STUDENT CENTERED: Flexible Blocks Enhance Personalized Learning

On any given day, a visitor might see 10 students practicing a section of music, two students reading books for another class, three doing makeup work, two working together to fix an instrument, and two writing music, while three others are accessing additional help. Other students retake a quiz, fi...

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Published inPrincipal Leadership Vol. 17; no. 3; p. 10
Main Author Pickering, Brian
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Reston National Association of Secondary School Principals 01.11.2016
Subjects
Academically Gifted
Attendance
Bands
Career Exploration
Enrichment Activities
High Schools
Interpersonal Relationship
Learning
Music
Music teachers
Organic Chemistry
Physics
Principals
School Culture
School environment
School Newspapers
School principals
Secondary schools
STEM Education
Students
Study Centers
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Summary:On any given day, a visitor might see 10 students practicing a section of music, two students reading books for another class, three doing makeup work, two working together to fix an instrument, and two writing music, while three others are accessing additional help. Other students retake a quiz, finish homework, take a career exploration test, photograph an event for the yearbook, or participate in the school newspaper. Using the flexible block model to personalize learning affects school culture in unique ways as well. Since implementing TASC five years ago, ConVal has seen a 41 percent drop in the number of behavioral referrals.
ISSN:2156-2113