When I was first involved with the Canadian Student Debating Federation, around 2008, there was a big row about styles of debate. The National Seminar was stagnating and losing popularity among debaters and coaches, and it seemed that no-one could…
As you will know if you have read my previous posts, I have been working with a PLC team on a proposal for a new schedule for ASFM. We recently got approval for a pilot week in April – and…
Here’s the screen-cast video from today’s presentation I made to ASFM staff. It’s long (50 min) but worth a watch!
As previously mentioned, the first stops on our scheduling discovery trip through the U.S. were to explore flex-mod schedules in Sheboygan, Wausau and Merrill, Wisconsin. Next we headed west to Hudson, Wisconsin to explore some block scheduling. To be honest,…
In my last post, I explored some of the less obvious consequences of using a flexible modular (flex-mod) schedule, with the view of how it would affect student schedules. In this post, I will run through an example of how…
This week I travelled through Wisconsin and Colorado visiting some American high schools looking for inspiration on the scheduling question. We first turned our attention to flex-mod scheduling, which is run at several public schools in Wisconsin. Wasau West High,…