Building a Master Schedule

BUILDING A MASTER

SCHEDULE

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INTRODUCTION

One of the most difficult tasks that the school administrators

face is creating a master schedule It can be an overwhelming job

that takes much of the prior school year to develop in order to

create a schedule that considers the classes and services you are

trying to provide and resources you have available

Among other things that you MUST consider before

building a schedule is the particular learning needs of your

student population

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INTRODUCTION

This guide includesCurriculum and course review

Tallies and sections

Teacher demand and course load

Scheduling conflicts

Building the master schedule

Simulations and final schedule

Modifications and adjustments

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CURRICULUM AND COURSE REVIEW

In this guide you will get tips about when to start your curriculum

and course review Looking at the courses that are presently in

progress and trying to determine which ones would be renewed

into the next year which may need to be added and which may

need to be altered or eliminated due to lack of success of the

program or the projected changes in the school population can be

highly productive and efficient

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TALLIES AND SECTIONS

Learn techniques to gather useful information about studentsrsquo

interest in the upcoming elective subjects to be able to better

prepare yourself and your curriculum according to the specific

needs of your students

Read about preparing a ldquoMaster Tallyrdquo from the pre-

registration information and use the Enrollment Request Tally

Report to divide the number of students in sections to be able to

provide them due attention during the course schedule

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TEACHER DEMAND AND COURSE LOAD

Many schools use the Average Daily Attendance or ADA reports

to determine the teacher demand and the course load These

reports are useful in determining how many students will be

attending school in the coming year and how many teachers would

be needed to cover the student population

Read more about teacher demand and teacher preferences in this

guide

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SCHEDULING CONFLICTS

Singletons

One of the earliest things that you need to

consider to help reduce conflicts in the

schedule is to determine where to put any

singletons or doubletons These are classes

that will only be offered once or twice

during the year so they may be challenging

Conflict Matrix Report

You should also use and understand the

information on a conflict matrix report

which you can generate from the data you

have already taken

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BUILDING YOUR MASTER SCHEDULE

This guide discusses in detail the different issues that may pop

up while building a master schedule These issues include

Learn to set rules and take appropriate steps to address these

issues

Special Programs

Singletons and Doubletons

Team Teaching

Parallel Classes

Staggered Schedules

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SIMULATION AND FINAL SCHEDULE

This guide towards its end also discusses how a simulation or a

test run of the final schedule can be conducted to find out how

well the schedule works and where it lacks in addressing the

needs of the students or the staff

Running the simulation can also help you decide when and how to

cap classes in case you have additional enrollment

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MODIFICATIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS

There are many situations that you may encounter which will

necessitate modifications and adjustments in the master

schedule

This guide provides perfect time-line based planning for

preparing your master schedule and also accommodates the need

for any adjustments in it to help you be better prepared for the

coming year

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

DR PATRICIA FIORIELLO IS AN EDUCATOR FROM SAN FRANCISCO

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