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Creative Scheduling for Diverse Populations in Middle and High School

Maximizing Opportunities for Learning

By: Elliot Y. Merenbloom, Barbara A. Kalina

This complete resource shows how to create an inclusive schedule that promotes achievement, supports diverse programs, and makes the most of limited time and resources.

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Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9781412995252
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2012
Page Count: 232
Publication date: November 02, 2012

Price: $43.95

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Diverse needs, streamlined scheduling—find out how with this all-in-one resource!

For even the most experienced administrator, schedule design has never been tougher. How can you meet the academic needs of all learners, while making the most of limited time and resources? Help has arrived with this latest book from school-scheduling gurus Elliot Merenbloom and Barbara Kalina.
An essential resource for any administrator working with diverse populations, Creative Scheduling for Diverse Populations in Middle and High School zeroes in on effective planning for a wide range of programs, including RTI, credit recovery, special education, second language learning, career-technical education, work-study, Advanced Placement, and International Baccalaureate. You'll find

Guidance on developing schedules that advance your school's educational goals
Scheduling techniques for each type of program serving diverse learners, supported by research-based evidence
Flexible frameworks that create time for small learning communities and teacher collaboration
Best practices for fixed and variable scheduling in the context of learning needs
Insights on teamwork throughout the scheduling process
User-friendly schedule templates within each chapter, along with a reader's guide for professional development

Use this complete resource to overcome your scheduling challenges and advance learning throughout your school.

"The authors do an excellent job of organizing the information in the context of current, relevant research-based best practices for all students as well as special populations, plus supports and services that are on target for the challenges school schedulers face under current education accountability policies. The inclusion of detailed examples and scenarios is icing on the cake!"
—Michelle Kocar, Administrator
North Olmsted City Schools, Olmsted, OH

Key features

Explores the expectations of a schedule and discusses the ways that effective schedules tie in to school vision and mission
Serves as a guide for developing a fully inclusive schedule to accommodate students participating in a range of programs, including Response to Intervention (RTI), credit recovery, special education programs, English Language Learner programs, career-technical education (CTE) and work-study, Advanced Placement, and International Baccalaureate programs
Presents a wide variety of fixed and variable scheduling frameworks, including models to integrate fixed and variable possibilities into one comprehensive schedule.
Offers research-based, flexible scheduling frameworks that create opportunities for small learning communities and teams to function within the scheduled day
Provides templates for effective teaching in variable-length time periods
Includes guidelines for professional development that leads to the successful implementation of a schedule, along with the instructional strategies designed to work with the schedule
Provides an appendix of scheduling-related discussion questions and activities to be used for professional development

Author(s)

Elliot Y. Merenbloom

Barbara A. Kalina

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Introduction

1. Schedules: The Springboard for Action

Mission/Vision

Catalyst for Change

Using the Schedule Effectively

Flexibility

Role of the Scheduling Committee

Teacher Contracts

Programs for Diverse Populations

2. Special Programs for Educational Success: RTI, Special Education, and ELL

Response to Intervention

Special Education

English-Language Learner Programs

3. Special Programs for Educational Success: Credit Recovery, Career and Technical Education, Gifted and Talented, Advanced Placement, and International Baccalaureate

Credit Recovery

Career and Technical Education

Honors, Gifted and Talented, Advanced Placement, and International Baccalaureate

4. Inclusive Scheduling Frameworks: Fixed

Semester 1/Semester 2

Double English/Double Mathematics

Quarters

Day 1/Day 2

Trimesters

Credit Recovery

Rotational

Single Subject

Traditional

Special Populations and Fixed Schedule Matrix

5. Inclusive Scheduling Frameworks: Variable

Interdisciplinary - Maximum Flexibility

Interdisciplinary - Limited Flexibility

Interdisciplinary - Encore/Exploratory

Combination

6. Integrating Fixed and Variable Frameworks Into a Comprehensive Schedule

Interchangeability: Fixed to Fixed

Interchangeability: Fixed to Variable

7. Learning Communities and Flexibility

Flexibility Strategies

8. Steps in Building a Middle School Schedule

Step 1: Connect With the Mission/Vision Statement

Step 2: Choose Structural Frameworks

Step 3: Create Bell and Lunch Schedules

Step 4: Formulate Program of Studies

Step 5: Project Enrollment

Step 6: Decide Team Composition

Step 7: Develop a Blueprint

Step 8: Assemble Grid of Teachers' Assignments

Step 9: Plan Professional Development

9. Steps in Building a High School Schedule

Step 1: Connect With the Mission/Vision Statement

Step 2: Choose Structural Frameworks

Step 3: Create Bell and Lunch Schedules

Step 4: Formulate Program of Studies

Step 5: Develop Student Registration Materials

Step 6: Establish Student Database

Step 7: Project Enrollment

Step 8: Decide Composition of Houses, Magnets, or Academies

Step 9: Create Department Summaries

Step 10: Distribute Available FTEs

Step 11: Categorize Teacher Assignments

Step 12: Develop a Blueprint for Small Learning Communities

Step 13: List Singletons, Doubletons, and Tripletons

Step 14: Formulate Conflict Matrix for Singletons, Doubletons, and Tripletons

Step 15: Place Singletons, Doubletons, and Tripletons on Master Schedule by Teacher and by Period

Step 16: Enter Remainder of Courses

Step 17: Initial and Subsequent Computer Runs

Step 18: Implement Professional Development

10. Using the Schedule for Effective Instruction

A Brief History of Instructional Influence

Pacing the Curriculum

Lesson Plan Foundations: Conceptual Lens, Target Learning, and Essential Questions

The Lesson Plan and Learning Engagements

11. Professional Development to Support the Comprehensive Schedule

Enacting Change

Mission/Vision Statements

Principal Leadership

Requisites for Professional Learning

Instruction Within the Schedule

Appendix

References

Index

Reviews

"The author does an excellent job of organizing the information in the context of current, relevant research-based best practices for all students as well as special populations, supports and services that are on target for the challenges school schedulers face under current education accountability policies. The inclusion of detailed examples and scenarios is icing on the cake!"

Michelle Kocar, District Level Administrator
North Olmsted City Schools, Olmsted, OH

"The book is well organized, starting with the table of contents. It paints a clear picture of what the book contains. This should be a great book for educators that are making decisions to improve the lives of students in special programs and those that need that special push to be successful in life."

Gustava Cooper-Baker, Principal, Kansas City Missouri School District, Kansas City, MO
Facilitator Leadership Academy, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City, MO

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