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Middle School Scheduling Community Feedback Presentation

Middle School Scheduling Community Feedback Presentation. Issue. Providing increased instructional time and scheduling flexibility for middle school students. 2. Content. Pedagog y. Relationships. Context. Middle School Design Team (MSDT) Process (2008-10 ) Guiding Principles:.

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Middle School Scheduling Community Feedback Presentation

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  1. Middle School SchedulingCommunity Feedback Presentation

  2. Issue Providing increased instructional time and scheduling flexibility for middle school students 2

  3. Content Pedagogy Relationships

  4. Context Middle School Design Team (MSDT) Process (2008-10) Guiding Principles: Provide flexibility in scheduling Provide student/staff teams Commit to flexible grouping on heterogeneous teams Advocate for and support all students’ developmental needs, interests, and talents of all students Differentiate learning opportunities 4

  5. Today Identify Scheduling Option • Act Grade 6 Spanish • Study Online Teacher Course: Early Adolescence • Do Community Feedback Process Review of Scheduling Models • Plan ACT II Parent Academy:Early Adolescence Middle School Design Team 2008-10 5

  6. Key Elements Building upon and consistent with the recommendations and work of the MSDT: • Implement a flexible scheduling model at all APS middle schools for 2013-14 that: • Is aligned with the guiding principles • Provides for block scheduling for Core subject areas • Maintains daily Teacher Advisory • Allows for Grades 6-8 World Languages continuum • Transitional Spanish in Grade 6 • IB World Language Explorations Courses – Jefferson Middle School • Continues current starting and ending times 6

  7. Adjusted Scheduling • Provides • additional instructional time in Core Subjects • increased elective exploratory choices for Grade 6 students • Grades 6-8 World Languages continuum • Allows comprehensive and consistent integration of career and college-ready enhancements to curriculum and schools • Addresses specific needs of individual students and groups of students

  8. Why Flexible Block Scheduling? Increased opportunity for: • Regular classroom instruction, and … • Targeted content-specific activities • Science Labs • Social Studies simulations

  9. Why Flexible Block Scheduling? Increased opportunity for: • Regular classroom instruction, and … • Interdisciplinary units • STEM units • Differentiated units that cross content areas

  10. Reflection on Grade 8 Schedule:Extended instructional time

  11. Reflection on Grade 7 Schedule:Extended instructional time

  12. Reflection on Grade 6 Schedule:Extended instructional timeInclusion of Reading into Language Arts

  13. Reflection on Grades 7 & 8 Electives Schedule

  14. Note: The implications of the delivery of certain program-specific courses in Grade 6 (e.g. READ 180 and Immersion Spanish Language Arts) in this schedule are presently being reviewed).

  15. Reflection on Grade 6 Electives Schedule

  16. Alignments

  17. Important Dates

  18. Timeline of Next Steps

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