Interdisciplinary Teaming has been used at the middle level in Fremont for many years. Student learning is the key component of scheduling. A discussion must be considered about the effectiveness of common plan time and teaming.
Transition from elementary to secondary schedule
In the elementary schools, students largely are with one teacher throughout the day with the obvious exception of music, PE, art, media, etc. In the high school, students all have different schedules and have many different teachers who do not share them in common. Where do we go in the middle?Questions to consider
- Q1: What impact does interdisciplinary teams have on student learning? Student behavior? High expectations?
- Q2: Does teaming improve instructional quality? How does teaming effect communication/feedback between teachers and students?
- Q3: Do we have a better understanding of students because of teaming? Do we better understand prior cognitive ability? students disposition to learn? Does teaming improve our ability to intervene and/or enrich curriculum based on student needs?
- Q4: What advantages does interdisciplinary teaming have when compared to departmental teaming? What are advantages departmental teaming?
- Q5: Can we use teams to increase parent involvement? In what ways do we communicate with parents through teams?
- Q6: How important is teaming in our future schedule? What other factors are important?
Use twitter to discuss. Use the hashtag #58connect . Use Q1/A1 format to answer questions from this blog.
Brent's Blog
Schedule:
- December 8: Time to Talk Teaming Blog
- December 8: The Case for Teaming Blog
- December 8-December 20-Twitter Conversation: tweet anything then put #58connect at the end.
- December 14 Coffee with Colleagues-7:00 am
- December 20 Coffee with Colleagues (Hold the Coffee-bring a lunch) 11:45 a.m.
Feel free to participate in any portion you would like. You can come to coffee with colleagues and lunch on Dec 20.
