Lack of productivity is something students deal with in common these days since they are not in the habit of attending hybrid classes. To be more productive, children have to first adapt to their environment and become accustomed to it.
The need for productivity
When students are more productive throughout the day, they actively pick up assignments and complete their tasks way before the deadline, which enables them to score good grades. However, the entire point of productivity is not only academic achievement. Students learn to grow in all spheres of their life which brings a lot of character to them, and overall success. This means that they show varied interest in a lot of fields.
It is observed that a productive child will make an effort to not only get good grades but also participate in multiple co-curricular activities even though they might not have an effect on their academic scores. Hence, it is first the job of an institute ERP to include such Co-curricular activities which students can opt for alternatively, without making them monotonous or repetitive.
How can schools promote productivity?
A school management software prioritizes academic development first, hence there is a curriculum that students follow throughout the day. Since hybrid classes are being followed as per the post-pandemic world scenario, there is enough leniency in curriculums to allow productive activities online as well as offline.
It is more feasible to include such activities in an offline routine because teachers can keep a track of how the students have progressed in front of them practically. Students don’t like to do a lot of homework on the weekdays which allows teachers to give lengthy assignments with a considerate amount of time during the weekend. These lengthy assignments can be made fun of if they are discussed in the class, and students are allowed to share ideas from different perspectives. Here are some other ways how a school management software can include virtual productivity promoting activities:
Fun features for removing distractions: Students cannot be productive if there are multiple distractions, such as notifications from social media and interruptions in the usage of learning management systems. When an institute ERP is set up, it should be one of the top priorities for them to minimize distractions as much as possible through the virtual platforms.
Zero period: A zero period that one particular class allocation in an online class where students are free to do anything that contributes to an increase in their productivity. They could read a book, shared their views about upcoming series or movies and why they would like to watch them, has political opinions and hold debate sessions. Most importantly, students cannot be trusted with the zero period because there will always be someone who would simply like to do nothing. For this purpose, specific teachers who can keep a lenient watch over them can be assigned for looking over the class during zero periods.
Productivity games: Productivity games have increased in number because virtual platforms were making it very hard for students to be productive in their everyday life. Some appropriate games could be chosen by the school management and suggested for use in classrooms, or even outside classrooms if students find them interesting.
Besides the online activities, schools make an effort to organize annual events or sports every year so that students can have other things to look up to rather than their results. It makes them realize that being productive brings joy and success and constant effort is supposed to feel good. What really stops children from being productive is that they feel like the amount of effort that they are putting in is not worth it, since they cannot see the results immediately. It is the job of a teacher to explain how everyday progress is the entire point of being productive throughout.
Wanting to see the results is also natural for children since it is at this age that they learn to try out different things with validation. Teachers are advised to discuss the validation issues, provided children are going through their separate phases, with the parents through parent-teacher meetings once in a while. After all, constant communication with the parent alerts teachers about the environment students have at home and allows them to implement productivity-based activities in classes accordingly.