Elementary Master Scheduling

Elementary Master

Scheduling

Our Elementary School is a suburban elementary school in a county in Virginia

Serves students in grade Pre-K through 5 During the 2009-2010 school year,

enrollment has grown to around 500 students.

Students achieve at or above the county, state, and national averages and have met all guidelines for state assessments and AYP for No Child Left Behind.

Our School

Our School

Year occupied 1965

School capacity 500@20-1

Last Renovation 1999

Student Enrollment 500

Average Daily Attendance 94%

*Mobility Index as of 4/30 In 7% out 5%

Portable Classrooms 0

Setting Suburban

Site Size 15 acres

Grade Level # of Boys # of Girls Total number of Students

Average Class Size

Pre-K Students 10 5 15 15

Kindergarten 30 31 61 23

First 48 30 78 21-22

Second 52 41 93 25-26

Third 42 30 72 21-22

Fourth 46 44 90 19-20

Fifth 49 42 91 24-25

Ungraded

Total 277 223 500 22

Our School

Statistic

Percentage

2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010

Free/Reduced Lunch

12% 15% 19% 24% 29%

Gifted 4% 3% 5% 6% 5%

Special Education

8% 9% 14% 13% 12%

Speech 7% 7% 4% 5% 4%

ELL 4% 5% 4% 4% 6%

504 4% 4% 1% 2% 3%

Title 1 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Our School

Develop a schedule that supports the CSIP (Committee for School Improvement and Planning)

Support schedules coordinated with the general education program (inclusion, interventions and planning)

Uninterrupted blocks of time for reading and math (refer to SOQs from the state standards for minimum requirements at each grade level)

Common daily grade level planning time/instructional time for teachers (this could provide a time for staff development for grade level teams of teachers)

Incorporated block of time for intervention/ enrichment to meet the needs of RTI (Response To Intervention) and Gateway

Instructional Priorities:

Supporting Research

Gumm and Turner, 2004, found that students need a minimum of 90 minutes of uninterrupted reading instruction per day in order to for sufficient reading development, the goal being to read on grade level.

Their evidence also shows that the most effective teachers are those that deliver reading instruction with density.

Therefore, at-risk students require more instructional time each day with instruction that has greater density (Gumm & Turner, 2004).

Increases in the amount of Common Planning Time are strongly associated with increases in the amount of time the teachers can spend coordinating content, diagnosing individual student needs, planning special events, conducting parent conferences, regrouping, and rescheduling. (Mac Iver, 1990).

CPT promotes heightened levels of teacher collegiality (Lipsitz, 1984; Rice, 2003), professionalism in curriculum development (Lipsitz, 1984), and reduces teacher isolation (Rice, 2003).

Supporting Research con’t.

Common Planning Time for grade level teachers and special education teachers at the grade level

A block of time at each grade level to incorporate the Student Intervention Specialist

Organizational Priorities:

Budget Special education schedules and

coordinating them with general education Number of special education teachers and

when they are available for assistance/co-teaching in general education classes….she might work across grade levels so when creating a master schedule this would need to be considered to make sure she is available for reading/math in the grade levels in which she has identified students

Constraints:

Itinerates (Music, Art, P.E., Guidance, Library, etc.) and their number of days available in the building

E/R (Enrichment/ Remediation)..does our school have a Student Intervention Specialist or do teachers have to incorporate remediation into their school day (for ex. during their planning time or before and or after school)??

Time for special programs … violin, drums, etc.

Constraints cont.:

Time for PALS (Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening) tutors, speech teachers,

individual student counseling, etc. Grade level numbers…if there are too many

homerooms at a particular level that could interfere with common planning time as their might not be enough itinerate teachers to cover the classes from the same grade level all at once

Do we have a gateway (gifted and talented) teacher or are classroom teachers responsible for providing enrichment activities for the students?

Constraints cont.:

Consider the Reading First Model of Virginia to establish guidelines for the reading blocks

Look at the Standards of Quality to determine minimum standards for itinerate teachers per student numbers

Possible things to consider:

Timeline of Scheduling for the 2010-2011 School Year

Date Task Participants

1. January 2010 Kindergarten registration notification send home information with students/notify community regarding registration in February

2. February 2010 · Kindergarten registration· Estimate August enrollment

Kindergarten teachersGuidanceSchool administration

3. April 2010 · Grade level meetings:· Potential issues for upcoming school year· Discuss students who are not currently on grade level.· Discuss possible retentions· Identify grade level chairs· Identify any additional concerns for upcoming school year· IEP/504/ESL/ENRICHMENT· *Child study meetings take place throughout school year

Grade level teachersadministration

4. May/June 2010 · Formative assessments· Data Analyses· Intervention/enrichment

All teachers/administration

Date Task Participants5. May 2010 · Develop a master calendar for 2010-2011

· Go over survey with staffAdministration/central/all

6. June 2010 · Teacher recommendations for upcoming school year

All teachers

7. June 2010 · Estimate number of teachers and room resources· Give staff survey using survey monkey· Secure itinerates

Administration

8. June 2010 · Analyze for class size, balance, and use of staffing resources· Run student scheduler

Administration

9. July 2010 · Final master and student classroom assignments· Meet CSIP

Administration

10. July 30, 2010 · Teacher mailing of classroom assignments TeachersAdministration

11. August 5, 2010 Parent/student pick up of classroom teacher assignment Administration

12 August 6, 2010 · Kindergarten orientation

TeachersAdministrators

13. August, 23, 2010 · Students return-first student day· Share schedule with teachers

Teachers Administrators

Elementary Master Schedule 8:00 a.m. - 2:25 p.m.PK 8:00 - 10:30 10:30-11:15 11:15 - 12:40 12:40 - 1:25 1:25 - 1:50 1:50 - 2:25

HR Reading/Lang. Arts Recess / Lunch Math Nap / Planning

Snack / Encore

SS / Science

Recess

KG 8:00 - 10:30 10:30 - 11:15 11:15 - 12:40 12:40-1:25 1:25 - 1:50 1:50 - 2:25

HR Reading/Lang. Arts Lunch / Recess Math Encore / Planning

ER SS/Sci

First 8:00 - 10:30 10:30 - 11:05 11:05 - 11:50 11:50 - 12:35

12:35 - 1:35

1:35 - 2:25

HR Reading/Lang. Arts ER Recess / Lunch Encore / Planning

Math SS/Science

Second 8:00 - 9:35 9:35 - 10:20 10:20 - 11:15 11:15 - 12:00

12:00 - 12:30

12:30 - 1:30 1:30 - 2:25

HR Reading/Lang. Arts Encore / Planning Reading/Lang. Arts Recess / Lunch

ER Math SS/Sci

Third 8:00 - 10:00 10:00 - 10:30 10:30 - 11:45

11:45 - 12:30 12:30 - 1:25 1:25 - 2:10 2:10 - 2:25

HR Reading/Lang. Arts ER Math Recess / Lunch SS / Science Encore / Planning

Read Aloud / Math Review

Fourth 8:00 -9:45 9:45 - 10:30 10:30-11:15 11:15 - 12:15 12:15 - 1:00 1:00 - 2:25

HR Reading/Lang. Arts ER Encore / Planning

SS / Science Lunch / Recess

Math

Fifth 8:00 - 8:50 8:50 - 9:35 9:35 - 10:35 10:35 - 11:35

11:35 - 1:00 1:00 - 1:50 1:00 - 2:25

HR Reading Encore / Planning

Writing Math SS / Science Lunch / Recess

ER

ER 8-8:45

8:45-9:30 9:30 – 10:00

10:00 - 10:30 10:30 - 11:05

11:05 - 12:00

12:00 - 12:30

12:20 - 1:00 1:00 - 1:25 1:25 - 1:50 1:50 - 2:25

plan Tier III/class 3rd 4th 1st grade Tier III / Classroom

2nd grade Lunch Tier III / Classroom

KG 5th Grade

PK Daily Schedule: To be determined by PK teacher

10:30 - 11:00 Lunch

Kindergarten Daily Schedule :

8:00 - 10:30 Reading/Language Arts

10:30 - 11:15 Lunch / Recess

11:15 - 12:40 Math

12:40 - 1:25 Encore

1:25 - 1:50 ER

1:50 - 2:25 SS/SC

First Grade Daily Schedule :

8:00 - 10:30 Reading / Language Arts

10:30 - 11:05 ER

11:05 - 11:50 Recess / Lunch

11:50 - 12:35 Encore

12:35 - 1:35 Math

1:35 - 2:25 SS/SC

Our Master Schedule

Second Grade Daily Schedule :


9:35 - 10:20 Encore


11:15 - 12:00 Recess / Lunch

12:00 - 12:30 ER

12:30 - 1:30 Math

1:30 - 2:25 SS/SC

Third Grade Daily Schedule:

8:00 – 9:30 Reading

9:30-10:00 ER

10-10:30 Writing

10:30 - 11:45 Math

11:45 - 12:30 Recess / Lunch

12:30 - 1:25 SS/SC

1:25 - 2:10 Encore

2:10 - 2:25 Read Aloud / Math Review

Our Master Schedule Continued

Fourth Grade Daily Schedule :

8:00 10:00 Reading / Language Arts

10:00 - 10:30 ER

10:30 - 11:15 Encore

11:15 - 12:15 SS/SC

12:15 - 1:00 Lunch / Recess

1:00 - 2:25 Math

Fifth Grade Daily Schedule :

8:00 - 8:50 Reading

8:50 - 9:35 Encore

9:35 - 10:35 Writing

10:35 - 11:35 Math

11:35 - 1:00 SS/SC

1:00 - 1:50 Lunch / Recess

1:50 - 2:25 ER


Enrichment / Remediation Daily Schedule :

8:00 – 8:45 Planning

8:45-9:30 Tier III Intervention or Classroom Small Group Instruction

9:30-10:00 3rd grade

10:00 - 10:30 4th grade

10:30 - 11:05 1st grade

11:05 - 12:00 Tier III Intervention or Classroom Small Group Instruction

12:00 - 12:30 2nd grade

12:30 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 1:25 Tier III Intervention or Classroom Small Group Instruction

1:25 - 1:50 KG

1:50 - 2:25 5th grade

Lunch Schedule :

10:30 - 11:00 PK

10:45 - 11:15 KG

11:20 - 11:50 1st grade

11:30 - 12:00 2nd grade

12:00 - 12:30 3rd grade

12:15 - 12:45 4th grade

1:00 - 1:30 5th grade


Check out our Encore schedule!

encore rotations.xlsx

Encore (Music, Art, Library, Guidance and P.E.) Scheduling

Time Allocations

K 1 2 3 4 5

Reading/ LA150 150 150 135 120 110

Math85 60 60 75 85 60

SS/Science35 50 55 55 60 85

Encore45 45 45 45 45 45

Lunch/Recess45 45 45 45 45 50

Enrichment / Remediation

25 35 30 30 30 35

Total 385 385 385 385 385 385

Bibliography

http://www.rmle.pdx.edu/Key%20CPT%20Research%20Findings.pdf

http://www.middleweb.com/Fritsche1.html

http://forpd.ucf.edu/strategies/stratreadingblock.html



http://www.middleweb.com/Fritsche1.html

http://forpd.ucf.edu/strategies/stratreadingblock.html

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