Master schedules are road maps for delivering curriculum opportunities for students in grades 9-12. At this point, schools are encouraged to build full-in person schedules that can pivot to hybrid or virtual models, if needed. The following twenty-one steps provide specific directions for providing an efficient and equitable master schedule to guide staff and students. …
What is Teaming? Teaming is an opportunity for groups of teachers to meet at defined times during the regular school day to cooperatively plan the delivery of instruction. These meetings provide an opportunity to address factors that impact student achievement: developmental needs of students, best practices/lesson plans, curriculum, social-emotional learning, and intervention periods. With representatives…
Initially built as an 8-period day excluding lunch, a prototype is created whereby each day students have three of the four classes scheduled in the morning and then three of the four classes scheduled in the afternoon. Overall, students have six of their eight assigned classes each day for approximately 55-60 minutes. A universal or…
School leaders are pleased when opportunities arise to add teaching positions (FTEs) in a building. Reasons may include increased enrollment, funded programs or boundary changes. Those responsible for master schedules are pleased when FTE allocations remain the same from year to year. On the other hand, they are concerned when directed to reduce FTEs for…