Schedule Change
​"Schedule change" is less about minutes and classes than about why and how a school might rethink the ways it uses and allocates programmatic time, and then how it can develop an optimal transition plan when implementing a revised schedule.

​Webinar

Independent Schedules: Semester-in-a-Trimester at Beaver Country Day School  -  In 1998 Beaver Country Day School instituted an Upper School (9-12) schedule that offered longer teaching blocks, fewer transitions, and the opportunity for students to complete semester-long classes in a trimester. Learn how Beaver has leveraged and evolved this schedule to support multiple innovations in curriculum and pedagogy.

​Blog Posts

• People And Programs: The Other Half Of Schedule Reform, October 29, 2021
  
• Rethinking Time and Space (Keep Doing It!), October 25, 2021
  
• How to Solve Scheduling Problems with Asynchronous Learning, August 9, 2021
• The Mini-Term Promise, November 29, 2014 
• ‘Tis The Season–for Schedule Committees!, December 1, 2012

​​Independent Schedules: Making Time for Students at Shattuck-St. Mary's School - At Shattuck-St. Mary’s School in MInnesota, a recently developed and highly innovative schedule creates time for an extensive blended learning program as well as allowing students to pursue in-depth Centers of Excellence in academics, the arts, and athletics.

So You Want to Change Your School's Schedule? - "The schedule must serve the curriculum," is a mantra that everyone has heard, and the pressure in schools for schedule change is growing. But the process of choosing or developing a new schedule and then implementing the change is fraught with anxiety-inducing elements and unforeseen complications. There are, however, some principles that school leaders should be aware of as they prepare to take the leap into the process, and Peter Gow lays these out and responds to questions to help participants anticipate potholes and roadblocks as they design a process designed to meet the curricular needs of each school.

Independent Schedules: Mods & Blocks at the Cambridge School of Weston - For forty years The Cambridge School of Weston (grades 9-12) has used a schedule that combines extended, immersive teaching times and an academic year marked by multiple short terms. Find out about how "mods & blocks" work and how CSW has used this schedule as the foundation for an innovative academic program that allows students to focus on deep interests, one at a time.