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Each teacher is given an individual planning period along with another planning period for department or team grade level planning. Four core teachers make up a team as well as two special education teachers and a instructional assistant. The exception is in the 6th grade, there are 5 core teachers to accommodate for double block English. They also have a 30 minute duty free lunch.
The Special Education programs at Blue Ridge Middle School are specific to each student. A full continuum of services is offered, ranging from co-taught classes to more individualized pull-out classes. Blue Ridge Middle School also offers Directed Study as an elective class which allows students in Special Education to receive additional homework help, social skills instruction, and study skills support.
There are a few constraints which affect how the schedule works. Some of these constraints are:
This schedule was created while looking at a well funded school scenario. If there were severe budget restraints certain programs could be eliminated or class sizes could increase as long as they still meet Virginia's Standards of Quality requirements. Our current teacher to student ratio is less than 25 to 1.
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| 1 | Oct.-Nov. 2010 | Update Program of Studies
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| 2 | Oct.-Nov. 2010 | Update directories
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| 3 | Jan. 2011 | Print and distribute Program of Studies |
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| 4 | Jan. 2011 | Meet with Guidance Dept, to review process, course numbers, and timelines |
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| 5 | Jan. –May 2011 | Begin Scheduling Process
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| 5a | Elementary School visits |
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| 5b | High School visits |
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| 5c | SPED articulation meetings |
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| 6 | After each grade level is scheduled |
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| 7 | May 17, 2011 | Complete scheduling of unscheduled students |
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| 8 | May 20, 2011 | Run “Course Request Tally” report
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| 9 | May 25, 2011 | Share course tallies with department heads. Ask department heads for items to consider. |
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| 10 | May 27, 2011 | Look critically at resources and courses
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| 11 | May 31, 2011 | Run Simulation
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| 12 | June 2, 2011 | Share “Master Schedule” report with department heads
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| 13 | First week of June 2011 | Consider department heads suggestions and adjust as needed |
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| 14 | June 14, 2011 | Guidance resolve issues of students with F’s and D’s |
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| 15 | Week of June 14, 2011 | Share master schedule with department heads |
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| 16 | Week of June21, 2011 | Run Student Scheduler |
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| 17 | Week of June 21, 2011 | Analyze Scheduling Results |
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| 18 | Week of July 5, 2011 | Run report showing scheduling conflicts
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| 19 | Week of July 5, 2011 | Final Mater and Student adjustments
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| 20 | July 14, 2011 | Room assignments |
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| 21 | July 15, 2011 | Verify schedules |
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| 22 | July 30, 2011 | Mail teacher schedules |
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| 23 | August 2, 2011 | Mail student schedules |
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| 24 | August 4-15, 2011 | Schedule change requests |
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| 25 | August 22, 2011 | Students return (tentative) |
Here is the link to our Course Offerings in a pdf version .
Here is the link to our Master Schedule in a pdf version .
Here is the link to our Master Schedule Basic Core Structure in a pdf version .
Here is the link to our Middle School Master Schedule PowerPoint .
Creighton, Theodore (2007). Schools and data: The Guide for using data to improve decision making, 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Creighton, Theodore (2007). Leading from below the surface: A non-traditional approach to school leadership. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
National Middle School Association (2010). This We Believe:Keys to Educating Young Adolescents. Westerville, OH: NMSA.
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