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The Complete Handbook of Block Scheduling: Success for Students and Teachers Through Efficient Use of Time and Human Resources

by Thomas L. Shortt, Ed.D., and Yvonne V. Thayer, Ed.D.

Are your students anxious to succeed?

Are your teachers innovative, engaging educators?

Is your school ready to use time wisely and efficiently?

Is your community progressive and eager to move into the new millennium?

Then you're probably thinking about implementing a block schedule at your school—and You NEED this book!

The Complete Handbook of Block Scheduling is everything you need to know:

Definitions & Benefits
Research & Strategies
Organization & Communication Plans
Instructional Program Changes
Professional Development Ideas
Sample Schedules & Lesson Plans
Measurements for Accountability
Complete Bibliography
Accompanying CD with editable documents and printable forms

"This book is our answer to the hundreds of questions that have risen about block scheduling. We hope the book provides more than simple answers because we have intentionally made it comprehensive, dealing with all of the issues we found facing us, but trying to provide assistance that an administrator, in particular, needs."

—Tom & Yvonne

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Tom Shortt is Assistant Superintendent for Accountability for the Virginia Department of Education and former principal of Atlee High School in Hanover County, VA.

Yvonne Thayer is a policy analyst for the Virginia Department of Education and former assistant superintendent for instruction services in the Gloucester (VA) County Schools.

"To save wasted time, Tom and Yvonne are the people to go to when implementing block scheduling in your high school. These individuals are effective guides through the maze of block scheduling—they can help you avoid the pitfalls because they've been there."

—Larry Clark, principal of Halifax County (VA) High School
and 1997 Virginia High School Principal of the Year

Both Drs. Shortt and Thayer have been leaders on the cutting edge of school reform in Virginia for many years. They have gained national recognition, and rightly so, for their expertise in alternative scheduling practices. Each has a practitioner's skills appropriate to enhance sucess at the individual school level."

—Dr. Everett "Ben" Howerton, professor and doctoral studies coordinator at
George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

"Tom and Yvonne are practitioners who have spent their careers searching for ways to improve instruction for students. Clearly, they are pioneers in our profession—they embrace new procedures, new technologies, and new methodologie, to improve the delivery of our service to students."

—Dr. Wade A. "Tony" Valentino, executive director of support services for Hanover
County (VA) Public Schools, former principal of Stonewall Jackson Middle School,
Mechanicsville, VA

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