On-Site Staff Development

We personally invite you, your colleagues, teachers and staff to bring Dr. Queen directly to your school or district for staff development in one or more of the SESSIONS listed below:



SESSION ONE: Introduction/Review Major Block Tools
Block Scheduling: Promises and Pitfalls
Redesigning a Community and Comfortable Culture for Block Scheduling
Curriculum Alignment Analysis (Activity Based Upon Need)
Developing Pacing Guides for Effective Use of Time on the Block
From Less Teacher-Directed Instruction to More Student-Directed Instruction

SESSION TWO: Using the Extended Period Effectively
Maximizing Success in Each 75-120 Minute Period: Teaching Bell to Bell
The Master Lesson Designs for the Classroom
Instructional Strategies (From Lecture to Teacher Presentation and Teacher-Student Discussion)
Instructional Strategies (Forming Objectives into Questions: The Five Inquiry Models)

SESSION THREE: Effective Block Scheduling Strategies & Assessments
Instructional Strategies for Block Scheduling (Cooperative Learning Models, The Case Methods, Synectics, The Memory Models)
Instructional Strategies for Block Scheduling (Simulations and Games, eMethods)
Instructional Strategies for Block Scheduling (Small Group Seminars, Socratic Seminar)
Interval Assessment Goals and Expectations
Designing Effective Formative Assessment by Improving Teacher-Made Tests
Teaching the Disengaged Student
Introduction to Alternative/Authentic Assessment Models

SESSION FOUR: Advanced Instructional Assessments
Advanced Authentic Student Assessments
Daily Authentic Assessment for Content Products and Processes
Daily Authentic Assessment Mastering Student Understanding (Quick and Extended Assessments)
Linking Authentic Assessment, Teacher Formative Assessment to District/State Summative Tests (Improving Specific Groups from 15-25%)
Classroom Management for the Block Schedule: The RCMPlan

SESSION FIVE: Block Scheduling 2.0 The High Tech Block Methods
Using Technology to Advance Instructional Success
Incorporating Safe Instructional Sites, Interactive Sites, IPods, and Web 2.0 Activities
Web/ 2.0 Advanced eMethods, and Virtual Reality Methods for Safe Classroom Use

SESSION SIX: Advanced Classroom Management: A Schoolwide Model for the Block
The Block for First Day, First Week, First Semester and First Year
Effective and Instructionally Focused Instructional Fillers
From Teacher and Parent Conferences to More Student-Directed Parent Conferences

SESSION SEVEN: After Full Implementation
Classroom Observations
Corrections in Strategies, Master Schedule Building
Updating New Teachers to the School
Evaluating the Progress of the
Setting up Common Assessments

Most SESSIONS are designed for two or three days (6 to 7 hours per day), split or scheduled consecutively. The Introduction or Review Session can be conducted in one day, but is more effective over two days.

SESSIONS can be as designed or personalized based upon needs and time factors. All professional development sessions include individual instructional materials for each person

Blockscheduling@gmail.com
704-779-5795 cell phone
704-739-1073 home office
704-734-0677 Block Scheduling/Writer’s Edge, Inc. office
704-739-2719 Fax