Sentences with phrase «additional instructional days»

Students with special needs showed learning gains equivalent to nine additional instructional days in math and 13 in reading.

As educators considering the shift to year - round schooling — and the kind of year - round schooling that would be best for their school — they should also be sure to identify and articulate exactly what problems they expect a modified school calendar or additional instructional days to solve.

While our studies use data from different states and years, and employ somewhat different statistical methods, they yield very similar results on the value of additional instructional days for student performance.

«Save Our Summers» movements have for years decried the benefits of additional instructional days and proclaimed the benefits of summer vacation, and the movements have grown as states have considered extending the school year and individual school districts have moved up their start dates.

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Capacity: The new two - story facility, with a capacity of 1,600 students (an increase of 400 from the former campus), allows for the standard middle school configuration of Grades 6 - 8 on one campus... which provides sixth - graders with greater opportunity for academic rigor, fine arts and career electives and athletic and extra-curricular activities, as well as 30 additional minutes of instructional time each day, compared to an elementary schedule.

You can gain additional instructional time during the day by eliminating students» showing up without pencils or sharpening pencils during class.

Instructional technologist Karen Cole offers additional suggestions, such as having a student check the weather forecast at weather.com and e-mail it to the school principal, who can announce it before school ends so everyone will know how to dress the next day.

All participants will attend a 12 - day summer session and four additional weekend «intersessions,» during which they focus on Relay's key instructional pillars: observation and feedback, data - driven instruction, positive student culture of high expectations, adult professional development, instructional planning, an aligned staff culture, and strategic leadership.

Budget recommendations so far offer few clues to the financial future of seven P - 12 programs that target support to Kentucky students with distinctive needs: Extended school services programs that provide additional instructional time outside the regular school day...

Prior to a vote on this change, the district should sit down with a select group of teachers (veteran Instructional Learning Team members, for instance), to co-design a simple but thoughtful plan outlining effective formats and meaningful topics for any additional PD days.

More Time in School Enlace Academy has an extended school day and an extended school year that equates to 160 additional hours of instructional time each year.

During the school day, students move between whole group instruction and independent work in DreamBox, which adapts to their specific instructional needs whether they require additional support or are ready to accelerate.