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Standard One:
School and District Leadership

1.1 Learning Community
1.2 Systems Focus on Student Achievement
1.3 Vision and Mission
1.4 Teacher Leadership
1.5 Communication
1.6 Growth Plans
1.7 "Reculturing" Around Accountability Systems
1.8 Data as Part of Planning
1.9 Instructional Materials
1.10 Time
1.11 Allocating Resources, Monitoring Progress
1.12 Use of Resources
1.13 Fiscal Resources



Standard Two:
Curriculum, Instruction, And Professional Development



Standard Three:
Classroom And School Assessments



Standard Four:
School Culture, Climate, And Communication



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1.10 Time

Leadership ensures that time is allocated and protected to focus on curricular and instructional issues.

Leadership ensures that time is allocated and protected to focus on curricular and instructional issues.
Principals of successful schools protect instructional time by keeping intrusions from taking too much time.

National Association of Secondary School Principals,
Good Principals, Good Schools

Suggested Evidence
  • School/staff schedules
  • Evidence of planned time for collaboration
  • Classroom observations
  • Principal and teacher interviews
Level of Performance: Exceeds Standards
  • Leadership monitors the use of time and gives teachers feedback on effective use of instructional time.
  • Leadership encourages and assists all staff to use time to collaborate, research, plan, and reflect in order to enhance student learning.
  • Leadership and staff consistently focus on increasing the efficient use of instructional time to maximize student learning.

Related Resources

Articles
NEW! Some Classroom Management Tips   
This article by master teacher, Judi Fenton, provides management tips for a more efficient and productive classroom.
Author: Judi Fenton
Publisher: Teachers Network

Finding Time for Collaboration   
This article discusses ways that schools can creatively find time for teacher collaboration.
Author: Mary Anne Raywid
Publication Date: 1993
Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)

Instructional Coaching   
This article provides eight factors for realizing better classroom teaching through support, feedback and intensive, individualized professional learning.
Author: Jim Knight
Publication Date: 2006
Publisher: American Association of School Administrators

Making Time Count   
Drawing from an earlier WestEd research report, "Improving Student Achievement by Extending School: Is It Just a Matter of Time," which describes the connections between time spent in school and student learning, this WestEd Policy Brief teases out the policy implications of that research and makes policy recommendations aimed at both the state and local levels.
Author: Julie Aronson, Joy Zimmerman, and Lisa Carlos
Publisher: WestEd

Out-of-School Time Reading Programs   
This article discusses ways to increase time for reading programs concerning at-risk kids.
Author: Kirsten Miller, David Snow and Patricia Lauber
Publication Date: 2004
Publisher: Adlit.org

Time: It's Made, Not Found   
This article discusses the importance of making time for staff development and describes several ways to find time. It includes a strategy for creating a 15-hour block of time for staff training and/or planning.
Author: Stephen Barkley
Publication Date: Fall 1999
Publisher: National Staff Development Council (NSDC)

What's All the Fuss About Instructional Time   
This chapter discusses instructional time as a multi-faceted concept which includes allocated time, engaged time, time-on-task, academic learning time, transition time, waiting time, aptitude, perseverance, and pace.
Author: David C. Berliner
Publication Date: 1990
Publisher: Teachers College Press


Other Resources
Managing Instructional Time   
Chapter 2 of The Key Elements of Classroom Management: Managing Time and Space, Student Behavior, and Instructional Strategies describes the daily schedules commonly used at different school levels (elementary, middle, high school) and how to maximize instructional time within these schedules.

Note: The book is available for purchase from the ASCD Web site. Use the URL above to locate the book.
Author: Joyce McLeod, Jan Fisher, and Ginny Hoover
Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)

Perk Up Staff Meetings   
Running an effective staff meeting is the first key to sharing data and test scores to inform instruction. This article provides strategies to get your staff meetings up and running.
Publication Date: 2005, March
Publisher: National Association of Elementary School Principals




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