.
All teachers are available for extra help during X block and students are
expected to get help during this time. Middle School students are scheduled
into a study hall and sign out to work with a teacher. Upper School student=
s
are free to choose how they spend their X-blocks. The Middle School also ha=
s
a study hall at the end of the day after sports (4pm) when all teachers
(except those who are coaching upper school sports) are available for extra
help. This works very well. Getting extra help is part of the school cultur=
e
and all the boys take advantage of it.
-Liz
Liz B. Davis
Director of Academic Technology
Belmont Hill School
Belmont, MA
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Lynn Sanborne <lsanborne@sewickley.org>wr=
ote:
> Greetings! I found some archived posts on this topic, but would welcome
> some fresh input.
>
> I'm trying to help our MS Head think more creatively about scheduling in =
a
> way which would help struggling students get extra 1-1 or small group hel=
p
> from their teachers in a more meaningful and supportive way. Right now ou=
r
> teachers expect students to seek them out before and after school (not
> good times for many students due to transportation issues and afterschool
> sports), during their 25 minute morning break (when they currently have a
> snack and hang with their friends), and during study halls (which fall at
> different times of the day and thus don=92t always coincide with the
> schedule of the teacher they need to meet with). My argument is that from
> a developmental point of view, MS students can=92t be expected to activel=
y
> seek out extra help, and we need to find a better system to =93embrace=94
> them. Ideas please?
>
> (We have a traditional 8 period day, 55 minutes per period)
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Cheers
>
> Lynn Sanborne, MSW
> MS/SS Counselor
> Sewickley Academy
> Sewickley PA
>
> lsanborne@sewickley.org
> tel. 412-741-2230 x 3363
>
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