Support for Schools in the USA
How might you use R time in your school?
Below are several ideas that you could use if you wanted to try the program:
- Buy a book and off you go!
- Buy a book, plus an R time training DVD (with guidance notes) and give it a go!
- A new booklet, Making the Most of R time, will be coming out in May 2010, edited by Jill Darling. This is a step-by-step guide to implementing R time in your school.
- Send representatives (R time Champions) from the school to attend training conferences (if available in your district).
Trainer / Consultant involvement
The amount of involvement that will be possible will depend on the availability of Trainer/ Consultants in your area.
- The trainer/ consultant could offer one-to-one support (in person, by phone, or by email) to a designated member of staff who becomes the R time Champion for the school,
- Consultant visits the school for initial discussion with designated member of senior staff.
- A trainer could come in to your school to conduct an evening staff meeting (one hour).
- You could ask the trainer/consultant to demonstrate the program in your school, followed by a staff meeting.
- You could invite the trainer back to conduct lesson observations once the program has been operating for a period of time (usually six to eight weeks).
Contact in the USA
For Texas:
Jill Darling: +1-469-593-0800
Jill.Darling@risd.org