Often we hear from teams that managing individual visual schedule can be overwhelming to keep track of. This is increasingly challenging when classrooms have higher numbers of students, more complex student needs, and reduced staffing. Despite these challenges, our teams know that a visual schedule can be essential to smooth transitions and priming to reduce anxiety throughout the day so we have seen some creative group schedules which can often be a more manageable solution. Today's Super Star Schedules post will highlight some of our favorite examples of group schedules throughout our districts.
Interactive Group Schedules
For some students, the tactile support of interacting with the schedule is important to them understanding the sequence of the daily activities. It can reduce escape behaviors because the student sees the activities being completed and they are visually removed from the schedule.
Pocket charts can be an easy way to create an interactive schedule. The visuals are placed in the chart and either removed or turned around when finished.
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| Genevieve Harvey West Carrollton ECC |
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| Granville Bastin Preble County ESC |
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| Rhonda Brunk Trotwood ELC |
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| Rene Naas Tipp City Middle School, Miami County ESC |
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| Taylor Lawson Louise Troy Elementary, Dayton |
Using magnetic tape or velcro to attach the schedule to the board and then removing the visuals as they are completed is another option.
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| Jessica Hartman Northmoor Elementary, Northmont |
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| Lisa Mossing Beverly Gardens Elementary, Mad River |
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| Casey Morter Mad River ECC |
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| Makayla Barber Mad River ECC |
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| Casey Morter Mad River ECC |
Projected Schedules
Another type of group schedule we have been seeing more and more frequently is a projected schedule using Google Slides. Benefits of a slide schedule are they can be quickly modified, don't require printing and laminating, and can still be interactive in edit mode.
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| Traci Gasho Madison Park Elementary, Trotwood |
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| MaKynzie Lowery Learning Center- West, Montgomery County ESC |
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| Paige Leary Kemp Elementary, Dayton |
A document camera can also be used to project a schedule for the whole group. We love how this teacher included the visual timer and had a great Brain Break visual!
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| Deanna Granroth Wogaman Middle School, Dayton |
Written Schedules
For some of our older classes, a written schedule works well.
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| Robin Koronich Learning Center- West, Montgomery County ESC |
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| Rebecka Stricker Springcreek Primary, Piqua |
Often we see time supports incorporated either through including the period and/or the actual transition times. This is great for developing those functional life skills!
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| Paige Leary Kemp Elementary, Dayton |
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| Bev Richardson Bruce Elementary, Eaton |
If all of the students can read with comprehension, a written list can be used, however for students who are still developing their comprehension skills, picture supports can be used as well.
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| Emily Baker Northwestern Middle School |
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| Vince Lintner Miamisburg High School |
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| Robin Koronich Learning Center- West, Montgomery County ESC |
Do you use group schedules in your classroom? Have any of these examples inspired you to try them or make some changes to your current schedules? For more examples, check out our previous posts:
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