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Record Nr.

UNINA9910481014803321

Autore

Merenbloom Elliot Y.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin, , 2016

ISBN

1-4522-8358-3

1-5063-3559-4

1-4522-7967-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Disciplina

373.1242

Soggetti

Schedules, School - United States

Educational change - United States

School improvement programs - United States

School management and organization - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""

""Interdisciplinaryâ€?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""

Sommario/riassunto

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.