Other schools, such as the high - performing Brooklyn Generation High School in New York City, reduce costs by
staggering teacher schedules.
Read about how Brooklyn Generation implemented
a staggered teacher schedule to expand the school year for ALL students.
The proposal for the school — now tentatively called «Elm City Imagine» — includes an extended school year with a calendar alternating eight weeks of regular classes with two weeks of «expedition» career engagement; longer school days with
staggered teacher schedules; and small - group instruction with more focus on technology.
Not exact matches
Teachers stagger their work
schedules so there's always a math
teacher and an English
teacher available onsite.
A
staggered school day with both students and
teachers working on alternate, overlapping
schedules would afford smaller class sizes, more minutes of instruction, and more opportunities for student movement, activities, and enrichment.
The calendar can be single - track with students and school personnel all following the same
schedule, or multitrack with students and
teachers divided into two or more groups following
staggered schedules (usually used to reduce overcrowding).
The Generation Schools Network, a nonprofit that partners with schools and districts in New York and Colorado to launch new schools, has added up to 30 percent more learning time for students without increasing costs or
teacher workload while simultaneously increasing the time for
teachers to plan and collaborate.30 Through innovative school
schedules that include three types of
teachers with dual roles,
teachers have up to two hours daily to plan lessons with their colleagues and receive coaching.31 Schools utilizing the Generation Schools Model hire three different teaching teams for distinct teaching roles and
stagger the teams throughout the day and year to increase instructional time for students.
During the eight - week class sessions, students will have extended days from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., with
teachers on two
staggered schedules, one from 7 - 3 and the other from 9 - 5.
For example,
teachers might start
staggered schedules.