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PROPOSAL FOR A NEW SCHEDULE FOR CCHS

Creator: Matt Leman

Committee: Cindy Gerber, Stephanie Vucsko, Emily Kinzler, Tyler Castle, Traci Fritz, Mary Kay Sthay, Dave Sinkular, & Ben Baer

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Mission Statement: “Prepare students today for tomorrow’s challenges”

The mission is to help students learn independence and find avenues to accomplish their goals while supporting them in these pursuits.

Vision: What does our new “world” look like?

Each student has the tools they need to be successful as they define it.  Time is not wasted controlling and pointlessly supervising children. Instead our time is utilized to create teachable moments about what's important to individual students in order for them to achieve their personal goals.

Goals:  What specifically do we want to accomplish with this schedule?

  • Specific time dedicated to specific tasks (mentor block, intervention block, cycling academic courses for reteaching, exploratory learning possibilities)
  • Time to intervene for students that are not capable or not currently mature enough to make appropriate decisions for themselves in the area of academics
  • Scaffold opportunities to help students become independent starting with a more controlled 9th grade to a much less controlled 12th grade year by year

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CCT

Ineffective

Wasted Time

Teachers and students hate it

Split the Time:

Rotating Time block

&

Mentor Block

Problem

Solution

Make-up work

Quizzes, tests, homework

Rotating block:

Students have another time with their specific classroom teachers 1x every week

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CCT at the end of the day:

Students are mentally spent

Reduce classes to 60 minutes

Create 3 time blocks

Academic at beginning of the day, Mentor in the middle; Academic at the end

Problem

Solution

CCT:

Focus on students that are behind

Everyone has wasted time

Focus on students at their level

Differentiate and organize for optimal productivity

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Seniors

When do they stay?

Oh yeah, they don’t

Special Events occur on a planned C schedule

Problem

Solution

Not adequate time to build “relationships with the kids”

Mentor block builds in a specific time to “build relationships” with the same kids, possibly over 4 years

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Missed Days on the current A/B Schedule

C Day Solution: Flexibility to make up missed A or B days with the C day schedule

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Problem

Solution

Desire for increased and more frequent “instruction time” with our students in our classes

Current schedule: Roughly 43 days of contact (5 days every 2 weeks) for 3440 minutes per semester

Proposed Schedule:

72 Contact days (4 days per week) for 200 minutes/week with course teacher

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Data time &

Intervention Prep time

We have none!

1x a week

Rotating Block

Allocate “Data Analysis” Time

Intervention Prep Time

Problem

Solution

Students don’t feel like teachers care about them

Mentor block

Same kids every for 4 years

Teachers have designated time to teach “life skills” & build relationships

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C Day

Time

Minutes

A/B Day

Time

Minutes

1A

8:20-9:00

40

Rotating Block #1

8:20-9:00

40

1B

9:05-9:47

42

1

9:05-10:05

60

2A

9:52-10:34

42

2

10:10-11:10

60

2B

10:39-11:21

42

3: A Lunch

11:15-11:40

25 (+5)

3A:

A Lunch

11:26-11:51

25

3: B Lunch

11:45-12:10

25 (+5)

3A:

B Lunch

11:56-12:21

25

3: C lunch

12:15-12:40

25

3A:

C Lunch

12:26-12:51

25

Mentor

12:45-1:20

35

3B

12:56-1:38

42

4

1:25-2:25

60

4A

1:43-2:25

42

Rotating Block #2

2:30-3:10

40

4B

2:30-3:10

40

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Mon ( C )

No Rotating Block

Tues (A)

Wed (B)

Thurs (A)

Fri (B)

AM Rotating Block

1B

1A

2B

2A

PM Rotating Block

3B

3A

4B

4A

Proposed Schedule Rotation

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PURPOSE OF ROTATING BLOCK

  • Eliminates the need for the “green pass” to have students meet with teachers to catch up.
  • Sporadic moments of reteaching after absences or whole class reteaching is built into the schedule once every week
  • Time to make up quizzes, tests, and assignments are built into the schedule.
  • A goal of updating grades for a class each day can help keep grades current
  • Time is more “instructional” because the teacher plans with an intentional purpose with a specific content teacher

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PURPOSE OF THE MENTOR BLOCK

  • Create a dedicated time for RTI
  • Put time block in the middle of the day to prevent “burn out” and lack of productivity
  • Establish 9-12th grade specific curriculum for this time block
    • Ex: SEL curriculum, executive functioning skills, study habits, SAT prep, FAFSA etc…

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LOGISTICS TO CONSIDER

  • GAVC: Morning GAVC leaves at 8:30 & Afternoon leaves at 12:30
  • Lunch schedule still works with GAVC
  • AP Courses: We currently have AP classes with other schools
    • 4 out of district students take AP Bio during 1A

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GAVC

Rotating blocks in the AM and PM

Problem

Solution

Lunch

A/B Day: 65 minute of class A & C

C-Days: 25 minutes (3A always shorter)

Current plan:

10 minute difference for 3rd period

No Mentor Block on C days:

Sports will dismiss during 4th hour

Switch between 3A and 3B on C day

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HOW DOES THIS SCHEDULE ACHIEVE OUR MISSION, VISION, AND GOALS?

Mission

  • We recognize ALL students have different and varying challenges. We create specific time blocks to address ALL levels of students with VARIOUS needs and goals.

Vision

  • Shorter, more focused periods of time of instruction lends itself more to “today’s “ students.

Goals

  • Specific time is dedicated to specific tasks keeping that time true to its purpose
  • Time to intervene for students is built into the schedule to keep students on track and successful
  • Scaffold opportunities are created to help students become independent starting with a more controlled 9th grade to a much less controlled 12th grade
  • GAVC still guaranteed rotating academic block and Seniors are guaranteed to be here at least once a week

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WHAT DOES THIS NEW SCHEDULE PROVIDE THAT OUR OLD SCHEDULE DOES NOT?

  • Guaranteed time to meet with academic courses 4 times per week
  • Dedicated time to mentor students each day at every level whether they need interventions, study skills, independent learning, etc…
  • Set time for meetings

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December

Meet with initial committee members

Create a mission, vision, and goals

Brainstorm ideas and start a list of problems/solutions

Present the plan to others and get feedback

Contact administration about our idea

January

Meet with committee members to “polish” the plan

Create proposal for administration

February

Present new schedule to high school administration

Work out additional issues with administration and guidance

April

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Present new schedule to the Board of Education

July

Get board approval

Proposed Timeline for Approval of Schedule

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September

Present the new schedule to staff in an all staff meeting

October-December

Professional Development time devoted for teachers to prepare for the new time block

September-December

Create a committee to build a curriculum for 9-12 Mentor Block

Create teacher assignments for Mentor Block

January

Introduce teacher assignments for Mentor Block

Give teachers PD time and training to learn Mentor Block curriculum

February

Teachers collaborate with similar “mentor block” assignments to prep for time period

Teachers collaborate among departments and create a plan for their rotating block

April

Collect reliable and useful data on ALL students at CCHS to place students in appropriate Mentor blocks

May

Meet with BLT or other committee to appropriately place students in various Mentor blocks

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August 2023

Implement new schedule!!!

Proposed Timeline for Schedule Implementation

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