"Blocking" is an alternative model for teacher education in which faculty take existing courses and field experiences, integrate the learning concepts, and through variable time structuring, mode flexibility, synthesis of theory and practice, and experiential instruction present a "block" of consecutive, team-taught courses. (MB)

Advantages of a full year program of teacher preparation over more traditional approaches include total immersion in a professional sequence, allowance for extended and varied field experiences, and greater flexibility in scheduling programs and activities. (MB)

Team teaching, flexible-modular scheduling, a variety of field experiences, and professional semesters are strategies implemented in the Colorado State University teacher preparation program within the last year. (MB)