Ferryway 2.0

The extended day committee came up with a list of general questions to ask administrators, teachers and students who are currently working on an extended day schedule.

1.  Can we get copies of the schedules (master – grade level)?

2.  How did the schedule change?  Lunches/snacks?

3.  Are starting and ending times the same for all (students and teachers)?

4.  How are the extra minutes spent? In addition to extra classroom time – what other programs were created, advisory, clubs, enrichment – how were these handled?

5.  How attentive are the students during the last hour?  Do you recommend activities or academics at the end of the day?

6.  Are all the staff involved in extended day? How did specialists (SPED/ELL) fir into the extended learning time? 

7.  Are students kept after school? Or, are there other discipline policies in place?

8.  How is the extended day impacting students with disabilities? Are more services able to be provided? 

9.  Did you add staff?  Who?  How were they funded?

10.  Which groups were involved in the planning of the extended day activities?

11.  What has attendance looked like for teachers/students?

12.  What are the benefits of extended day?

13.  What are the drawbacks of extended day?

14.  Will you apply for the grant next year? 

15.  What are your expected results?

16.  How are you measuring these results?

17.  How did the class time for specials/exploratories change? 

18.  Does everyone have the same amount of preparation time?

19.  Is common planning time worked into the schedule?  Is time available for verticle teaming?

20.  Is there time during the school day for homework assistance?

21.  Do you give homework to be done outside of school? 

22.  Did you have to negotiate with any labor unions?

23.  How are release days handled?

24.  What kinds of professional development?  How is this scheduled?  Do you use outside resources or internal resources.

25.  Any additional advice?  What would you do differently?

26.  How did you choose your partner programs, and what have been the advantages/disadvantages of working with.