Michael Rettig: Scheduling Strategies for Middle Schools
Registration Closed.
Last Date to Register: 12/2/2011 12:01 AM
Last Date to Cancel: 11/29/2011 12:01 AM
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Dr. Michael D. Rettig will review a variety of unique middle school scheduling plans. After a discussion of eight key questions that must be answered before creating a middle school schedule, a variety of possibilities will be presented, including the following:
- Six, seven, eight, and nine-period scheduling plans,
- A middle school version of the 4/4 schedule that provides double periods for both language arts and mathematics,
- A schedule that provides time and a half in language arts and mathematics instruction in comparison to other subjects,
- A schedule that provides equal and but longer periods (@60 min.) for language arts, mathematics, science and social studies in comparison to other subjects (@ 40 min.),
- Plans appropriate for two, three, four, five, and six teacher teams, and
- Options for delivering exploratory and elective classes.
- Special emphasis will be given to designing schedules that included structured time for intervention and enrichment (I/E), which often is necessary for optimal implementation of Response to Intervention. Scheduling and organizational issues related to the I/E period will be addressed in detail.
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