1. Secondary Master Schedule Development Lesson 4: Finalizing the Master Schedule Amy Illingworth Susan Skinner

2. Agenda Review Getting Started Using your Course Requests Designing your Magnet Board Handling Conflicts Contract Issues Final Thoughts

3. Introductions Share your school, position, and master schedule experience

4. Program Overview Nov.Jun. GroundworkInformation Gathering Data & Decisions Finalize the Schedule Publish Jan.Feb.Dec.Mar.Apr.May

5. Session 3 Homework Collect articulation cards for continuing students Begin enrollment of VEEP / Choice / Magnet / PISC students Register for “technical training” sessions Submit bell times and instructional minutes for 2007- 08 to Pupil Accounting Develop “first pass” of your master schedule board

6. Agenda Review Getting Started Using your Course Requests Designing your Magnet Board Handling Conflicts Contract Issues Final Thoughts

7. Getting Started Explore your Master Schedule Design program

8. Getting Started Review your priorities

9. Getting Started What does your timeline look like? Where are you on the timeline?

10. Getting Started Know your limitations Allow “big picture” team members to give input in the design process

11. Agenda Review Getting Started Using your Course Requests Designing your Magnet Board Handling Conflicts Contract Issues Final Thoughts

12. Using Course Requests Review general counts Identify students in wrong grade levels Combine L and G course counts Compare course numbers that belong together Analyze your data using the Course Request List & Tally report. See p.21 in the Course Request Handbook

13. Agenda Review Getting Started Using your Course Requests Designing your Magnet Board Handling Conflicts Contract Issues Final Thoughts

14. Designing your Magnet Board

16. Adding data to builder allows you to run reports and analyze Not entering data makes changes easier later on Data entry – starting now vs. waiting until later

17. Agenda Review Getting Started Using your Course Requests Designing your Magnet Board Handling Conflicts Contract Issues Final Thoughts

18. Handling Conflicts Where do conflicts come from? Wrong course numbers Staff members unhappy Placement of courses

19. Handling Conflicts Strategically design your magnet board Test “flow” with sample students Review seat counts Make changes using your priority list Placement of courses

20. Agenda Review Getting Started Using your Course Requests Designing your Magnet Board Handling Conflicts Contract Issues Final Thoughts

21. Contract Issues Creating multiple sections of PE Teachers must have less than 36 across the assignment Teachers cannot go beyond max. 3 prep periods without a waiver

22. Agenda Review Getting Started Using your Course Requests Designing your Magnet Board Handling Conflicts Contract Issues Final Thoughts

23. Know when to stop for summer Make the stopping point public

24. Master Schedule - Finalizing the Schedule - Next Steps Finish analyzing your course request data Begin construction of your master schedule board Identify and prioritize potential conflicts Identify sample students for use with testing master schedule flow