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EJ514699 EA531290

Title: Getting to Know You--Multiyear Teaching.
Author(s): Hanson, Barbara J.
Source: Educational Leadership, v53 n3 p42-43 Nov 1995
Publication Date: 1995
ISSN: 0013-1784
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Descriptive (141)
Journal Announcement: CIJAPR1996

After experimenting with multiyear teaching assignments during the late 1980s, the Attleboro (Massachusetts) Public Schools now require all classroom teachers from grades one through eight to spend two years with their classes. Preschool jitters diminish, kids gain a strong support system, and teachers gain an extra month of teaching time during the second year. (MLH)

Descriptors: *Educational Benefits; Elementary Secondary Education; *Pilot Projects; *School Schedules; *Student Centered Curriculum; Student Needs; *Teacher Response; Time Management
Identifiers: *Attleboro Public School District MA; *Multiyear Teaching