Engaging Schools is a national leader in helping hundreds of schools design disciplinary systems built on a foundation of restorative practices and student support which reduces
lost instructional days and increases equity.
The statewide teacher walkout resulted in six
lost instructional days and affected the majority of Arizona's 1.1 million public school students.
A study that appeared in the Winter 2010 issue of Ed Next looked at the impact of
lost instructional days on student achievement.
Not exact matches
There have been legitimate concerns about food waste, sanitation problems,
lost instructional time, and the quality of the food served (though it has improved somewhat since the early
days of the program, when the inclusion of daily animal crackers in the breakfast was what actually motivated me to start this blog.)
Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina said, «We are not
losing one
instructional day... will be used for teacher training and professional development.»
«When a single student misses a
day or more of instruction, the teacher can review the recently presented material for the student who missed it, in which case the absent student's peers
lose out on valuable
instructional time, or she may move forward with new material and risk having the absent student fall behind.»
Teachers benefit from more useable
instructional time each
day because less time is
lost with beginning and ending classes.
If you
lose five minutes a
day, that's 15 hours of
instructional time a year.»
More districts are training their subs in classroom management and
instructional skills so a teacher's absence does not mean a
lost day of learning.
To make up for five
instructional days lost during the teacher walkout, the Jenks Public Schools Board of Education voted in favor of adding...
To make up for five
instructional days lost during the teacher walkout, the Jenks Public Schools Board of Education voted in favor of adding 30 minutes to each school
day beginning Monday,...
Estimate the amount of
instructional time you
lose per
day because of students» disruptive behaviors.
She notes that in some cases, as much as 30
instructional days are
lost to testing and test prep.
To arrive at the new figures, Abrams pored over teachers» contracts and bell schedules for a sampling of districts where the amount of
instructional time is close to the national average — and accounted for
days lost to standardized testing, professional development, and other reasons.
Traditional Peer Observations spend scarce resources on substitute teachers,
lose precious
instructional days, and limit observations to less - than - ideal times.
The UCLA report revealed that poor schools
lose three times more
instructional days than low poverty schools to standardized testing and test prep — more than four weeks of
instructional time.
«Even though we had the minutes,
losing five
instructional days is a lot, so we're looking for ways to recoup some of that
instructional time,» Riedlinger said.
Either way, you are able to make up some of the
lost instructional time caused by the bad weather
day.
Hispanic students have
lost the most
instructional days due to suspension this school year, followed by African - American students.