1. BUILDING A MASTER
SCHEDULE

2. BUILDING A MASTER
SCHEDULE
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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3. BUILDING A MASTER
SCHEDULE
INTRODUCTION
This guide includes
Curriculum 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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4. BUILDING A MASTER
SCHEDULE
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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5. BUILDING A MASTER
SCHEDULE
TALLIES AND SECTIONS
Learn techniques to gather useful information about students’
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 “Master Tally” 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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6. BUILDING A MASTER
SCHEDULE
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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7. BUILDING A MASTER
SCHEDULE
SCHEDULING CONFLICTS
Singletons Conflict Matrix Report
One of the earliest things that you need to You should also use and understand the
consider to help reduce conflicts in the information on a conflict matrix report,
schedule is to determine where to put any which you can generate from the data you
singletons or doubletons. These are classes have already taken.
that will only be offered once or twice
during the year, so they may be challenging.
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8. BUILDING A MASTER
SCHEDULE
BUILDING YOUR MASTER SCHEDULE
This guide discusses in detail the different issues that may pop
up while building a master schedule. These issues include
Special Programs
Singletons and Doubletons
Team Teaching
Parallel Classes
Staggered Schedules
Learn to set rules and take appropriate steps to address these
issues.
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9. BUILDING A MASTER
SCHEDULE
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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10. BUILDING A MASTER
SCHEDULE
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.
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11. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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