Rating Scale: Developing to Distinguished
Standard 2. Instructional Leadership
Element B. Focus on Instructional Time
The principal/assistant principal creates processes and schedules which protect teachers from
disruption of instructional or preparation time.
Click each level in the table below to view required attributes.
| Developing |
- Understands the need for teachers to have daily planning time and duty-free lunch periods.
- Is knowledgeable of designs for age- appropriate school schedules which address
the learning needs of diverse student populations.
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| Proficient |
All of the above, and...
- Adheres to legal requirements for planning and instructional time.
- Develops a master schedule to maximize student learning by providing
for individual and on-going collaborative planning for every teacher.
- Designs scheduling processes and protocols that maximize staff input
and address diverse student learning needs.
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| Accomplished |
All of the above, and...
- Ensures that teachers have the legally required amount of daily planning and lunch periods.
- Routinely and conscientiously implements processes to protect instructional time from interruptions.
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| Distinguished |
All of the above, and...
- Structures the school schedule to enable all teachers to have individual
and team collaborative planning time.
- Systematically monitors the effect of the master schedule on collaborative planning
and student achievement.
- Ensures that district leadership is informed of the amounts and scheduling
of individual and team planning time.
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