Perceptions of a Traditional High School Bell Schedule in the 21st Century

<p>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 a School Day Committee, a survey was developed to increase understanding of staff views about the current school day. Focusing on staff perceptions of how the current daily bell schedule impacts teaching and learning, student and staff well-being, and support for students, the survey results laid the groundwork for future work of the committee including a student survey.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.D. Doctor of Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation - Public Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Leadership

Year dc:date.available

2019

Author dc:creator

• Gates, Shelley

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Angela Elkordy
• Dr. Elizabeth Minor
• Dean's Representative Christine Nelson

• traditional school bell schedule
• hybrid block
• block scheduling
• 21st century learners
• change process
• Educational Leadership

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/diss/354

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.nl.edu:diss-1383