Adding a flexible block of time to your school schedule can help personalize learning for your students. But with an already busy schedule, how can you add another block of time? Won’t students be missing important class time? What does a ‘flex block’ look like in different schools?
Intensive learning sessions are special weeks where regular classes are put on hold and students participate in a wide variety of activities: enrichment, acceleration, interdisciplinary programs, service learning, internships, and remediation activities.
On this site, Farmington Area Public Schools shares information with families and the community on the structure for flexible learning days.
This time strategy, created by Unlocking Time, profiles how schools have designed virtual learning days based on various needs, such as emergency situations or to allow for teacher planning days.
Virtual School Day – Park Ridge, NJ Type: video Video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/eg3JpVcx29g Topics: Time Sub-topics: Structure of the Day
Bronx Arena’s founder discusses why the school uses four hour blocks of time called “Arenas” as the main time for instruction.
Bronx Arena’s founder discusses each component of the school’s schedule and how they work to improve teaching and learning for students.
Bronx Arena’s master schedule shows the amount of time dedicated to various blocks, including Learning Lab, Arenas, enrichments, and more.
The schedule at Locust Grove Middle School is designed to allow for weekly advisory, daily assessment lab, and maker space. Each day students have six classes and two connections classes (electives). Of the six classes, four are academic classes (math, ELA, social studies, and science) and the other two are Assessment Lab and Makerspace.
The master schedule at Valor is built to allow for various structures, such as Circle and Content Focus classes.
