Tag: school schedule

• Middle School Schedule [6]: Book Review ‘Making Teamwork Meaningful’

  ‘If teams of teachers are going to accomplish anything of substance, they need regularly scheduled opportunities during the school day to collaborate. In addition, if a school truly want to provide differentiated learning experiences for students – the teachers need regularly scheduled opportunities during the school day to provide targeted interventions.’ Ferriter, Graham, Wight, 2013 […]

  Derek L. McCoy

  03/10/2013

  collaborate, commit, plc, school administration, school leadership, student centered, teachers

  Collaborate, curriculum, data, education, middle school schedule, schedule, School administration, School Leadership, school schedule, support

• Middle School Schedule [5]: Intervention and Operations

     The transition next year is about  bettering how we teach and how students learn, those are first and foremost. Our discussions in SIT and leadership focus on how this move will significantly affect those areas and change what we do. One opportunity created from this move is our ability to manipulate our schedule  and […]

  Derek L. McCoy

  03/03/2013

  change, collaborate, school administration, school leadership, student centered

  21st Century Learning, Change, curriculum, decision making, school schedule

• Middle School Schedule [4]: Our Schedule

  Our current schedule is a seven period day. It affords 50 minutes per class in all subjects. The way the seven period day has run here over the last couple of years is grade levels are given one common planning period in the morning by having the grade levels go to electives during  either 1st, […]

  Derek L. McCoy

  02/25/2013

  ‘unit planning’, collaborate

  Change, communication, curriculum, education, School administration, school schedule, vision

• Middle School Schedule [3]: Support

     We have school leadership meetings twice a month in my current school district, Cumberland County Schools. The topic of one of our middle school principal break out sessions centered around our thoughts, vision and plans for our school schedules for next year.    This was a great meeting. It’s obvious that there has been […]

  Derek L. McCoy

  02/23/2013

  collaborate, plc, school administration, school leadership, teachers

  Change, Collaborate, decision making, education, leadership, School administration, School Leadership, school schedule, support

• Middle School Schedule [2]: Block = Flexibility

  Our current schedule is a 7 period schedule. We take our instructional day and divide it into 7 equal blocks of time allotting additional time during lunch as well as consistent transition time between classes.  Next year, we will be moving to a modified block schedule.    There are several options and models of the […]

  Derek L. McCoy

  02/17/2013

  change, collaborate, commit, plc, reading strategy, school administration, school leadership, student centered, teachers

  Change, education, learning, middle school schedule, School administration, School Leadership, school schedule, support