Master Schedule Theory

1. Master Schedule Theory Discovering your options…

2. Agenda • Planning for Success • Student focus vs. staff focus • Thinking “multi-term” • Compare/contrast schedule designs • Next steps

3. “Teaching you how to cook!”

4. Agenda • Planning for Success • Student focus vs. staff focus • Thinking “multi-term” • Compare/contrast schedule designs • Next steps

5. Planning for Success

6. Planning for Success Order of operations • Define your track setup • Enter course requests • Determine the number of sections for each course • Create your Schedule Map • Begin the setup in “Master Builder” • Use Master Builder to enter sections • Load the students p.2

7. Step 1 – What are we? What is my current track setup?

8. Step 1 – What are we? What do I submit to IT? p. B-D

9. Agenda • Planning for Success • Student focus vs. staff focus • Thinking “multi-term” • Compare/contrast schedule designs • Next steps

10. Student vs. Staff focus

11. Student vs. Staff Focus Student focus Staff focus Where is your master schedule?

12. Teams p. 13, E

13. IDT Teams What do you see as the pros and cons of IDTs? p. E

14. Team Definitions Demographics

15. Team Definitions Relationships

16. Where are you? Student focus Staff focus How would you describe your master schedule on this spectrum? Why?

17. Agenda • Planning for success • Student focus vs. staff focus • Thinking “multi-term” • Compare/contrast schedule designs • Next steps

18. Thinking “Multi-Term” p.3

19. Terms • The number of times a course is offered • Grades are posted to history at the end of a term Example: “2 Term year” • Courses • Biology1 - 6111 - Fall • Biology2 - 6112 - Spring • School Year • Fall Semester • Spring Semester p.3

20. 2 Terms p.3

21. 4 Terms p.3

22. Semester vs. Year Long Courses “It’s all about the credits…” p.3, F

23. Term Codes p.3, F

24. Scheduling Terms and Mark Definitions A p.3, F

25. Scheduling Terms and Mark Definitions B p.3, F

26. Scheduling Terms and Mark Definitions C p.4, F

27. Building “Multi-Term” Schedules • Q: Why do I want to link classes together? • A:Because students follow certain patterns when they move from term to term • Q: How am I going to do this? • A:Using two different methods: • Section Linking • Loader Rules p.G

28. Section Linking Associating multiple sections with each other. A student scheduled for one linked section will automatically receive the other sections. p.9, G-H

29. Section Linking Associating multiple sections with each other. A student scheduled for one linked section will automatically receive the other sections. p.9, G-H

30. Section Linking - Wheels Patterns

31. Loader Rules Loader Rules: A method of creating rules for when a student is scheduled for a course. Loader rules can specify what classes a student should take before they are scheduled for a course. Does not apply to individual sections. p. 11, G

32. Loader Rules

33. Agenda • Planning for success • Student focus vs. staff focus • Thinking “multi-term” • Compare/contrast schedule designs • Next steps

34. Compare/Contrast Master Schedule Designs • Semester • Semester/Quarters • Semester/12 Week wheel p. “I”

35. Student Schedule 2 Semesters

36. Student Schedule Quarter/Semesters

37. Student Schedule Semester / 12 Week wheel

38. Report Card 2 Semesters

39. Report Card Quarter/Semesters

40. Report Card Semester / 12 Week wheel

41. Attendance Screen 2 Semesters

42. Attendance Screen Quarter/Semesters

43. Attendance Screen Semester / 12 Week wheel

44. Change History 2 Semesters

45. Change History Quarter/Semesters

46. Change History Semester / 12 Week wheel

47. Change History 5 Cycle Day

48. Agenda • Planning for success • Student focus vs. staff focus • Thinking “multi-term” • Compare/contrast schedule designs • Next steps

49. Master Schedule Map - Meeting Patterns

50. Meeting Patterns p.8