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| Professional Development Wednesdays FAQ | ||
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| Location: | District-wide | |
| Date/Time: | 8/10/2009 | |
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District 204 is adjusting the starting time for students on Wednesday mornings for the 2009-10 school year. We believe this change will benefit our students through providing school-wide professional development opportunities for our teachers. This set block of time for teachers to work collaboratively on improving student learning will occur each Wednesday before school. Elementary teachers will have 60 minutes and middle and high school teachers will have 50 minutes before school. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WHAT TIME WILL THE SCHOOL DAY START ON WEDNESDAY? High School Staff: 6:55 am High School Students: 7:45 am Middle School Staff: 7:30 am Middle School Students: 8:20 am Elementary School Staff: 8:00 am Elementary School Students: 9:15 am ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WHEN WILL THIS CHANGE TAKE PLACE? The first Professional Development Wednesday is on August 26. The start times for schools will be adjusted each following Wednesday for the remainder of the school year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WILL THE SCHOOL DAY END AT THE SAME TIME? The school day will end at the regular time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOW WILL CLASS SCHEDULES CHANGE ON WEDNESDAYS? At the elementary level, options to address the Wednesday schedule include adjusting morning routines, such as calendar time and morning announcements. At the middle and high school levels, there will be a balance of instruction time for each class by shortening each period by approximately 2.5 minutes on Wednesdays. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOW WILL BUS SCHEDULES CHANGE ON WEDNESDAYS? On Wednesdays, the pick-up times for elementary buses will simply move 10 minutes later and middle and high school pick-up times will move 20 minutes later. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WHAT IF I CAN'T CHANGE MY DROP OFF TIME FOR MY ELEMENTARY STUDENT? Elementary school parents unable to make the 10 minute adjustment will be allowed to drop off students at 8:50 am as on other days. Supervision will be provided for the additional 10 minutes before classes begin. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WHY NOT HAVE AN EARLY DISMISSAL INSTEAD OF A LATE START? This program involves all grade levels. As such, transportation and extra-curricular activities needed to be taken into consideration. The district prides itself on the outstanding extra-curricular opportunities available to students after school. There are fewer complications with having this program in the morning, particularly because after school many staff members are sponsoring clubs, coaching athletics, supervising fine arts rehearsals, etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WHAT WILL TEACHERS BE DOING ON WEDNESDAY MORNINGS? Each school will be required to provide a professional development plan that links directly to the school's improvement plan. Teachers will focus on school-wide curriculum, instruction, and assessment to achieve higher levels of learning for all students. |
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| Address: |
780 Shoreline Drive Aurora, IL 60504 |
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| Name: | Main Office | |
| Phone: | (630)375-3000 | |
| Email: | janet_buglio@ipsd.org | |
| Listed: | 8/10/2009 12:13:00 PM | |
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