After watching the video "180 Days" I thought about all the days we miss at school and realized how correct the video was. There are so many interruptions during the year that cut into instructional time. As teachers we always think we have so much time to get our lessons completed, but we definitely do not.
The ramifications of mising so many days results in students being illprepared for college or the workplace. The use of instructional time for non-instruction, causes some students to believe education is not as important as it should be. Others who already believe this to be true are reinforced in this belief by the daily fillers.
I would plan a schedule in which Fridays would be designated as the only day to be used for non-instructional activities or tasks that need completed throughout the school year.
