Re: Block Scheduling
Posted by Helen/HS/La. on 5/09/08
In schools where there is a problem with student conflict,
having fewer class changes per day cuts down on disruption.
Where there is a problem with truancy, there are fewer chances
for kids to slip off campus when there aren't as many times
that kids are going this way and that without a teacher.
Even with a 90-minute prep period, in some block
configurations teachers don't get their prep every day. But
if they do, then that's a LOT of prep time. (The "con" -
obviously - is in those block schedules where teachers DO get
90 minutes a day prep time, then students are NOT getting as
many instructional minutes in core subjects as they would with
the traditional schedule.)