helpful things we did were: brought in department chairs from schools
that were on a 4 period day to speak with each department about the good
the bad and the ugly; and send each department to observe their
departments at schools that had implemented the 4 period day, both in
the year before the change. (We also gave teachers a stipend that
summer, to come in and plan new lessons with their department members.)
The first year was a little rough, by the end of the second year no one
wanted to go back, and teaching styles had changed significantly.
Judith Claire Robison
Director of Technology
Saint John's Catholic Prep
Frederick, MD
-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Jenny Treadway
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 6:27 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Block Scheduling question
Hi-
We are changing our schedule next year from a 5 day 50 minute schedule
to a 7-day rotation with four 75-minute classes. We are committed to
help train our teachers to work effectively with this increased time but
need some help finding good resources. Does anyone have any suggestions
of workshops, speakers, conferences, classes? We would love to send
teachers to observe other schools with similar schedules. It would be
great if they were close to us- any suggestions for schools to visit?
Thanks for any help you can give,
Jenny Treadway
Director of Technology
US Assistant Head
Phoenix Country Day School
3901 E. Stanford Drive
Paradise Valley, AZ. 85253
602-955-8200 ext. 2263
Fax: 602-381-3078
jenny.treadway@pcds.org
[ For info on ISED-L see
https://www.gds.org/podium/default.aspx?t=3D128874 ] Submissions to =
ISED-L
are released under a creative commons, attribution, non-commercial,
share-alike license.
RSS Feed, http://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?RSS&L=3DISED-L
[ For info on ISED-L see https://www.gds.org/podium/default.aspx?t=3D128874 ]
Submissions to ISED-L are released under a creative commons, attribution, non-commercial, share-alike license.
RSS Feed, http://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?RSS&L=3DISED-L
