Lehigh Education researchers investigate a ‘smart’ way to track time

From her vantage point in a foyer of Lincoln Elementary School in Bethlehem, Principal Benita Draper can keep tabs on students as they head to classes or pass through the halls at different times throughout the school day. Now some Lehigh University faculty and graduate assistants will be keeping tabs on her.

 

Draper is among 11 administrators in the Bethlehem Area School District who are taking part in an innovative project that aims to better track how principals and community school coordinators use their time – and how that might correlate to student achievement and performance at their schools.

 

The pilot project, funded with a $22,582 Lehigh Faculty Innovation Grant, is being led by Craig Hochbein, assistant professor of educational leadership; Bridget V. Dever, assistant professor of school psychology; and George P. White, Iacocca professor of educational leadership.