Practices that support
PLC’s |
Model components |
Changes in teacher
allocation |
- Reduction of specialized
programs and creation of more generalized roles for teachers
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- Multi-age, heterogeneous
groups for all subjects (E)*
- All students in heterogeneous
classes of 15 to 18, some with 1 teacher and 1 teaching assistant
(E, H)
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- Title I instructors used
school-wide and
concentrated in focus grades or subject areas (E, H)
- Special Ed teachers team
with classroom teachers in heterogeneous groups (E)
No ability groups (H)
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- More flexible student grouping
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- 90 mins./day of reading instruction in groups of 8 or less (E)
- 12th graders take college courses or internships (H)
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- Title I instructors rotate
to reduce size of reading groups (E)
- Teachers co-teach interdisciplinary
courses
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- Arrangements that facilitate
personal relationships
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- Clusters of students remain
together for three years (E);
- Advisory groups of 12-15
students (H)
- Students assigned to “houses”
for 2 years (H)
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- All professional staff assigned
advisory groups (H)
- Teachers stay with same
students for 2-3 yrs. (E,H)
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- Longer and more varied blocks of instructional time
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- Block scheduling (H)
- Students and teachers choose
a.m. or p.m. shift (H)
- Community service and internship
each week (H)
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- Specialists cover instruction
(E)
- Teachers teach interdisciplinary
courses (H)
- Teachers teach fewer classes
for longer periods (H)
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- Creation of more usable collaborative planning and learning
time for teachers
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- Cluster/team teachers have
common planning time (E,H)
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- Teachers meet when students
attend community service/internships (H)
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- Creative definitions of staff roles and work day that includes
systematic use of instructional aides, part-time positions and
varied job schedules
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- Trained instructional assistants
work with small groups of students
throughout the day (E)
- Use of teaching interns
as instructional aides (E,H)
- Extended hours
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- Two alternative shifts for
teachers (H)
- Instructional assistants
rotate to small groups (E)
- Paraprofessionals work
staggered shifts (H,E)
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