Elementary Instructional Day

The elementary instructional day is 6.5 hours, with guidelines and descriptions of instructional blocks of time,including time allocations, remediation, and teacher planning time. Our day is broken into many blocks of time. We have a 'Core' time, 'Core Extension', 'Special Services', and 'Encore' block. Below are the definitions of each.

Core – Instruction in reading/language arts, mathematics, science, and
social studies.
 Core Extension –Needs-based extended instruction, not new instruction, in reading/language arts, mathematics, science and/or social studies. This shall include remediation and/or enrichment, strings, and special services as appropriate. This may include instruction in other encore areas, based upon individual school needs.
 Special Services – Resource services such as special education, Title I, gifted education, and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL).
Encore – Instruction in art, music, physical education, and other subjects
outside the core.
 Rotation – The scheduling of encore classes.
Our schedule provides consistency in the instructional day and in the implementation of the Prince William County curriculum. The block schedule allows the teachers to maximize instructional time for curriculum delivery. It also provides the opportunity for remediation during the school day, and daily individual and grade level planning time for teachers. The schedule allows for flexibility in the scheduling of lunch, recess, and the encore subjects.

Each grade level has their own individual block schedule. We rotate through specialist on a 10-day rotation. The rotation day will be posted on the front page of the web site. Here is our Specialist Schedule (Encore Block):

2009-2010