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A Blended Staffing Model in an Expanded Learning Time School
Listen to an assistant principal and a site coordinator describe a collaborative approach to staffing in an expanded learning time school. In this approach, a school and community-based organization collaborate to reduce the student-to-teacher ratio and provide individualized literacy instruction. To see an example of how this collaboration enables more small-group work and individualized attention, check out Second Grade Units of Study for Reading Workshop.
Presentations
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A Blended Staffing Model in an Expanded Learning Time School
Listen to an assistant principal and a site coordinator describe a collaborative approach to staffing in an expanded learning time school. -
Working Together to Meet Students' Needs
Watch a slideshow about a staffing model that includes high school and college students who provide literacy support as part of the expanded school day. -
Strategies for Scheduling Literacy Instruction
This slideshow depicts a scheduling strategy used in an expanded learning day middle school.
Interviews
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Planning an Expanded Learning Day
Listen to how a school planned and implemented an expanded learning day initiative. -
Rethinking the School Day
This interview describes how the school redesigned the school day to add two more hours of instructional time.
Sample Materials
- Expanded Learning Time Facilitator Job Description
- Expanded Learning Time Site Coordinator: Two Sample Job Descriptions
- Instructional Focus Team Activity
- Primary-Level Sample Schedule
- Rounds as a Model of Professional Development
- Second Grade Units of Study for Reading Workshop
- Steps for Recruiting, Interviewing, and Hiring After-School Staff