Master Schedule Building What 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 ConstructAnalyse / 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

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

Questions Mark Christman Director of Instructional Data Services East Irondequoit Central School District