Flex Time is a new concept being applied at Logan Elementary School that was developed by the school’s Principal, Bob Fisicaro, and implemented at the beginning of the school year.
Based on a book by Richard Selznick, PhD, Director, Cooper Learning Center, called “The Shutdown Learner,” the program aims to find strengths in children and allow them to explore them, rather than a constant focus on test taking and scores.
Flex Time is a new concept developed by Principal Bob Fisicaro and implemented at the beginning of the school year. Based on a book by Richard Selznick called “The Shutdown Learner,” the program aims to find strengths in children and allow them to explore them, rather than a constant focus on test taking and scores.
“The educational system is primarily tailored to students with a verbal type of intelligence,” Fisicaro said. “All students should learn how to read, write and reason, but our staff is honing in on educating the whole student.”
There are many different types of learners spatial, kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, logical and more and Fisicaro hopes to identify with all of them at Logan Elementary. A second book that influences him in developing Flex Time “Strengths Finders 2.0” by Tom Rath helps to determine to what types of activities certain learners might be better suited.