aais.com Building a Scheduling Team for Student Success Angela Vietti, Senior Consultant Ian J. Ross, Regional Vice President Ad Astra Information Systems
aais.com Agenda Scheduling Challenges Building the Schedule Strategic Scheduling Team Leveraging the Scheduling Team
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Typical Schedule Building Process Typical University Goal: Completion vs. Improvement Course ordering are based on a historical schedule, typically a roll-forward of a “like” term Departments refine offerings in silos. Distinct processes and decision makers, limited collaboration and decision- support tools SIS is updated Room assignments are made/refined “Final” schedule is posted Changes still occur after registration or even after classes start
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Two Senior Representatives from different academic units Central Scheduling/Registrar Information technology, facilities, and business office Provost/VP of Academics (periodically) Strategic Scheduling Team
aais.com Team Role Meets regularly Prioritizes recommendations Unified representation of the institution – Catalyst for change
aais.com Benchmark Strategic Scheduling CheckUp™ Faculty Allocation Analysis Analysis of Program Design (Guided Pathways) Mobilize HESI™ Dashboard (Strategic Scheduling CheckUp Update /Longitudinal Data Tracking) Registration Velocity Change Management Policy Development Optimize Astra Schedule™ Space Capacity Modeling Utilization Analysis Platinum Analytics™ Alignment of Guided Pathways and Schedule Registration Modeling Block Scheduling Nudging Students to Required Courses © AD ASTRA INFORMATION SYSTEMS™, L.L.C.