Is there some metric you would suggest I try to use personally to determine where my time would be best suited at these two schools with 4 classrooms of kindergarten students eager to learn to read?

Ask the kids – they are good judges. Ask them not about you, but what is it you are learning from what we do together. This can be reinforcing, scary, but kids are great judges of their learning” (John Hattie, personal communication, September 22, 2016).