Skills Guide
Teaching: Time Management
Time Management
Why This Skill Matters
Time management supports resilience by helping students balance responsibilities, reduce stress, and follow through on goals. Without this skill, students may feel overwhelmed or fall behind, leading to discouragement. Teaching time management helps students structure effort and build consistency.
Student Challenges This Skill Helps Address
- Missed deadlines
- Overwhelm
- Inconsistent task completion
How WhyTry Builds This Skill
WhyTry reinforces time management through Hard Work & Determination, where students learn how effort, planning, and consistency lead to progress. Facilitators guide students to reflect on how they use time and adjust habits to support success.
Hard Work & Determination
(“Desire, Time, & Effort”)
In Hard Work & Determination, time management is taught through planning, prioritization, and consistent effort. Facilitators guide students to reflect on how time use impacts stress, performance, and progress, reinforcing structure as a resilience tool.