The document discusses considerations for implementing an extended period schedule in schools. It notes potential mistakes like poor preparation for teaching longer periods, insufficient staff development, poor scheduling decisions, and lack of evaluation. It emphasizes the importance of clear leadership, allocating time for planning instruction, and using data to group students and monitor progress. The document also provides some sample schedules and identifies challenges like ensuring intervention periods are available to all students and reducing some class periods to shorter times.

1. “ We should strive for a school schedule that is flexible enough to provide more learning time for students who need it and more choices for those who don‘t need more learning time.

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8. Teaching in an extended schedule is like eternity, and eternity is spent in one of two places. John Strebe