Making Creative Schedules Work in Middle and High Schools / Edition 1

by Elliot Y. Merenbloom, Barbara A. Kalina

Overview

This practical, user-friendly resource provides a step-by-step process for restructuring blocks of learning time to improve student-teacher relationships and promote more positive learning experiences.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412924252
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	11/16/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	501,002
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
Foreword by Gordon Cawelti
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. Why Are Schools Reorganizing?
2. Structural Options
3. Steps in Building a Middle School Schedule
4. Steps in Building a High School Schedule
5. Small Learning Communities: Role and Function
6. Elements of Teaming: A Goal-Setting Process for Curriculum and Instruction
7. Elements of Teaming: A Goal-Setting Process for Organizational Considerations
8. Teaching in Variable-Length Time Periods
9. Implementing Change
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

"As an associate principal whose role is to develop and implement a master schedule, I truly valued the many charts and diagrams on schedule configuration. The Structures and Strategies section offers non-generic forms that are easy to transpose onto our school community's specific needs."

Dan Woods

"Principals, teacher leaders, school leadership teams, school improvement committees, superintendents, school boards, and policymakers will find this book very useful."

Vincent A. Anfara Jr.

"The Strategies section is a good overview for building leaders to understand what should be going on in restructured settings.This bookis fairly easy to follow and was clearly written by a seasoned practitioner."

Deborah Kasak