Leadership Support & Communication

Category : Creating and Sustaining the Conditions

Level : System

To what extent does district leadership provide support and communicate information about more and better learning time to those involved in implementation?

District leadership must have the capacity to both develop and articulate a vision and a set of practices that support more and better learning time. Leadership should send a clear message to schools and practitioners that affirms a commitment to establish the conditions necessary to implement more and better learning time, including different staffing models, the assignment of a designated staff person to lead the initiative, and the provision of transportation.

• Leadership supports different staffing and workday models.
• Strong partnership exists between the teachers union and management to support more and better learning time.
• There are high-quality district more and better learning time vision and action plans at the cabinet/leadership level.
• There is evidence that school faculty and/or staff are working directly with faculty and/or staff of community programs offered to students.
• A more and better learning time lead staff person is assigned at the district level, and staff are designated at school sites.
• The district provides necessary support such as transportation to allow for off-campus activities.