Activity Directions: Part One
Your task: Read and take action on all of the in-basket items presented in the linked document below.
Assume you received these items on a Monday morning during the first nine weeks of the school year.
Each of the in-basket items requires a separate action.
In most cases, you should not merely describe what you would do, but do it.
For example, if you decide to telephone a person or see someone for a conference, then outline your objectives, as well as the main points or questions that you would present.
If you decide to write an email, compose the email.
Activity Directions: Part Two
After reading all the items and before you respond, think about how you would prioritize the items and in what order you would respond.
Either re-order the list of items to indicate the order in which you would respond
OR
At the end of your responses, provide a list of the order of the items in priority order with the highest priority item listed first.
Include all 20 items in your list.
For example:
First – Item 11
Second – Item 16
And, continue for all 20 items.
All written communications should conform to the guidelines presented within the course to date. In addition, consider the information you have learned about electronic communications. Pay special attention to the tone in email messages you write. Given the wide responsibilities of the principal, there often will be items competing for priority. You should establish an order of priority for each of the items.
Four issues to consider when setting these priorities
Precedence
(If I solve this problem, will it be easier to solve other problems?)
Urgency
(How pressing is the need for action? What deadlines will be missed, and what opportunities will be lost?)
Growth
(What is the trend of the difficulty? Worsening? Improving? Stabilizing?)
Seriousness
(How important is the goal that is affected by this situation? How severe is the current impact?)
*IMPORTANT:
In your composition:
List the order of priority in which you addressed the communication demands.
Include your rationale for each item using the four priority-setting issues above.
Complete the Time Management Work of the Principal matrix on the last page of the linked document.
Identify each activity as High/Urgency/High Importance, etc. and list it in one of the four columns.
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