Time Saving Tips and Tricks for School Administrators: Part 1

Every minute of the day counts.  Managing can seem overwhelming.  Time management and shortcuts are essential.  Over the next few weeks, I plan on sharing several resources that help you make the most of your time and focus on what truly most important rather than what is most urgent. Here is Part 1.

Have you started using Calendly?

1.  First build common weekly/daily appointments that always reoccur or need to be scheduled. 

Such as student meetings (ARD’s) or teacher evaluations, or parent appointments.  Name them very generic so you aren’t finding yourself renaming them over and over again.  

2.  Integrate Calendly.  

This is an important step.  Integrate your calendly account to your platform.  For me, this is Google Calendar.  This helps the appointments not to overlap.  No one will see what is on your calendar.  They will only see open/available appointment slots.  You can also connect to GoToMeeting, Google Meet, Zoom etc…

When you connect it, you can pin it to the top of your calendar.  

3.  Share the link.

For this to really save you time, set up all of your regular occurring appointments and keep the link handy.