Creative scheduling for diverse populations in middle and high school : maximizing opportunities for learning / Elliot Y. Merenbloom, Barbara A. Kalina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Merenbloom, Elliot Y., author.

Kalina, Barbara A., author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schedules, School--United States.

Schedules, School.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

School improvement programs--United States.

School improvement programs.

School management and organization--United States.

School management and organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 207 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A comprehensive, step-by-step schedule implementation guide for school and district administrators. It explains how to reorganise school schedules to facilitate various programs, including RTI, special education, small learning communities, concept flexibility, and credit recovery.

Contents:

""CREATIVE SCHEDULING FOR DIVERSE POPULATIONS IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL-FRONT COVER""; ""CREATIVE SCHEDULING FOR DIVERSE POPULATIONS IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL""; ""CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF FIGURES""; ""LIST OF TABLES""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHORS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CHAPTER 1: SCHEDULES: THE SPRINGBOARD FOR ACTION""; ""Mission/Vision""; ""Catalyst for Change""; ""Using the Schedule Effectively""; ""Flexibility""; ""Role of the Scheduling Committee""; ""Teacher Contracts""; ""Programs for Diverse Populations""; ""Summarizing Schedules: The Springboard to Action""

""CHAPTER 2: SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS RTI, SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND ELL""""Response to Intervention""; ""Special Education""; ""English-Language Learner Programs""; ""Summarizing Special Programs for Educational Success: The IDEA Effect""; ""CHAPTER 3: SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS CREDIT RECOVERY, CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, GIFTED AND TALENTED, ADVANCED PLACEMENT, AND INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE""; ""Credit Recovery""; ""Career and Technical Education""; ""Honors, Gifted and Talented, Advanced Placement, and International Baccalaureate""

""Summarizing Special Programs for Educational Success: Attaining Our Destiny""""CHAPTER 4: INCLUSIVE SCHEDULING FRAMEWORKS: FIXED""; ""Semester 1/Semester 2""; ""Double English/Double Mathematics""; ""Quarters""; ""Day 1/Day 2""; ""Trimesters""; ""Credit Recovery""; ""Rotational""; ""Single Subject""; ""Traditional""; ""Special Populations and Fixed Schedule Matrix""; ""Summarizing Fixed Inclusive Scheduling Frameworks: The Fork in the Road""; ""CHAPTER 5: INCLUSIVE SCHEDULING FRAMEWORKS: VARIABLE""; ""Interdisciplinary�Maximum Flexibility""; ""Interdisciplinary�Limited Flexibility""

""Interdisciplinary�Encore/Exploratory""""Combination""; ""Summarizing Variable Inclusive Scheduling Frameworks: Using Time""; ""CHAPTER 6: INTEGRATING FIXED AND VARIABLE FRAMEWORKS INTO A COMPREHENSIVE SCHEDULE""; ""Interchangeability: Fixed to Fixed""; ""Interchangeability: Fixed to Variable""; ""Summarizing the Integration of Fixed and Variable Frameworks Into a Comprehensive Schedule: Scheduling Priorities""; ""CHAPTER 7: LEARNING COMMUNITIES AND FLEXIBILITY""; ""Flexibility Strategies""; ""Alter the Sequence of Classes""; ""Large Group Instruction""

""Adjust Schedule to Extend Instruction""""Group and Regroup Students""; ""Create Time for Interdisciplinary Connection""; ""Schedule Project Time""; ""Implement Flex/Advisory Period""; ""Summarizing Learning Communities and Flexibility: Coming, Keeping, and Working Together""; ""CHAPTER 8: STEPS IN BUILDING A MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHEDULE""; ""Step 1: Connect With The Mission/Vision Statement""; ""Step 2: Choose Structural Frameworks""; ""Step 3: Create Bell and Lunch Schedules""; ""Step 4: Formulate Program of Studies""; ""Step 5: Project Enrollment""; ""Step 6: Decide Team Composition""

""Step 7: Develop a Blueprint""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781452283586

1452283583

9781506335599

1506335594

9781452279671

1452279675

OCLC:

900086557