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Shelden, M'Lisa L.; Rush, Dathan D. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2013
Early childhood professionals: looking for an effective way to ensure coordinated, family-centered services for young children and families? Discover the why and how of the primary service provider (PSP) approach to teaming, the widely used, evidence-based model that more and more states are adopting to strengthen care and services and improve…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Teamwork, Individualized Family Service Plans
Queen, J. Allen – 2003
Block scheduling encourages increased comprehensive immersion into subject matter, improved teacher-student relationships, and decreased disciplinary problems. While block scheduling may offer many advantages, moving to a block schedule from conventional scheduling can be a major adjustment for both students and teachers. This guide is intended to…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Flexible Scheduling
Hottenstein, David S. – 1998
Some of the difficult questions surrounding intensive scheduling, along with examples of successful applications of this approach, are described in this document. This book offers a blueprint from a practitioner's perspective and is intended for educators and lay people interested in improving secondary schools. Chapter 1 demonstrates how to…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Curriculum Design, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Shaw, Marie Keen – 1999
Aimed at secondary school library media specialists who are undertaking the transition to block scheduling, this book examines the essential components of the library media program in a block-scheduled school and provides useful handouts, lesson plans, and the experiences of four practitioners through their case studies. The following chapters are…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
Robbins, Pam; Gregory, Gayle; Herndon, Lynne E. – 2000
This book provides an array of strategies that can help teachers, administrators, and staff-development personnel as they plan, develop, and deliver content within extended periods of instructional time. It emphasizes the importance of teachers and administrators working together to improve instruction and contends that staff development remains…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment, Educational Practices
Marshak, David – 2001
Block periods of 75, 90, 100 minutes, or longer require good teachers to continue to develop and improve their teaching skills while keeping the student engaged over a long period. The fewer class meetings in the semester or year, and the rich potential for creativity and innovation provided by the longer period all combine to offer a challenge…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Block Scheduling, Educational Change, High Schools
Koehler, Mike; Giebel, Nancy – 1997
This book examines the duties assigned to athletic directors, offering successful strategies for achieving them and materials to make their jobs easier (e.g., sample memos, letters, forms, and charts for interacting successfully with coaches, students, administrators, and parents). Section 1 discusses the director's work with student athletes and…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Athletes, Athletics, Budgeting
Lybbert, Blair – 1998
One result of the extraordinarily rapid pace of educational reform in recent decades has been public expectation of greater accountability for the more than $300 billion spent annually on schools. As reformers have sought better ways to utilize all resources, including instructional time, block scheduling has been developed as a more efficient way…
Descriptors: Accountability, Block Scheduling, Educational Planning, Excellence in Education
Jankowski, Louis W. – 1995
This booklet is designed to sensitize and inform the scuba diving instructor on appropriate attitudes and successful methods for teaching scuba diving to persons with physical disability. It addresses misconceptions about people with disabilities and the importance of effective two-way communication and mutual respect between instructors and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Aquatic Sports, Cerebral Palsy
Gilkey, Susan N.; Hunt, Carla H. – 1998
Practical suggestions are offered for teaching mathematics in a block schedule, including ways to make some topics more compact, integrate mathematics with other materials, and design lesson plans to maximize instructional time. Chapters are: (1) "NCTM [National Council of Teachers of Mathematics] Standards and Teaching Mathematics in a Block…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Curriculum Development, Educational Technology, High School Students
Burke, Lisa Maria – 2002
This guide creates a step-by-step sequence of practical techniques, based on research on successful teaching and grounded in real-life examples, that guide teachers toward an effective action plan for successful teaching and classroom management. The manual's suggestions give teachers the skills and tactics necessary to manage, control, and enrich…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Conti-D'Antonio, Marcia; Bertrando, Robert; Eisenberger, Joanne – 1998
This book demonstrates that block schedules provide opportunities for educators to address the needs of diverse student populations in general education classrooms. The inclusion of at-risk students and students with special needs into regular classrooms provides new challenges for educators, and block scheduling provides extended time for these…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Cooperative Planning, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education
Porter, Carol – 2002
The story of the process that Mundelein High School (located in a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois) as it moved from a traditional schedule to a block schedule is described throughout this book as a way to blend theory with practice. The book addresses types of block schedules; key issues for effective preparation; professional development…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, English Instruction
Hammeken, Peggy A. – 2000
This book is designed to help teachers successfully include students with disabilities in general education classrooms. It is divided into three sections. The first section contains ideas to help develop and implement an inclusive education program. Recommendations for grouping students, using paraprofessional time, scheduling, inservice and…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques
Bauwens, Jeanne; Hourcade, Jack J. – 1995
This guide explains in a step-by-step fashion how all educators can remodel their professional practice through cooperative teaching. The guide outlines the planning, implementation, and evaluation of cooperative teaching between general educators and special educators. After considering basic features of collaboration, ways to implement…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Disabilities, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
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