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Middle School Scheduling Community Feedback Presentation Revised

Middle School Scheduling Community Feedback Presentation Revised. Issue. Providing increased instructional time and scheduling flexibility for middle school students. 2. Alignments. Today. Identify Scheduling Option. Act. Grade 6 Spanish. Study. Online Teacher Course: Early Adolescence.

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Middle School Scheduling Community Feedback Presentation Revised

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  1. Middle School SchedulingCommunity Feedback PresentationRevised

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

  3. Alignments

  4. 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 4

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  6. GRADE 7 SCHEDULES Current Proposed 6

  7. GRADE 8 SCHEDULES Current Proposed 7

  8. Where we are now…

  9. We are listening… • Five community forums • Superintendent meeting with teachers at each middle school • School-based staff meetings • Open Town Hall online forum • ACI Advisory Committees dialogue and input • Online surveys • Individual e-mails • Individual feedback forms (electronic and hard copies) 9

  10. Feedback To date, we’ve received repeated feedback in the broad areas of: • Interest in increased, uninterrupted, in-depth instructional time • Concern around the loss of cross-graded elective opportunities • Interest in maintaining the current level of PE and/or music in Grade 6 • Concern around specific instructional needs for English Language Learners and students with disabilities Continued on Next Slide 10

  11. Feedback (continued) To date, we’ve received repeated feedback in the broad areas of: • Need to ensure appropriate reading instruction in Grade 6 • Concern over the developmental and social-emotional abilities of students to benefit fully from increased time in class • Interest in world language opportunities for all students in Grade 6 • Value of a regular, daily, Teacher Advisor (TA) time • Need for professional learning opportunities for teachers 11

  12. Where we are going… • Continue to gather feedback through the end of March • Engage in a period of reflection • Develop a revised schedule based on what we hear 12

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  14. Timeline of Next Steps

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