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Perceptions Of A Traditional High School Bell Schedule In The 21st Century, Shelley Gates
Perceptions Of A Traditional High School Bell Schedule In The 21st Century, Shelley Gates
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The daily bell schedule in a comprehensive high school has a significant impact on teaching and learning, school climate, and the well-being of students and staff. An increasing emphasis on the need for students to have strong critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, and creativity skills provides an impetus for questioning the length of traditional class periods. This change leadership plan focuses on one school’s effort to examine their current school day schedule to determine what, if any, changes should be made to insure alignment between the daily bell schedule and the school’s mission and goals. Based on the work of …