ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses a strategy for managing instructional time in the classroom that is one element of a comprehensive training programme for administrators, supervisors, and teachers called Achievement Directed Leadership (ADL). It explains ways in which the ADL programme uses research findings on students' use of time to improve basic skills instruction. The chapter examines the process of managing students' use of time, and this is followed by one which explains the materials and procedures used in this process. It presents the data relating to participants' experiences with the programme. The chapter discusses the potential significance of the time component of the ADL programme. In order to make knowledge-based improvements in classrooms, educators must first be able to measure present levels of student engaged time. If a change in student engaged time is desired, then a teacher moves on to the third phase of the instructional improvement cycle.
