Master Schedule Reflection

Building a master schedule that is contusive to student learning with minimal interruptions can be a challenging task. My principal invited a representative from each grade level to be a member of our scheduling committee. This ensured that all grade levels were a part of this decision making process. Not only did we have to making sure that teachers had the required blocks of time needed to teach core content areas but building lunch, recess and specials proved to be a challenge. We wanted to make sure that we created a schedule that limited student transitions and maximized student learning time. One of the most challenging aspects of creating a schedule is making sure that support staff are able to support their designated grade levels and the students that they serve. This created the

During this time we were faced with the challenge of how to assign students to the classes they had requested on their enrollment form. Although many students are there for reading and math remediation, one of our district goals is for students to be able to participate either art, PE, music, or technology while they are at summer school. Our literacy blocks were two hours long while all the other classes were only one hour. So, if students signed up for literacy and math, we were only able to enroll them in one specials class. We did try our hardest to give every student their first choice. I believe this process would have been easier if we had been able to hire one more PE teacher. It seems as if every student wanted to enroll in PE and would have been beneficial to be able to create a schedule that included an intermediate and primary PE class separate of each other. The one positive about creating a summer school schedule is teachers can be hired to teach more than one subject, and we could also change the courses being taught to fit our enrollment