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Schedule Analysis A l i
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The Four Dimensions

Time People Space Program

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Characteristics of the Ideal Schedule Junior School

Allows students time to be kids Utilizes staff effectively Provides adequate preparation time for faculty Accommodates t A d t team t teaching hi Meets contract agreements Assures equitable teaching loads Flexibility to address last minute changes Appropriate time for large-scale assemblies
Time appropriate to age, grade level, subject

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Characteristics of the Ideal Schedule Junior School

Adequate b Ad t breaks k Balances prime-time distribution

Variety in each day and throughout the year Unstructured time for social exchanges Protects Lower School homeroom time Provides adequate time for each discipline Avoids bits and pieces of time Allows for various grouping options

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Characteristics of the Ideal Schedule Junior School

Fits the philosophy of the school Balances class sizes Meets program requirements Keeps stress levels even throughout the day and year Is conflict free Is believable (people can buy in) Is completed prior to the end of the previous year

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Remember the research

Pacing the school y g year with strategically placed breaks and rally points Strong sense of St f community Access to choice the older the student The value of interdisciplinary work i t di i li k

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Remember the myths!

Junior School students do not need passing time All academics in the morning with th i ith the specials i l in the afternoon Every minute is equal to y q every other minute horizontal vs. vertical time In th Junior S h l I the J i School 25 minutes is enough time for the homeroom teacher to complete a lesson
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Typical Characteristics of the Lower Division

Every student takes every y y course. The challenge is to fit in specials, yet k i l t keep sizable i bl chunks of time for the core classroom teacher, and to provide time for grade-level teachers (or teams) to communicate. communicate

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The Best Designs Lower Division Components

Avoid bits and pieces of time Strive for chunks of chunks time Divide the day into thirds Avoid redundancy Keep as many specials K i l outside the system as possible

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A good schedule accommodates program It does not dictate it!

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Assets and Liabilities

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Priorities for Change

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CAUTION!
We are not actually scheduling UNIS Junior School We are providing options for conversation with illustrations as to how they might work y g The options will work in your setting We expect and anticipate the conversation to build on this work and drive the best options The only non-starter is doing nothing .

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Priorities for Change

Reduce the impact of holidays and professional days on the schedule Eliminate bits and pieces of time in favor of usable p time Find time for Junior School students to eat in the cafeteria f t i Ensure at least one planning period per day for each homeroom teacher Create opportunities for interdisciplinary work at each grade level Find time to really use the collaborator room
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Recommendations Calendar Year

Review the Rally Points in the late Spring

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Recommendations Space
Consider enclosing the library for sound

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Recommendations People
When you can hire another counselor can,

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Recommendations Program and Policy

Let the students do PE in their street clothes Get more laptop carts or some other mobile computing units p g Address group teachers as a whole they let students out late As much as possible, eliminate the crossing over of teachers from one division to the next

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Recommendations Program and Policy

Create podcasts of the days lesson for students who will miss the class due to illness and post them online Require teachers to utilize the website for p q posting g homework, etc. Consider the flipped classroom model Have students meet by grade level at least once per cycle, with student leaders running the meeting Have students meet two grades at a time to celebrate the school Have students meet by house level grouping students across grade levels
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Recommendations Program and Policy

Have the librarian join the computer teacher in grade level planning meetings once per cycle

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Recommendations Processing
Schedule any special where there is already a break Ensure that Homeroom teachers have a minimum of 25 minutes in the classroom with the students Schedule every section in each grade into a special at the same time once per cycle to allow for team planning JA-J2: t JA J2 art, music, PE, science i PE i Include passing time on the schedule Maintain as many chunks of homeroom time as possible Schedule Junior School into the cafeteria

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Lunch and Play Schedule

Play JA J1 J2 J3 J4 12:40-1:10 11:20-11:50 11:00-11:30 10:40-11:10 12:10 12:40 12:10-12:40 Lunch 12:10-12:40 10:50-11:20 11:30-12:00 11:10-11:40 12:40 1:10 12:40-1:10

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Lunch Schedule in Cafeteria

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Recommendations Processing
All classes that meet twice per cycle should meet once in the morning; once in the afternoon All classes that meet more than twice per cycle should p y meet in the early morning, late morning, and afternoon throughout the cycle Try t T to schedule JA specials b k t b k t reduce th h d l i l back to back to d the yo-yoing of the students Start with J4 with PE, the J3, J2, J1, JA , , , , Start with J3 with Art, then J2, J1, JA, J4 Start with J2 with Science, then J1, JA, J4, J3 Etc.
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Recommendations Design
Open the day with 20 minutes of Homeroom time which can be designated as Community time once or twice a week Close the day with 15 minutes of Homeroom time When possible, run long play before lunch Consider an 8-day cycle

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8-Day Cycle
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 M A F C H E B G D A PD T B G D A F C H E B F ` W C H E B G D A F C G Th D A F C H E B G D H F E B G D A F C H E A

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Priorities for Change

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Priorities for Change

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Priorities for Change

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Priorities for Change

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Priorities for Change

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Priorities for Change

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Priorities for Change

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Priorities for Change

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Priorities for Change

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Priorities for Change

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Priorities for Change

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Priorities for Change

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Priorities for Change

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Priorities for Change

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Priorities for Change

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Priorities for Change

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Priorities for Change

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Priorities for Change

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Priorities for Change

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8-Day 8 Day Cycle Features

No course is hit by holidays and professional days hit all courses meet throughout the year (unless there is an act of God) There is variety in the day and i th week Th i i t i th d d in the k Prime time is being accessed by all students There is time to add one hour of computer to the cycle to use the collaborator 20-minute opening and 15-minute closing time each day is very Junior School appropriate Access to vertical time for Science (if the option is used) It meets faculty association contracts
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8-Day 8 Day Cycle Challenges

You must publish a calendar in advance indicating what day it is, and communicate throughout the campus that Today is Day 3 Teachers (and parents!) must get used to the fact that Monday is not Monday (but kids get it!) Because of th rotation of classes and th cycle not B f the t ti f l d the l t tied to the days of the week, some teachers will say it is not predictable. Not true, but it is harder to remember than the 5-day tied to the days of the week The frequency of meeting of the specials can be problematic is science once per cycle enough?
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8-Day 8 Day Cycle Challenges

Part-time Part time people must be full time part of the day

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Thank you! And Good luck!

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