This document describes the variable student scheduling program at Arapahoe High School in Littleton, a suburb of Denver, Colorado. Under this plan students have Monday-Wednesday-Friday classes and Tuesday-Thursday classes of approximately one hour. Four- and five-day-a-week classes are also scheduled. The program is now in its third year of…

This paper reports the result of a three-year research project that implemented the idea of university professors as volunteers to provide released time for public school inservice teachers. It reviews the conception of the idea and gives a detailed account of an actual experiment involving a group of professors and a local high school. The…

In response to faculty demands for time to update professional skills, the California Legislature inaugurated a Flexible Calendar Pilot Program allowing six community colleges--including Saddleback College (SC) in Mission Viejo--to utilize up to 15 days of non-instructional or released time on planning and professional development activities.…

Faculty development programs in different types of colleges are considered, along with support of faculty development by private foundations, including the Bush Foundation's Faculty Development Program. The evolution of faculty development in institutions in the United States is traced, with emphasis on efforts in the last 15 years. A literature…