Such teams have provided teachers with focussed recommendations that can enhance collegial relationships, improve teaching, and provide classroom support. Staggered Schedules Staggered schedules within the day and year can free teacher time. Districts might implement quadmesters with teachers choosing to teach three of the four. A very effective promising practice for teacher support and renewal is the use of teacher aides and paraprofessionals to release teachers from non-instructional activities. This practice not only maximizes the use of teachers for the skilled activities at which they are the best, but also provides for flexibility in scheduling common planning time for teachers.
Students solidify their own learning by teaching others.
One benefit of year round schedules is helping students retain what they have learned because regression found with long summer breaks is minimized. Another benefit of simple restructuring of the schedule is providing teachers with additional time for teaching new skills because they no longer have to spend time reviewing previously taught materials. Intersessions Intersession times offer students opportunities to reinforce previously learned material or benefit from pre-teaching of new material. Additionally, students who struggle with a subject do not have to wait a full year before receiving extra assistance. They can receive it during intersessions, thus reducing the chances of failure, frustration, and drop-outs.