Master Schedule BuildingWhat Building Principals Need To Know
The Master Schedule
• What The Master Schedule Contains
– Courses Offered– Number Of Sections
– Period Or Block– Course Minutes– Room Numbers
– Day Cycle– Teachers
– Terms
The Master Schedule
• The Master Schedule Contributes To:
– Meeting NYS Data Reporting Requirements
– Meeting NYS Course Requirements– Student And Teacher Daily Routine
– Traffic Flow Inside the Building– Building Emergency Plan
– Building Operation– Building Climate– Lunch Schedule
Pieces Of The Puzzle• Registrar, Counselors, Department
Heads• Course Offerings And Special Programs• NYS Course/Graduation Requirements
• Current Master Schedule Format• School Based Planning Team
• Student Course Requests• Enrollment / Staffing• Culture and Climate
• Planning Calendar• Physical Building
• Teachers Contract• Teacher Requests
Where To Begin
• Planning And Organization Are Key• Develop a Scheduling Timeline
• Develop a Scheduling Team
Course Tally
Preliminary Tasks
Construct Analyse / Adjust
Final Tasks
Part 1 – Preliminary Tasks• Review and Update Curriculum
– Determine The Courses To Be Offered– Create a List Of Course Offerings
• Review Parameters and Constraints– Periods in the Day– Days in the Cycle– Room Limitations
– Specific Course Placements– Common Planning Time
– Team Teaching– Part Time Teachers
October
Part 2 – Course Tally
• Advertise the Curriculum– Course Descriptions / Catalog
• Collect Student Course Selections• Organize Course Selection Tally
– Grade Level Requests per Course• Finalize Courses and Sections
– Keep or Delete Courses– Number of Sections
– Staffing Decisions
January
Course Request Tally
Part 3 - Construction
• Singletons• Doubletons
• Multi Section Courses• Balance Courses – Throughout the Day– Between Semesters
• Conflict Matrix• Schedule Board
April
The Schedule Board
The Schedule Board
Scheduling Tools
Scheduling Tools
Part 4 – Analyze and Adjust
• Schedule Students• Conflict Matrix
• Unscheduled Student Report• Improve the Quality of the
Schedule– Reduce Conflict
– Improve Balance
May
The Conflict Matrix
Part 5 – Final Tasks
• Review Student Schedules as a Group
• Add Teachers and Rooms• Final Reports
– Master Schedule– Student Schedules– Teacher Schedules
– Room Schedule– Class Lists
June
QuestionsMark Christman
Director of Instructional Data ServicesEast Irondequoit Central School [email protected]