposal <\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c724d3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c724d3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;There are probably lots of smart and helpful features in the technology your school uses that you aren\u2019t utilising. It can seem daunting to some teachers to change the way that they work but it\u2019s often a small learning curve that will massively benefit them in the long run.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.01rem;\">You\u2019re paying for technology and placing your trust in your solutions provider to be an expert in what they do \u2013 make the most of it! If your technology isn\u2019t reducing your teacher\u2019s workload, then you should look at what other options are available to you.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.01rem;\">One of the features of ProgressTeaching that I find useful when it comes to improving productivity is the gap analysis tool. I can immediately draw out and illustrate under-performing groups relative to the cohort at a large scale.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c971292 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c971292\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c5f044 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c5f044\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-45271d9\" data-id=\"45271d9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f003d07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f003d07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4. Use your data to your benefit<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c181ef5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c181ef5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;Your data can be your best friend or your worst enemy. If it is presented to you in a digestible format, it helps you to immediately identify trends and positively shape the way that you teach.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.01rem;\">If it is siloed in multiple platforms in different formats, it takes a frustrating and unrealistic amount of time to analyse and make use of. This is another time when, if your technology isn\u2019t making your life easier, you should be looking at what other solutions are available that will reduce workload.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.01rem;\">When I use ProgressTeaching I get an instant snapshot of our data. 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