The master schedule provides essential support for every program, initiative, and effort aimed at improving learning outcomes for students. It's the frame that aligns your school's vision, priorities, and resources to make learning opportunities more accessible and equitable. Using best practices in scheduling, collaborative teams can reflect on their current schedule, solicit stakeholder feedback and input, study master scheduling data, and explore scheduling structures all aimed at transforming scheduling from an annual task into a strategic, student-centered process.
Professional Learning, Facilitation, & Coaching
Conducting a critical review of the current master schedule
Participating in a strategic master scheduling self-assessment
Establishing master schedule development criteria to align school priorities, student needs, resources, staffing, and other requirements
Developing customized scheduling surveys to collect stakeholder feedback and input
Investigating scheduling structures including a variety of traditional and block options
Performing a master scheduling comparison study to analyze scheduling data and structures used in neighboring/conference schools
Creating a student-focused strategic school schedule that removes barriers, enhances instruction, and strengthens culture
Priorities:
Use best practices in master scheduling to create school schedules that
Align priorities, student needs, resources, and facilities
Promote effective teaching and learning to improve student outcomes
Support teacher collaboration and planning
Enhance and extend learning time to better meet the needs of student
Increase opportunities for students to access and participate in core curriculum, challenging coursework, and college and career readiness programming
Prioritize student achievement and equity
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Funding sources for this work can come from
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Local Funds
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