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Increased Learning Time Leadership
& Design WorkshopDelaware’s Race to the Top Districts
Hosted by the National Center on Time & Learning
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Setting the Bar High – What is Possible?
3
2 hours
collaborative
planning –
Every day
No morethan 75
students
per
teacher
No more
school days
for teachers
20 days of
professional
development
3 classes
per day
for
teachers
Hundreds of hours of
guidance and
counseling per
student
No Additional Cost
20 more
school days
for
students
Classsize =
15
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Goals & Point of View
Goals –
• Expand your thinking about what is possible when expanding learning time
• Learn about effective expanded learning time strategies that have producedresults around the nation
• Begin creating short term tweaks to maximize learning time, buildingtowards aggressive moves by this Fall, and groundbreaking developments
over the long term
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Point of View –
• No one has all the answers – we will create them together
• Reserve drawing firm conclusions and the tendency to say things like “Wecan’t do it because of the buses!”
• Seek creativity and flexibility – this is a new field; your school/district cancreate the next break-the-mold strategy
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Change in Percent Proficient 2006 vs. 2010
Top Performing and Bottom Performing Middle Schools with Four Years of ELT
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15.8
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7.0
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20
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School A School B School C School D
ELA
28.2
34.2
15.4 16.3
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School A School B School C School D
Math
Higher performing schools
Lower performing schools
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Add significantly more learning time for all students by rethinking how the entire day andyear are structured to improve student achievement, increase student engagement, and provide
teachers with time for collaboration and professional development
Capitalize on increased learning time by using data to individualize instruction and
provide tiered support grouping students based on like-needs and frequently monitoring
progress to adjust groupings, content, and instructional strategies accordingly
Prioritize more time with quality teaching when allocating resources by first determining
how much additional student learning time is needed to raise achievement of all students then
thinking creatively and strategically about how to support it through a variety of staffing and
scheduling models
Guiding Principles for Effectively Expanding Learning Time
Make every minute count through the relentless use of data, a school-wide effort to
strengthen instruction, and an intense focus on a small number of key performance and
instructional goals
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• Establish a school schedule that significantly increases the numberof school hours for ALL students.
• Significant amount of time means at least 300 hours more perschool year.
• Rethinking the day and year from the ground up to improvestudent achievement and engagement – Not simply tacking ontime to the end of the day.
• A balanced approach – increase time for core academics, teachercollaboration and professional development, and high qualityenrichment programming.
Add significantly more learning time to the school
schedule for all students
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Write quietly:What would be possible for your students and school if you had
300 more hours of learning time?
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• Create additional blocks of time for academic support that istailored to student needs. Tier support so students who need
additional interventions receive them.
• Use data to identify student needs and group students. Monitorstudent progress to adjust groupings, content, and instructionalstrategies accordingly.
• Targeted and tiered support can be provided during the school day,
vacations, and weekends.
Capitalize on increased learning time by using data to
individualize instruction and provide tiered support
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• How much additional student learning time is needed to raisethe achievement and engagement of all students?
• Allocate resources creatively and strategically (e.g. alternativestaffing and scheduling models, technology, and partnerships).
• Budgets, staffing, and negotiated agreements do not have to
place strict limits on the length of the school day or year.
Prioritize more time and talent when allocating resources
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• Focus – An intense focus on a small number of key performance andinstructional goals
• Strengthen – A school-wide effort to strengthen instruction and to
implement Bell to Bell teaching strategies
• Assess – Determine how your school currently uses time within a schoolday and year to identify where time can be used more effectively – see
Quality Time Assessment and Classroom Time Use Tools
• Get Them There – Attendance matters – Boulder Valley, City Year
• Value Time – Make high profile changes in school routines, rules, andnorms – see Making Every Minute Count Checklist
Make every minute count
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