Eisenhower Matrix

How might using the Eisenhower Matrix impact your productivity and decision-making approach? 

In teaching the Eisenhower Matrix would be very helpful to act as a to-do list. I personally used to jot down deadlines or important tasks on post-it notes that were all over my computer and board. As a team leader, there are additional tasks to remember, and often times I get overwhelmed. I used Google Calendar for important notes and deadlines. 

I had not heard about the Matrix before and it amazed me how simple the grid was. It can help my productivity and decision-making simply by categorizing my tasks and deciding how to best utilize my time as a teacher and team leader. 

What really stayed with me about the matrix was "delegation". It made me rethink how I tackle my tasks and think about delegating urgent and not important tasks to increase my productivity. This refers to delegating tasks in the classroom with the students and delegating tasks in my team. 

In the classroom for example we have created classroom jobs, and we are adding to it as new "jobs" come up. This way, the students do some of the work in the classroom that I used to do, for example, cleaning up, arranging the books and classroom stationary, or organizing the classroom before dismissal time and getting it ready for the next day. This saves me so much time. 

In my team, we have started to look into the tasks and divided them more thoughtfully. Who is responsible for what, especially if it is about repeating tasks such as the weekly newsletters to parents, getting supplies from the stationery room, and so on. The delegation will be very useful in the long term to manage my and the team's workload and give everyone an opportunity to expand their skill set.