Fundamentals of School Scheduling

Gwen Schroth; Anita M. Pankake; Paul Terry

doi:10.5771/9781461649090

Summary

School administrators must constantly evaluate and refine school scheduling for optimum student and teacher performance. This book is for school administrators who need appropriate management techniques for scheduling students into classes. All parts of the puzzle are presented so the administrator can make wise choices about configuring the school day.

Discusses a variety of scheduling formats—traditional, block, and team models—but no one type is advocated. Essential for new principals or administrators planning to change scheduling formats, and principals moving between elementary and secondary levels.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 1997
ISBN-Print: 978-1-56676-575-6
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4616-4909-0
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 131
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Prologue No access
3. Introduction No access
1. Instruction: A Priority No access
2. Responding to Student Needs No access
3. Appropriate Curriculum and Instruction No access
4. Staff Development: A Change Issue No access
5. Staff Development and Scheduling Choices No access
6. References No access
1. Introduction No access
2. What Can Be Done to Prepare for Change? No access
3. What to Expect When Change Occurs No access
4. What Actions Can Help in Preparing for Change and in Successfully Managing the Change Process? No access
5. References No access
1. Considerations for All Scheduling Models No access
2. Additional Considerations No access
3. Advantages and Disadvantages of Various Scheduling Models No access
4. References No access
1. Constructing a Master Schedule: Traditional Models No access
2. Block Scheduling Models No access
3. The Teaming Model No access
4. References No access
1. A Rationale for Change at the Elementary Level No access
2. The Case for Longer Class Periods No access
3. Flexible Scheduling at the Elementary Level No access
4. Guidelines for Block Scheduling No access
5. References No access
Appendix A: Computer Programs No access Pages 107 - 114
Appendix B: Frequently Asked Questions No access Pages 115 - 118
Bibliography No access Pages 119 - 126
Index No access Pages 127 - 131