Various schools within the Achievement First charter network, for example,
stagger teaching hours — with some teachers working from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and others working from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. — in order to provide more time for lesson planning, grading, or teacher collaboration without sacrificing instructional time.
The Generation Schools Network, a nonprofit that partners with schools and districts in New York and Colorado to launch new schools, has added up to 30 percent more learning time for students without increasing costs or teacher workload while simultaneously increasing the time for teachers to plan and collaborate.30 Through innovative school schedules that include three types of teachers with dual roles, teachers have up to two
hours daily to plan lessons with their colleagues and receive coaching.31 Schools utilizing the Generation Schools Model hire three different
teaching teams for distinct
teaching roles and
stagger the teams throughout the day and year to increase instructional time for students.