All students are likely to benefit from improving the quality
of academic learning time, and those who live in poverty may require additional high - quality time.
Do unresolved behavior issues keep you awake at night thinking about what strategies might enhance responsible decision making and
increase academic learning time?
At both the elementary and secondary levels, there is a strong link between behavior management and maximizing instructional time in order to have optimal amounts
of academic learning time.
By June 2017, the staff at Village Elementary will increase
academic learning time by reducing the number of office discipline referrals from 360 to less than 30.
Extending academic learning time can occur in at least two ways — literally extending the available time for students to learn, or better using the time within the traditional school day.
When teachers are afforded time to learn collaboratively, they can in turn
optimize academic learning time within the school day and best plan for student learning outside the school day.
Improve efficiency in the use of educational resources (e.g., open educational resources that increase
academic learning time via text)
Consider the start time for elementary schools to be 7:45 a.m. to alleviate the need for bus pickups any earlier than necessary, yet explore the advantages of staggered start times across elementary schools to reduce loss of
academic learning time for those who shuttle to in - district choice programs
Research promotes a three - pronged approached to Increased Learning Time that includes the following elements: (a)
increased academic learning time; (b) increased enrichment activities; (c) and increased teacher collaboration and professional development.