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It is hard to address all learners needs.

For many, block is too long and boring.

Not enough variety of classes.

With 6 and 7 period day, you do not have enough time to get going and wasted time for class changes.

Too many interruptions in instructional time.

The resource schedule is a five block schedule that allows for a variety of classes that would otherwise be difficult if not impossible to offer. It is a schedule that will help your struggling students, your high achieving students, as well as average students. It gives each student a sense of belonging or being a part of something.

The schedule actually allows for three days a week of built in remediation. It allows credit recovery during the day if needed. It allows for time to make up work in classes. It eliminates instructional interruptions.

The resource schedule allows for more A.P. classes to be taken online. It will allow for students to take enrichment type classes such as quiz bowl, math team, debate, as well as many others.

The resource schedule also allows for classes of interest to your average student that often is overlooked. Things that they enjoy. Things that will get many of them involved in the school for the first time. Classes such as outdoors, photography, fishing, scrabble, etc.

If we followed Pisgahs schedule exactly it would look like this: 8:30-9:45 1st Block 9:49-11:04 2nd Block 11:08-12:11 Resource Period 12:15-2:02 3rd Block and Lunch 2:02-2:14 Break 2:18-3:33 4th Block

8:30-9:45 1st Block 9:50-11:05 2nd Block 11:10-12:15 Resource Period 12:20-2:05 3rd Block and Lunch 2:05-2:15 Break 2:20-3:35 4th Block

More A.P. Classes Credit Recovery Graduation Exam Remediation (if ever needed) Math Team Quiz Bowl Debate Chess Fun with Science Broadcasting Class (radio, TV, etc) Documentaries Classic Literature Outdoors Fishing Photography

Cake Decorating Scrabble Bible as Literature Board Games Logic Puzzles Crafts Reading for Fun Creative Writing Art (more types or forms) Music (more types or appreciation) Pioneer Living Wii active and table games Fun with the stock market

It offers ways to help advanced, struggling, as well as the average student. It helps promote better school culture. It breaks the so called boredom for students and faculty. You can offer a variety of classes not possible before. It limits the interruptions in the instructional time. It has time for tier 3 teaching and remediation as well as other benefits with RTI.

The resource period is used to make up work or test if a student is out. This eliminates teachers having to take time out of class to do this. The teachers love the resource class in the middle of the day to break the day up for them. They also enjoy teaching a nontraditional type class. It allows for a built in time for clubs to meet as well as assemblies, pep rallies, etc It builds culture by pairing students with common interest. It lowers your discipline incidents and offers an additional discipline tool if needed. You can implement a no zero policy by having students make up work during this time if you choose to do so. If you have students move in that is behind, this will offer a much better way of catching them up by allowing access during this time. It can be used for PLC meetings as well as department meetings, since the classes can be covered much easier.

This is awesome This keeps it from being boring The remediation time has helped me catch up The resource classes are so much fun I love this school I have learned more about people in our school during this time than I have the past 10 years

This is great for students and teachers alike We enjoy the resource time It breaks the day up and makes it go by much faster The 75 minute block is much more efficient and easier to keep them motivated I like it because it allows time to make up work without interruptions

Pisgah has increased their graduation rate to 90% for the past two years. Discipline has been reduced by 68%. They finished at or near the top in every possible area academically in the county. They placed in state level academic competitions against much larger schools. This is due to the fact that their advanced students had a time built in to work on this level of academic competition.

If we did it exactly like them, it would look like this: 8:30-9:54 1st Block 10:00-11:29 2nd Block 11:29-12:23 SMART Lunch 12:29-1:53 3rd Block 1:59-3:23 4th Block

8:30-9:55 1st Block 10:00-11:25 2nd Block 11:25-12:25 SMART Lunch 12:30-1:55 3rd Block 2:00-3:25 4th Block

If we follow it exactly, it will look like: 8:30-9:55 1st Block 10:00-11:25 2nd Block 11:30-1:25 3rd Block 11:30-11:55 Lunch A 12:00-12:25 Lunch B 12:30-12:55 Lunch C 1:00-1:25 Lunch D 1:30-2:55 4th Block 3:00-3:30 Seminar

Monday-First Period Seminar Tuesday-Second Period Seminar Wednesday-Third Period Seminar Thursday-Fourth Period Seminar Friday-All students dismissed at 2:20

The seminar schedule provides an incentive for students to maintain a B average in all of their classes. It also provides students who do not maintain a B average with an opportunity to receive remediation/guided practice during the school day. Seminar is incorporated into the daily schedules so all students, including those who ride a bus, are able to participate.

Students have an incentive for maintaining a B average in all of their classes Students who cannot maintain a B average have a daily structure that allows them to receive additional help Students are able to track their averages and receive teacher feedback every two weeks Students who do not have to be at seminar and participate in after school activities are able to work on homework After school activities can begin and end earlier, allowing more family time, rest, work, homework, etc. for involved students.

Seminar attendance is mandatory for any student who has a class average below 85% in a class. Seminars may be attended by any student who needs to make up or finish class assignments due to absences and any student who chooses to receive additional instruction. During the first four weeks of each semester, every student must attend seminar according to the weekly seminar schedule regardless of their class average. Additional instruction and guided practice will be given during this time. At the end of the first four weeks, progress reports will be made available. The class average on progress reports will indicate who will be required to attend seminars during the next two weeks. This same process will occur every two weeks for the remainder of the semester. Students on the list will go to seminar after fourth period. Students will only attend seminar for classes in which their average is below 85%.

Each day at 2:25, students must be in seminar, the gym, the library (if they have a pass) or outside of the building leaving campus. Students caught in the hallways, in front of the building waiting for a ride, or standing, not moving in the parking lot after 2:25, will be disciplined for being out of bounds or skipping. When the bell rings at 2:20, walkers and drivers who are not on a seminar list must leave campus or go to the gym where supervision is provided. Students must leave campus or be seated by the 2:25 bell. Students who are not seated by 2:25 must register a tardy. Students may obtain a media center pass during lunch at the front office window each day on a first come first served basis. Students reporting to the media center must be there by the 2:25 bell or must register a tardy and must remain there until the 2:55 bell.

Bus students and students waiting for an after-school activity or a ride home with another student who is attending seminar must be seated in the gym by the 2:25 bell or they will be required to register a tardy at the front office window. Students are not to leave campus (and return) during seminar if they wish to ride the bus home. Students seated in the gym may do the following: spend time with friends, talk softly with those at their table only, and use the time to finish homework, or use electronic devices. These devices may be confiscated if students become disruptive with them. Headphones must be used for listening devices. Electronic devices cannot be seen, heard or used until students are seated in the gym. Students may go sit in the cafeteria to have snacks.

Students who are being picked up after fourth period must be on the front door terrace when the bell rings at 2:25 P.M. If their ride has arrived, they may leave. If they have not been picked up by 2:30, they will be escorted back into the cafeteria and will have to sit with the bus riders. Parents who arrive between 2:30 and 2:55 will have to come into the building to check out students. When the tardy bell sounds at 2:25, all students required to attend seminar must be in their seminar classroom. The hallways will be clear. Students must register a tardy if late for seminar class. Attendance at seminar is included in the Board of Education Ten Day Attendance Policy, and there will be academic and/or discipline consequences for students who are tardy or who skip seminar (the same as being tardy or skipping other classes). Students who are out of bounds after the seminar tardy bell will be assigned Saturday detention.

Various forms of block schedules Alternating day schedules Rotating schedules Dropped schedules.

A common misconception is that a block schedule must include long blocks every day of the week. In order to have each class meet several times each week, block schedules are often mixed with fixed-period schedules. The following example shows how longer blocks can be mixed with shorter class periods. In this school, the goal was to assure that every class met four times each week.

Monday 1 2 3

Tuesday 1

Wednesday 1 2

Thursday 5

Friday 1 2

4 5 6
7 8 4

4 3 5 6
7 8 8

4 7 5 6
7 8

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday provide 45minute class periods with each class meeting once. Tuesday and Thursday are used for 90minute class periods with only four classes meeting each day.

An alternating schedule, often called an A and B schedule, includes classes that alternate from day-to-day. A version of the block schedule, the alternating schedule generally provides longer instructional periods every day.

Monday 1 2 3 4

Tuesday 5 6 7 8

Wednesday 1 2 3 4

Thursday 5 6 7 8

Friday 1 2 3 4

The schedule continues to alternate every day throughout the semester or year. In the example above, for the following week, classes 5, 6, 7, and 8 would meet on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday while classes 1, 2, 3, and 4 would meet on Tuesday and Thursday.

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