Do you know which areas teachers report spending the most time each week? Test your knowledge and learn critical ways you can maximize teachers’ time. Discovery Education programs help your teachers save time, so they can focus on engaging and connecting with students to drive academic outcomes.
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Teachers spend ___ per week searching for instructional resources.
45 Minutes
3 Hours
18 Hours
7 Hours
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Finding engaging, high-quality content in Discovery Education Experience is easy, fast, and reliable. All content is research-backed and vetted by educational experts. The content is highly curated and paired with embedded teaching resources that fit right into the curriculum to ensure teachers can confidently deliver impactful digital learning experiences.
Developed by education experts and in partnership with industry leaders like the NBA, Sesame Street, Boeing, and Guy Harvey Foundation, teachers can select Virtual Field Trips, text-based passages, interactives, audio, podcasts, and images across all grades, subjects, and critical topics of today. Our high-quality core and supplemental curriculum content supports a wide variety of subjects and easily supports cross-curricular learning needs like STEAM.
“Discovery Education is truly a lifesaver for teaching! There are so many easy-to-find and use resources to help educators plan and deliver lessons as well as support students at whatever level they are at and in all subjects.” -Teacher, CA
Teachers using Discovery Education Experience can easily access a large treasury of multi-modal, curated content to nurture students' curiosity and provide engaging learning experiences.
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Research Indicates: Teachers spend approximately seven hours each week searching for instructional resources, both free and paid, to supplement their existing curriculum. They must also consider age and grade appropriateness, standards alignment, and cultural sensitivity.
How much time do you think teachers spend planning lessons weekly?
16 Hours
25 Hours
8 Hours
11 Hours
“Reading Plus is efficient and allows for individualization and differentiation. Lessons are short and effective. Even given additional planning time, I couldn't begin to replicate the instructional design of Reading Plus. My students report greater success with assigned reading as they ‘don't take as long and understand it better.’ They are more efficient and strategic silent readers.” -Patty Sullivan, Middle School Teacher Falmouth School District, ME
Discovery Education saves teachers time by providing ready-to-use, cross-curricular activities for whole-group, small-group, or independent instruction. Programs deliver differentiated instruction in real time as students work independently on their math and reading skills.
In a survey conducted by McKinsey, teachers report spending an average of 11 hours per school week preparing and planning lessons. Educators agree that effective instruction is not one-size-fits-all. However, classroom teachers simply do not have the time or bandwidth to plan lessons and differentiate instruction for every student. 49% of teachers cite a lack of time and resources as the most significant challenge for differentiating instruction.
Over 70% of teachers report devoting ____ per week to delivering assessments.
1 Hour
12+ Hours
2 Hours
3-10 Hours
Within Discovery Education Experience, teachers can take advantage of the Quiz Library full of pre-built quizzes to help save time. They can also create engaging multimedia quizzes to check for understanding in real time.
DreamBox programs use adaptive software to provide ongoing and formative assessments that respond with the appropriate instruction in the moment. As students work, DreamBox measures student progress right in the platform without disrupting instruction or causing test anxiety.
“The Discovery Education quiz feature enables monitoring of comprehension or conceptual understanding, not just compliance. Students can self-monitor for personal learning goals (metacognition), or the teacher can use this feature as a formative assessment tool to discover the best next steps for differentiation.” -Lea Bartch, Coordinator of Science and Social Studies Murfreesboro City Schools, TN
Discovery Education helps educators streamline assessment processes, whether they are creating a quiz to check for understanding, determining which standards students need more support, or placing students in the right cohorts for small group instruction.
Research Indicates: Over 70% of teachers report devoting 3-10 hours per week to delivering assessments. Teachers must consider the quality of the questions, the timing of the assessments, and the age-old task of grading. When you combine the elements of assessing with those mandated by school site leaders, districts, and even states, there is even more pressure to assess properly, precisely, and meaningfully.
How much time do you think teachers spend monitoring student progress each week?
~4 Hours
~11 Hours
~2 Hours
~8 Hours
The My Classrooms Dashboard is designed to save teachers time and effort in monitoring the completion of assignments created within Experience. Teachers can view results for any assignment at the class and student levels to keep a pulse on their learning. Details such as start and end dates, assignment completion progress, and more can be viewed for the class, for each assignment, and for individual students.
DreamBox reports allow teachers to monitor student progress daily and track results over time. With the intuitive math and reading reports in DreamBox, teachers can obtain a clear understanding of each student’s strengths and improvement opportunities, leverage recent, relevant, and granular growth data to inform daily small-group instruction, and immediately determine if students are making progress toward academic goals.
“Teachers find the data and reporting from DreamBox Math easy to access, and the information provided on student progress drives instruction in the classroom. Thank you for making a program that promotes skill and keeps students engaged." -Robin Russell, Teacher Bellingham School District, WA
Discovery Education provides educators at multiple levels with robust reports about student progress, tool usage, growth within subject areas, and exit ticket results for activities. This data helps inform instruction, so educators know where to accelerate or remediate instruction, and which areas students are engaged and excited about learning.
Teachers report spending 15 minutes per day preparing reports and tracking data and 6.5 hours per week evaluating and providing feedback on student work.
Classroom teachers work an average of 54 hours per week. How many hours do they spend directly teaching students?
40 Hours
12 Hours
Discovery Education saves educators hundreds of hours by automatically providing formative assessments, differentiating instruction based on student behavior, offering grab-and-go lessons and activities, and reporting student engagement and progress every step of the way.
A recent survey from Merrimack College showed that classroom teachers work an average of 54 hours per week, yet only 25 of those hours are spent directly teaching students. Over half of teachers’ time is used on planning and preparation, grading student work, administrative tasks, and other activities.
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Effective teaching requires hours of time beyond instruction spent on tasks like administering assessments, planning lessons, differentiating instruction, and monitoring progress—all of which are critical to student success. This time away from instruction impacts teachers’ time with students. You can learn the best ways to support teachers and ensure they make the most of their time with students with our FREE Resource: Who Has the Time? A Guide to Maximizing Instructional Hours.
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