Making a Flexible Schedule a Reality
So, is your current high school schedule a little bit like a Twinkie? The last post looked at the current school system and it’s stale aging process. But let’s look on the bright side. It’s not all bad, and many schools have made progressive changes. Give in to the positive peer pressure. What are other schools [...]
What Impact Does Advisory Have on Teacher’s Time? – Pt II
What Are the “Costs” of Intervention Blocks? In our last post, What Impact do Intervention Blocks Have on Teachers’ Time Pt. 1, we looked at how adding an Intervention Block to a teacher’s schedule is not at all like adding an additional class. But of course, there is additional work associated with adding anything to [...]
Why Your Current High School Schedule May Be A Lot Like a Twinkie
Have you ever come across words from another time that seem to agelessly correspond to a current issue? I recently read an article from ASCD, by Robert N. Bush, entitled: “The Problem of a Flexible Schedule in High School.” The article was from 1961. Despite the fact that it’s words were written over fifty years ago, [...]
What Impact Does Advisory Have on Teachers’ Time? – Pt I
Read Part 2 here. 'Teachers have plenty of time! Why can’t they just add more to their workload?’, said no one ever. The truth is that teachers, especially in today’s society, are flooded with increasing and ever-changing stresses. If things weren’t bad enough before, an abundance of information, technology, new ideas and pending educational [...]