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Building a Master Schedule for High School

Building a Master Schedule for High School. Marion High School. Reasons for a Master Schedule:. Carnegie Units Organization Promote optimum learning. Master Schedule.

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Building a Master Schedule for High School

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  1. Building a Master Schedule for High School Marion High School

  2. Reasons for a Master Schedule: • Carnegie Units • Organization • Promote optimum learning

  3. Master Schedule • The purpose of the master schedule is to arrange the allotted time, staff, students, and physical resources together so that optimum learning will take place.

  4. Carnegie Unit of Instruction • Carnegie units drive the high school schedule. • Carnegie units are measures of time: 120 hours of classroom instruction=I unit. • Carnegie Units were invented in 1905 by the Carnegie Foundation as a way of standardizing high school instruction so that colleges can easily compare transcripts of applicants. • In 1993, Pennsylvania determined to abolish the use of the Carnegie Unit.

  5. Graduation Requirements • 24 Carnegie Units • Marion High School Diploma of Excellence: 29 Carnegie Units • English/Language Arts 4 units • Mathematics 4 units • Science 3 units • U.S. Hist./Const. 1 unit • Economics .5 unit • U.S. Government .5 unit • Other Social Studies 1 unit • P.E. or Junior ROTC 1 unit • Computer Science 1 unit • Foreign Language/Career 1 unit • Electives 7 units

  6. Factors to Consider in Schedule Building: • Curriculum/Instructional emphasis (Ex: Math, Reading, HSAP, EOC, etc.) • Required courses • Electives • Carnegie units • Size of the Student Body • Number of Regular and Special Teachers • Number of Teacher Aides • Schedules of Any Itinerant Teachers • Number of Classrooms/Instructional Areas • Size of Cafeteria/Length of Lunch • School Start/End Times • Transportation/Bus Schedules

  7. What Type of Class Schedule Does Your School Have? • Traditional six period day; requires the least amount of teachers • 4 x 4 Block; requires the most teachers • AB Block; in the middle between traditional and 4 x 4

  8. Steps in High School Schedule Building: • Students register for classes (Feb.-Mar.). • Tally is done for course requests. • Determine the number of sections/ size of classes. • Mr. McFadden makes the teacher assignments. • Adjustments made. • Schedule is built by May.

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  10. Mrs. Drose Enjoys Putting It Together. Things That Make Scheduling Interesting: • Singleton classes (conflict classes). One section; ex: AP, Honors • 9th, 10th Grade Academy. Has to be done by hand. • Adjusting schedule for failures/summer school (not a big deal)

  11. Citation Page • Owens, R. (1995). Organizational behavior in education. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon • SC State Board of Education, (2006). Graduation requirements (43-259). Columbia, SC: State Government Printing Office

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