The Massachusetts Expanded
Learning Time (ELT) Initiative is based on the notion that providing teachers with more time to teach and plan, and giving students additional exposure to academic enrichment and extracurricular activities, will increase student achievement and teacher effectiven
Time (ELT) Initiative is based on the notion that providing teachers with more
time to teach and plan, and giving students additional exposure to academic enrichment and extracurricular activities, will increase student achievement and teacher effectiven
time to teach and plan, and giving students additional exposure to academic enrichment and extracurricular activities, will
increase student achievement and teacher
effectiveness.
It's about creating conditions where all staff, especially teachers, can rapidly
increase their
effectiveness through meaningful professional
learning aligned with improvement efforts, receive actionable feedback based on data, and take advantage of
increased time for collaboration and instructional coaching.
The authors are «quick to point out [that] although added
time may create the opportunity for
increased learning, it is how that
time is used» that determines a full - day program's
effectiveness.