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Desravines, Jean; Aquino, Jaime; Fenton, Benjamin – New Leaders, 2016
This leadership framework, based on practices employed by some the nation's most successful principals, can be used to diagnose and address school needs. The framework is excerpted from "Breakthrough Principals" © 2016 by Jean Desravines, Jaime Aquino, Benjamin Fenton, and New Leaders, published by Jossey-Bass, a Wiley brand. The…
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership Responsibility, Transformational Leadership, Curriculum
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Isherwood, Robert S.; Barger-Anderson, Richard; Erickson, Matthew – Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship, 2012
Qualitative research was conducted in a large suburban school district implementing co-teaching as a new service delivery model for special education. Researchers examined the changes that resulted from the new service delivery model using a socio-technical systems lens. This framework views schools as open systems that contain a structural, task,…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Qualitative Research, Suburban Schools, Special Education
Bush, M. Joan; Johnstone, Whitcomb G. – 2000
This paper examines the implementation of an alternate block (A/B) schedule in three high schools in Irving, Texas. The purpose is to review how time was used in 48 randomly selected high school Algebra 1, Biology 1, English 2, and U.S. History classes. Of the 48 classes, 12 observations were conducted for each course. The findings revealed a…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment, Educational Practices
Dalheim, Mary, Ed. – 1994
This book investigates time dilemmas in education, explaining how educators deal with time issues. Section 1, "It's About Time," describes what a special committee found out about the time dilemma and makes recommendations for educators regarding time use. Section 2, "Building Time into the School Year" (Linda Bacon), presents one Florida school…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Classroom Techniques, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Williams, Jane M. – 1987
This student-oriented instructional booklet provides strategies for students for notebook organization, time management, note-taking, reading and highlighting assignments, homework completion, and test-taking. The booklet's first section, "Preparing for Classes," offers tips for keeping a notebook, an assignment sheet, a calendar, a daily and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Homework, Learning Strategies, Notetaking
McCormick, Kathaleen – 1988
The organizational methods and devices presented in this booklet are designed to help the teacher use time in the classroom more effectively. The first section deals with efficient planning for the day and setting priorities. In section two, suggestions are given for reducing the paper load by creating orderly systems for handling written…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Needs Assessment
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Crosser, Sandra – Young Children, 1992
Classroom management can have a direct effect on the kinds of behaviors students exhibit and make the difference between chaos and an orderly environment that facilitates learning. Suggestions for teachers involve planning for physical space, arrival and departure times, the scheduling of transitions, children's interactions with equipment and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Conflict Resolution, Early Childhood Education
Kane, Cheryl M. – 1994
The Education Council Act of 1991 Established the National Education Commission on Time and Learning as an independent advisory body and called for a comprehensive review of the relationship between time and learning in American schools. The commission's report, released in May 1994, found that school reform is destined to founder unless programs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education
Hardy, Clydean; And Others – 1993
This study examined 10 kindergarten teachers' use of instructional time to determine its relationship to student learning. Data were collected through classroom observations of student time-on-task and teacher-student interactions at 3-minute intervals over the course of 2 half-hour sessions with each teacher and his or her pupils. It was found…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Kindergarten Children, Large Group Instruction
Larson, Nola; And Others – 1994
Providing suggestions on how to develop an age-appropriate schedule for guiding children through daily transitions, this guide serves as an evaluative tool as well as a transition resource book. A transition is the movement of children between one activity or routine to another. Children are in transition during clean-up, while waiting for group…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Wachter, Joanne C.; Carhart, Clare – 2003
This book presents suggestions to help teachers save time without diminishing educational quality. The list of tips focus on: working smarter; communicating effectively; managing materials; planning the week ahead; assessing students' work and keeping track of progress; learning to say no; handling printed mail; handling e-mail; using the Internet…
Descriptors: Attendance, Classroom Techniques, Computer Uses in Education, Efficiency