Tewksbury High School, Massachusetts, solved overcrowding problems by rearranging its school day. The continuous school day devised to solve this overcrowding is a double overlap schedule under which seniors attend school from 7:30 a.m. to noon; juniors from approximately 9:30 to 2:50 p.m.; and sophomores from noon to 4:54 p.m. Under this plan, no…

Survey of 20 rural eastern North Carolina teachers suggests that spring and fall are best for holding outdoor education workshops, with fall preferred. Workshops should provide teachers with hands-on activities, information about local outdoor resource areas, and classroom materials and should emphasize improving teacher familiarity with the…

Articles purpose is to detail what long range planning is, how it should work, how it did work in the sample stations, and why it is important. (Author)

The second installment in a series of articles discusses the organization, scheduling, authority, and responsibility of an effective school maintenance program. (Author/MLF)

Special features and advantages of foreign language mini-courses and suggestions for establishing a workable system are discussed. One advantage of the system is the minimizing of schedule conflicts. (SW)

This article describes efforts in Colorado to develop collaborative relationships among educators to better meet needs of students with disabilities. The article stresses the importance of developing common understanding, developing a full array of services within the delivery system, and addressing school scheduling issues. (JDD)

A description is given of the development and implementation of the BLOCK Schedule Program, which provides an alternative format to the traditional high school schedule and has a time frame similar to that of a summer school schedule. The target population was high risk students at the sophomore and junior levels. Students attend BLOCK classes for…

A ten-step approach is presented by which two teachers can implement their own team teaching arrangement. Advantages, disadvantages, planning, scheduling, and room design are considered. (SJL)

An interview with a college student activities director addresses topics concerning student activities planning including the need for good planning, activities planning as leadership training, roles of staff and students, planning phases, effective use of financial and human resources, contracting with artists, effective promotion, event-day…

Notes on planning for successful parent and family weekend programs at colleges and universities include discussion of the event's purpose, scheduling, use of a planning committee, funding, effective promotion, attention to program detail, tailoring programs to subgroups and target populations, event ideas, and family involvement in other campus…

Examines obstacles students face in attending English-as-a-Second-Language literacy programs and reviews some alternatives. It is suggested that organizations need to identify more precisely the groups for whom they are developing programs prior to setting up classes. (12 references) (Author/LB)

As state budget allocations for higher education decrease, "specialty" programs such as gerontology must continually demonstrate their productivity. State and private universities increasingly rely on student credit hours (SCH) or tuition generated, which is making it difficult for many gerontology programs to expand. The School of Aging Studies…

The link between time and learning is one of the most consistent findings in educational research. This handbook describes a process for developing effective use of instructional time through the identification of important decision-making criteria and the use of these criteria to create a school schedule. The handbook describes an 11-step…

A paramount objective of the middle school is to further the self-development of its students in the several academic disciplines, study skills, problem analysis, and problem solving areas. The curricula content is determined by students and the professional staff members working with them. Emphasis is on individual growth with student involvement…