12. Restructuring Time: Scheduling Schedule Design Schedule Flexibility Simplicity and Complexity...

12. Restructuring Time: 12. Restructuring Time: SchedulingScheduling

Schedule Schedule DesignDesign

Schedule Flexibility Schedule Flexibility Simplicity and Simplicity and

Complexity Complexity Efficiency and the Efficiency and the

Use of Time Use of Time Decision Level-Decision Level-

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12. Restructuring Time: 12. Restructuring Time: SchedulingScheduling

Learning Community Learning Community Planning Time Planning Time

Parallel Scheduling Parallel Scheduling

Elementary School Elementary School Schedules Schedules

Self-Contained Self-Contained Elementary Elementary Classrooms Classrooms

Block Scheduling- Block Scheduling- Elementary Elementary

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Secondary School Secondary School SchedulesSchedules

Group Schedules Group Schedules Specialized Thematic Specialized Thematic

or School-within-a or School-within-a School High School School High School Schedules Schedules

Mosaic Schedules Mosaic Schedules Computer Schedules Computer Schedules Block Schedules- Block Schedules-

Middle and High Middle and High School School


Scheduling-Points to Scheduling-Points to ConsiderConsider

Should reflect student needsShould reflect student needs availability of courses, efficient use of timeavailability of courses, efficient use of time

Should reflect goals of the curriculumShould reflect goals of the curriculum balance, electives, emphasis, sequencebalance, electives, emphasis, sequence

Should reflect goals of instructionShould reflect goals of instruction group size, class length, indiv. differencesgroup size, class length, indiv. differences

Should reflect staffing goalsShould reflect staffing goals planning time, teams, use of specialistsplanning time, teams, use of specialists


Scheduling TipsScheduling Tips Create simple Create simple

building schedulesbuilding schedules large blocks of timelarge blocks of time

Expect complex Expect complex classroom schedulesclassroom schedules grouping and grouping and

regroupingregrouping Give teaching teams Give teaching teams

scheduling scheduling responsibilityresponsibility

Eliminate study hallsEliminate study halls


Traditional Six Period Traditional Six Period DayDay

Per Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri1 1 1 1 1 12 2 2 2 2 23 3 3 3 3 34 4 4 4 4 45 5 5 5 5 56 6 6 6 6 6


Rotating Six Period Day-Rotating Six Period Day-6 held6 held



Rotating Six Period Day-Rotating Six Period Day-4 held4 held



Double Class-Four Day Double Class-Four Day ScheduleSchedule



Parallel SchedulingParallel Scheduling

Per. Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4

1 Inter-disciple

Inter-disciple

Inter-disciple

Music/Art

2 Team Team Team P.E./Hlth

3 Music/Art Inter-disciple

4 Music/Art P.E./Hlth Team

5 Music/Art P.E./Hlth

6 P.E./Hlth


Block SchedulingBlock Scheduling

Per. Sem1 Sem2 Sem3 Sem4

8:30 – 10:00

1 5 1 5

10:05 – 11:35

2 6 2 6

11:35 – 1:40

3 7 3 7

1:45 – 3:20

4 8 4 8


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