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HOW TENNESSEE
PRINCIPALS SPEND
THEIR TIME
In An Average Week, Principals
Report Spending The Most Time
On Administrative Duties And
Student Discipline.
Monitoring extracurricular activities
Working directly with students (i.e., teaching, tutoring, etc.)
Student discipline issues
Parent and/or community concerns or involvement
Administrative duties (hiring, scheduling, budgeting, etc.)
Meeting with or sponsored by central office
Modeling lessons for teachers
Coaching teachers (individually or in group sessions)
Providing observation feedback to teachers
Observing teachers
Instructional planning with teachers
0%
0 to 1 Hours
1 to 3 Hours
3 to 5 Hours
20%
5 to 10 Hours
40%
60%
80%
100%
More than 10 Hours
Source: Tennessee Department of Education, Tennessee Educator Survey, 2017
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