1. T HE M IDDLE S CHOOL M ASTER S CHEDULE : A N I NTRODUCTION TO THE F LEXIBLE B LOCK S CHEDULE B ASED ON THE E LLIOT M ERENBLOOM M ODEL BY D R. P ETER O SROFF P RINCIPAL OF G ARDEN C ITY M IDDLE S CHOOL 10/4/20151

2. 2 Garden City Middle School Grades 6, 7 and 8 985 Students Heterogeneous Groupings Full Continuum of Special Education Services Garden City Middle School Grades 6, 7 and 8 985 Students Heterogeneous Groupings Full Continuum of Special Education Services

3. What does a great middle school program look like? Opportunities for children ◦ Heterogeneous grouped classes ◦ Teamed core subject teachers ◦ Common planning time ◦ Open enrollment (we don’t close doors) ◦ Full continuum of services for struggling and classified services ◦ Full range of subject exposure (well balanced curriculum) 10/4/20153

4. GREAT SCHOOLS NEED A GREAT STRUCTURE 4

5. Teams 6 th Grade: Three teacher teams – Math, Science, Social Studies and teachers all teach ELA – Heterogeneous groups of students – 1.0 FTE in core subject areas 7 th and 8 th Grade: Four teacher teams – Math, Science, English and Social Studies – Heterogeneous groups of students –.8 FTE in core subject area –.2 FTE support and electives (encore) 10/4/20155

6. What’s the purpose of a schedule? Keep kids busy and meet minimum mandates? OR Provide students with the best possible middle school experience? 10/4/20156

7. Grade 6 Course Sequences Grade Six Lunch Not Shown Order of classes not accurate Encore classes dispersed among core classes FallSpring 1 ELA 6 2 3 Math 6 4 Science 6 5 Social Studies 6 6 Day 1 – World Lang. 6 Spanish, French, Italian & German Day 2 – Study Skills Day 1 – World Lang. 6 Spanish, French, Italian & German Day 2 – Study Skills 7 Day 1 – Art 6 Day 2 – Music 6 Day 1 – Art 6 Day 2 – Music 6 8 Day 1 – PE 6 Day 2 – Tech 6 Day 1 – PE 6 Day 2 – H&C 6 10/4/20157

8. Grade 7 Course Sequences Grade Seven Lunch Not Shown Order of classes not accurate Encore classes dispersed among core classes FallSpring 1 ELA 7 2 Math Regular 7or Accelerated 7 Math Regular 7or Accelerated 7 3 Science Regular 7 or Accelerated 7 Science Regular 7 or Accelerated 7 4 Social Studies 7 5 World Language 7 Spanish, Italian & German World Language 7 Spanish, Italian & German 6 Day 1 – Technology 7 Day 2 – Home & Careers 7 Day 1 – Technology 7 Day 2 – Home & Careers 7 7 Day 1 – PE 7 Day 2 – Music 7 Day 1 – PE 7 Day 2 – Music 7 8 Day 1 – Art 7 Day 2 – (Elective) Day 1 – Health 7 Day 2 – (Elective) 10/4/20158

9. Grade 8 Course Sequences Grade Eight ** Music is an elective class in 8 th grade *** Earth Science Lab takes an elective slot for accelerated students Lunch Not Shown Order of classes not accurate Encore classes dispersed among core classes FallSpring 1 ELA 8 2 Math Regular 8 or Math Accelerated 8 Math Regular 8 or Math Accelerated 8 3 Science Regular 8 or Earth Science 8 Science Regular 8 or Earth Science 8 4 Social Studies 8 5 World Language 8 Spanish, Italian & German World Language 8 Spanish, Italian & German 6 Day 1 – PE 8 Day 2 – Art 8 Day 1 – PE 8 Day 2 – Art 8 7 Day 1 – Music 8** (elective 1) Day 2 – Health 8 Day 1 – Music 8** (elective 1) Day 2 – Tech 8 8 Day 1 – (elective 2 or ES Lab***) Day 2 – (elective 3) Day 1 – (elective 2 or ES Lab***) Day 2 – (elective 3) 10/4/20159

10. Blueprint 10

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