Thinking Inside the Block Schedule

Pam Robbins earned her doctorate in educational administration from the University of California, Berkeley. Currently, she consults with school systems, professional organizations, State Departments of Education, leadership academies, and corporations throughout the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Europe, Asia, and South America. Her presentation topics include professional learning communities, effective teaching, how the brain learns, emotional intelligence, leadership, teaching in the block schedule, peer coaching, school culture, and presentation skills. Pam has served as a teacher, high school basketball coach, administrator, director of special projects and research, and director of training for the North Bay California Leadership Academy. She has lectured at several universities, authored and co-authored books, and developed training materials for several principals' academies.

This book offers practical, tested strategies for teaching within extended periods of instructional time -- blocks.

Making the Right Choices Which Play Is Appropriate Considering the Audience, Schoolhouse and Resources?Preproduction ConsiderationsBack Drop, Scenery, Ambiance Creating the ClimateOrganizing the Script Designing the CurriculumWriting the Script Lesson PlanningThe Opening Scene Generating and Sustaining AttentionDeveloping the Plot Selecting Instructional StrategiesThe Plot Thickens Active Learning and Deeper UnderstandingTechnical Staging Using Technology to Enhance LearningBringing the Curtain Down Closing the Lesson and Homework TechniquesWhere Is My Place Onstage? Planning for Differentiated Learning in the BlockStage Management Classroom Management StrategiesCritic¿s Choice Understanding and AssessmentTaking the Show on the Road Suggestions for Practice and Learning from the Field