Opinion

Whack-a-mole: Time management and the life of a headteacher

Is your headteacher workload like a game of whack-a-mole? Good time-management skills certainly help headteachers to control their workload, but there comes a point when we must accept that the job is never done, says Helen Osgood
Always something: A headteacher's workload is like a game of whack-a-mole and there comes a point when we must accept that the job is never done - Adobe Stock

I’m late. I’ve forgotten my phone and my keys, and I really have no idea what I am supposed to be doing today.

Okay, so that’s not completely true. I do, of course, know what my role is, but the specific meetings that I have scheduled and the work that I have planned to do – I am less certain.

What I do know is that there is a meeting I should be in, and I am now late.

Fortunately, I have already prepared for the meeting, because that was one of yesterday’s tasks. Although really it needed more time dedicating to it, if I had any more time...

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