Announcing Library Of School Schedules

For the past two years we have been indexing and uploading schedules created jointly by School Scheduling Associates and schools around the nation.  The Library now includes over 400 elementary school schedules and approximately 30 secondary school schedules. Schedules are indexed by a variety of parameters and this database may be searched to find schools in specific states, of a certain size, and including a number of program features. All schedules have been constructed in Excel and may be downloaded from the Library and adapted for your school’s use. This database is the result of hundreds of days of consulting work and hundreds of hours of formatting, indexing, and preparation for inclusion into the Library.  While all other resources at the School Scheduling Associates website are free, access to this valuable resource is by subscription. A two-year school license is offered for an introductory rate of $250. To read more about this valuable resource, see sample schedules (PDFs not Excel), and to register click here: Library of School Schedules. Because we have just begun to index and upload middle and high school schedules potential secondary registrants are forewarned that the number of middle and high school schedules currently is quite limited compared to the abundant and varied elementary school schedules available in the Library. Over the coming months we will be indexing and adding secondary schedules, as well as continuing to add elementary schedules as the are created with new clients.

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VASCD Presentation December 3, 2009 Handouts

For those of you who attended my session at VASCD on Thursday, December 3, 2009.

The topic for this session was “Scheduling and Organizing the Intervention/Enrichment Period for Tiered Instruction in Response to Intervention.”

Here’s the PowerPoint: K-12IE1109.pptx

Here’s several elementary handouts:
IE Options

Two IE Periods per Grade Level

Kate Collins

High School IE

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Handouts from 2009 ASCD Presentation “Scheduling and Organizing the Data-Driven Intervention/Enrichment Period”

Thanks to those of you who attended Dr. Canady and my session at the annual conference of the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) in Orlando, FL on Monday, March 16, 2009.

As promised, I provide the files used in the session below:

Here’s the PowerPoint in 2003 format: K-12IE.ppt

Here’s the PowerPoint in 2007 format: K-12IE.pptx

Here are the elementary school I/E scheduling options presented in PDF format: Elementary I/E Schedules.

Here is the elementary school inclusion and I/E schedule presented in Excel format: Inclusion I/E Schedule.

Here are the 4-Block middle school I/E scheduling options presented in PDF format: 4-Block I/E Schedules.

Here is the draft Kate Collins I/E schedule presented in PDF format: Kate Collins Draft.

Here are the high school I/E bell schedules presented in Excel format: High School I/E.

During the session I mentioned two schedules that offer interesting ways to provide planning time in elementary and middle schools. Look at the blog entry above about a middle school that has alternating grade level and departmental planning.

Look at the blog entry above about an elementary school that provides an extended planning period of 80 minutes once weekly (in addition to shorter planning periods on other days).

Remember the caveat emphasized in the session: scheduling the I/E period is easy compared to structuring and utilizing the time effectively. We discuss this organization and use of the I/E period in great detail in chapter 4 of our new book Elementary School Scheduling: Enhancing Instruction for Student Achievement.

If you have questions, want to share an idea, or just want to say thanks for the materials let me know by posting a response here at the blog, or by sending a private email to rettigmd@jmu.edu.

Checkout the School Scheduling Associates website.

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Handouts and References from High School Dropout Presentation at ASCD on March 14, 2009

Thanks to all of you who attend Dr. Canady and my presentation at ASCD on March 14, 2009 from 12:30-2:30 in Orlando, FL. Here is a link to the handout and the references mentioned at the presentation entitled, “Designing Data-Driven High School Schedules to Reduce Dropout Rates.”

Handout.

References.

Happy reading.

Mike

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Scheduling and Organizing the Intervention/Enrichment (I/E) Period

Thanks to those of you who attended Dr. Canady and my session at the annual conference of the Virgina Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (VASCD) in Williamsburg, VA on Friday, December 5th.

As promised, I provide the files used in the session below:

Here’s the PowerPoint in 2003 format: K-12IE.ppt

Here’s the PowerPoint in 2007 format: K-12IE.pptx

Here are the elementary school I/E scheduling options presented in PDF format: Elementary I/E Schedules.

Here is the elementary school inclusion and I/E schedule presented in Excel format: Inclusion I/E Schedule.

Here are the 4-Block middle school I/E scheduling options presented in PDF format: 4-Block I/E Schedules.

Here is the draft Kate Collins I/E schedule presented in PDF format: Kate Collins Draft.

Here are the high school I/E bell schedules presented in Excel format: High School I/E.

During the session I mentioned two schedules that offer interesting ways to provide planning time in elementary and middle schools. Look at the blog entry above about a middle school that has alternating grade level and departmental planning Faiss Middle School.

Look at the blog entry above about an elementary school that provides an extended planning period of 80 minutes once weekly (in addition to shorter planning periods on other days) Henry Clay Elementary School.

Remember the caveat emphasized in the session: scheduling the I/E period is easy compared to structuring and utilizing the time effectively. We discuss this organization and use of the I/E period in great detail in chapter 4 of our new book Elementary School Scheduling: Enhancing Instruction for Student Achievement.

If you have questions, want to share an idea, or just want to say thanks for the materials let me know by posting a response here at the blog, or by sending a private email to rettigmd@jmu.edu.

Checkout the School Scheduling Associates website.

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