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Currently in her 11th year of teaching, Helena Miller has taught high school
humanities in Indiana, Hawai'i and New York City. She came to New York City
in 2003 to design and be the lead-teacher for the high school after school
program in the NYC Department of Education. She has taught 11th & 12th
grade English as well as 9th grade humanities. Her classes follow an
inclusion model and utilize block scheduling.
Helena's work has consistently been grounded in the philosophy of the
Coalition of Essential Schools and she has been involved in the National
School Reform Faculty (NSRF) since its inception. She is a Critical Friends
Group coach and was recently endorsed by NSRF at NYU.
Helena's workshops emphasize practical tools backed by research and
practice. She aims for participants to be able to use workshop time to
build tools for their classroom and leave the day with resources, skills and
plans that can be implemented in the classroom immediately.
Block Scheduling
Block scheduling brings with it wonderful opportunities but it can also
carry added responsibilities. If not implemented properly, it can detract
from student learning and those long periods can seem quite overwhelming to
a teacher unfamiliar with how to prepare lessons to fill that time
effectively. This workshop will help teachers identify goals for their
block classes, then work backwards to make sure class time is structured in
such a way that course skills and content are served well by the
block-schedule format. In particular, participants will see how focusing on
different classroom structures to support each unit's goals help keep the
block format engaging and effective for students and teachers alike.
Participants will be provided with resources to help them map out units of
study that best utilize block scheduling, and they will have time to plan a
practice unit using these resources.
The facilitator of this workshop has taught in and designed schools with
block scheduling for over 13 years.
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