It also offers strategies for teaming, cooperative learning, and parent involvement. Students from each grade in the cluster move among the classrooms to spend one hour per day working in each of the three subject areas. Thus teachers work in their specialty with the same students for three years. Students follow a precise management plan for moving to the stations and set goals and record their activities in a book called a Passport. Required curriculum content is covered in six-week thematic units.
Teachers express positive opinions toward the program.
Requirements Two days of training are required for teachers and the principal before implementation of the program, with one day of follow-up training at midsemester. A computer aide is required in the primary cluster classrooms to assist children in doing tasks such as selecting designated software and reading lesson menus. Obtaining full support from the superintendent and district staff, school board members, and parents is advised. In addition to training and materials, follow-up site visits and consultation are provided. Florida State University College of Education and Florida Department of Education.