Block scheduling today has evolved more into a philosophy for learning than a way to just structure the school day. Why a philosophy for learning one may ask? Because schools that have been the most effective over the years, have highly qualified teachers that have made the important transition from the traditional role of “the giver of knowledge” to the much more acceptable “a facilitator for learning” in the classroom.

Students have voiced nationally their intolerable level of boredom of many classroom teachers instructing in both the traditional and the block scheduled settings. If the culture of the school and the instructional approaches of the classroom have not adapted to the 21st century, then no schedule or setting will offer students the opportunity to reclaim the academic superiority we use to have in our public schools.

I have worked with thousands of teachers and hundreds of school and district leaders in over 500 school districts in 49 states and six foreign countries and there is NO MAGIC to just going to the block. While I have found no other schedule in the past 30 years that can offer a better opportunity for maximizing learning and improving test scores than the block models, four things have to occur to truly make it successful: a culture for student-based instruction with a focus on student learning over the teacher teaching; curriculum and instructional alignment using a school or subject-based teams, mastery of at least six instructional strategies and related assessment techniques and SUSTAINED STAFF DEVELOPMENT on a regular basis.

Whether you are a principal or teacher interested in moving to block scheduling or a veteran educator looking for advanced instructional strategies, you have come to the right place. I can assist you in class, school or district wide transition, improvement or advanced designs. Visit my site and see how I can assist you in becoming the best teacher, principal, school or district possible.

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1001 Strategies, Lessons and Transitional Activities for the Block Schedule:
Grades 6-12

by J. Allen Queen
Thomas E. Fisher
Dorothy A. Hayes

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The mission of www.BlockScheduling.com™ is to provide the best ON SITE professional staff development programs in the expanding areas of block scheduling (4x4, A/B and over 25 different designs), flexible scheduling (extended day and year designs), and extended learning periods (ELP). Specifically we deliver the “best practices” of curriculum alignment, instructional pacing, instructional strategies and related authentic assessments for use in the elementary school (grades 3-5), middle school, junior high school and senior high schools. Our specialty is maximizing the effectiveness of instructional time of varying 75-120 minute periods.

Our vision for the next  ten years is to remain the national leader in delivering the highest quality, on-site staff development with mastery knowledge in a variety of block scheduling, models and continue to expand the range  and types of classroom instructional activities to increase student engagement.