NOTE: This is a theory session designed to assist learners with the planning and design of a secondary master schedule. This is NOT a technical session. Computers are not involved during this session.

Length of Class: 3 hours

Intended Audience: Administrator and Head Counselor

Purpose: The following topics will be discused during this session:

• Gathering of Information from Teachers
• What is a preference-request-demand?
• Gathering of information from students
• What is the timeline for the process?
• Who is going to be involved and what role?
• Who makes the final decisions about process ?
• How are parents going to be involved?
• What worked previous year?  What didn’t?
• How will enrollment be managed?
• How will process integrated CHOICE students?
• What is a “year-long” class (dot-2)? 
• Creating a list of goals and prioritizing it (the upside down triangle concept)
• What does a master schedule map look like?
  
  • Teacher names and periods
  • Course titles and numbers
  • Teaming information
  • Section numbers listed (this may seem unnecessary but the “button clickers” need the section numbers for use with different grouping strategies – it helps if the admin team takes ownership of this task