Questions+to+Discuss+on+Site+Visits

The following are questions about school schedules that should be raised during our site visits. Please feel free to edit these questions and/or post new ideas that we should discuss with regard to flexible scheduling.

What does credit recovery look like - what do you do for credit recovery?
How do you incorporate time for students to get extra help? -What type of extra help do you provide? -How is your extra help set-up? -Does someone coordinate/oversee the extra help for students? -Do teachers send notes/email/etc. to person coordinating extra help?

Do you have any after-school programs such as study table? -Who oversees and manages such programs? -How are students assigned & what are consequences if no-show?

Do you provide common planning times for teachers? -Department meetings? -Teacher training in technology integration? -Other? -if yes how is this accomplished?

Do you have students leave the building to participate in different educational settings such as vocational training or alternative educational programs? How has this affected your current schedule?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Bell Schedule <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">-Do you have different bell schedules for different events such as OGT, delayed start, etc.? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">-How many minutes are there between bells? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">-Do you provide times for clubs to meet during the schedule? -times for class meetings? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">-How do you schedule pep assemblies or other school-wide assemblies? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">-How many minutes long are your classes in a regular bell schedule?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">What does your lunch schedule look like? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">-Do you modify lunch periods for different events such as OGT, delayed start, etc.? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">-How many minutes for lunch for students? for teachers?

Do you have time set aside for the following school-wide issues: 1. OGT 2. literacy If so, what does it look like?

Are core subjects given greater instruction time than electives?