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Parents of Hardworking Teens - More Free Time, Without Sacrificing Grades
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More Free Time, Without Sacrificing Grades

06/30/22 • 19 min

Parents of Hardworking Teens

How can your teen get their study tasks done more efficiently AND effectively,
so they have more free time,
but without sacrificing their grades,
and in a way that means they actually get to enjoy that free time guilt-free?
By tweaking the systems they’ve most likely already been using, like long to-do lists or wall planners with assessment deadlines and turning these into ‘Scheduled Outcomes’, they’ll:
- become a lot more strategic in their tasks and time,
- create more free time,
AND
- produce high quality work.

WE COVER:
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Why a to-do list and big wall planner can make your teen feel demoralised rather than organised.

How ‘scheduling outcomes’ is the key to getting more done in less time AND guilt-free free time.

How to chunk down big tasks to reduce overwhelm.

What to take forward from the times when tasks go over time.

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How can your teen get their study tasks done more efficiently AND effectively,
so they have more free time,
but without sacrificing their grades,
and in a way that means they actually get to enjoy that free time guilt-free?
By tweaking the systems they’ve most likely already been using, like long to-do lists or wall planners with assessment deadlines and turning these into ‘Scheduled Outcomes’, they’ll:
- become a lot more strategic in their tasks and time,
- create more free time,
AND
- produce high quality work.

WE COVER:
-
Why a to-do list and big wall planner can make your teen feel demoralised rather than organised.

How ‘scheduling outcomes’ is the key to getting more done in less time AND guilt-free free time.

How to chunk down big tasks to reduce overwhelm.

What to take forward from the times when tasks go over time.

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Essays That Actually 'Answer the Question'

Essays don’t have to be quite so overwhelming, long, and arduous.
The 2-step 'Topic and Focus' System is a proven, simple and super-effective way to get your teen on the right track in their response and ensure they ‘actually answer the question’. ;)

In this episode I share a real life essay question and how to use the Topic and Focus system to help your teen avoid the ‘Topic Traps’ and answer the precise Focus of the question - even if you have no clue about the subject yourself!
YOU WILL LEARN:

The most common pitfalls affecting students’ essays.

How to help your teen avoid major re-writes, waffling, and low-level responses (all of which can happen, even when the info they include is factually correct and there’s lots of it!).

The trick to checking the focus of the essay and making it super-clear to answer.

How this will help your teen make strategic decisions on what points to include or evidence to select for their essay.

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If Your Teen's Grades Dropped For No Reason

Students' grades dropping, even though they’re still putting in the same amount of effort, is a common yet often perplexing situation for many students and their parents.
This common challenge is especially prevalent when moving up from Years 7 & 8 into Years 9 & 10 and then again as they move into the Senior years.
If you’ve had this happen (or you just want to make sure it doesn’t happen!), then listen in for the two ‘behind-the scenes’ reasons why this happens - which have nothing to do with the subject content getting harder - and how to turn things around.YOU WILL LEARN:

Why 'what got them here, won't get them there'. What achieved success in Years 7 and 8 is not the same as what's required in high year levels.
- The subtle but super-important changes in requirements and demands of questions and their mark schemes as students move up through the years in high school and college.

The two specific ways students need to operate at a different level (literally!) in Years 9 & 10 and then again in Senior Years.

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