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How to Build the Master Schedule in 10 Easy Steps

A Guide for Secondary School Administrators

By: Steven S. Kussin

Tailor a master schedule to your school with this expert step-by-step method!

This hands-on resource takes a practical approach to building a master schedule that is adaptable to schools of any size in urban, suburban, or rural settings. Demonstrating how to put your customized plan into practice and focusing on curriculum, class size requirements, and staffing, this book provides:

Ten tested steps to apply over 12 months
Exercises, worksheets, planning documents, and graphic organizers for each step
Anecdotes and mini case studies throughout
Ways to communicate with students and parents
50 "Helpful Hints" to get the job done

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Grade Level: 6-12
ISBN: 9781412955911
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2007
Page Count: 160
Publication date: September 11, 2013

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"All secondary schools—urban, suburban, or rural, large or small—should have this book on hand as they begin the scheduling process. It is an excellent resource and helpful to everyone, even those of us who have been building master schedules for years!"
—Judy Brunner, Educational Consultant
Edu-Safe LLC

"This book is an incredibly valuable resource to anyone involved in building a master schedule. The author provides a comprehensive description of the processes involved and makes the reader aware of what needs to be considered and done throughout the process. An outstanding book!"
—Robert Blake, Principal
Mainland Regional High School, Linwood, NJ

Tailor a master schedule to your school with this expert step-by-step method!

One of the most time-consuming tasks for school leaders is creating a master schedule that is customized to the needs of a specific school.

How to Build the Master Schedule in 10 Easy Steps offers a practical approach to schedule development and curriculum planning that is adaptable to any school setting—urban, suburban, or rural. This hands-on resource demystifies the scheduling process and helps educators develop a site-specific plan for the school year by focusing on curriculum, class size requirements, and staffing. Demonstrating how to implement your customized plan, this book provides:

Ten tested steps to apply over 12 months
Exercises, worksheets, planning documents, and graphic organizers for each step
Anecdotes and mini case studies throughout
Ways to communicate with students and parents
50 "Helpful Hints" to get the job done

Written for those new to scheduling as well as experienced educators, this unique volume offers school administrators a practical approach for building an effective master schedule.

Key features

Tested master scheduling steps
Steps can be used for rural, suburban, and urban schools
Steps are also useful for elementary school schedule creation
Hands-on and practitioner-friendly
Full of worksheets, planning documents, and graphic organizers
10 Steps over 12 months with examples, sample forms, and exercises to demonstrate each step
50 "Helpful Hints" to get the job done
Anecdotes and mini-case studies throughout

Author(s)

Steven S. Kussin

Steven S. Kussin is Adjunct Professor in the School of Communications at Hofstra University and has taught at New York University and C.W. Post College as well. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University, his Master of Science from Brooklyn College, and his PhD from New York University. He has been an educator for thirty-seven years, including twenty-one years as a high school principal.

Dr. Kussin has been building master schedules for more than thirty years. In addition to running workshops on “How To Build the Master Schedule” throughout the greater New York metropolitan area, he serves as an education consultant to a number of school districts. Since 2006, he has been writing a weekly column on education titled the “Principal’s Office.” It appears in the Herald newspaper chain on Long Island.

Dr. Kussin resides in Merrick, Long Island, New York, with his wife of thirty-five years, Sharyn, who was a Spanish teacher in New York City. The couple has three sons: Todd, Eric, and Lonnie (all of whom attended Cornell). Todd and his wife Alyssa are the parents of Rebecca Hayley. In his spare time, Kussin likes being “Grandpa,” volunteering for several community causes, playing the piano, and writing. He is currently completing a novel which he plans to turn into a screenplay.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Author’s Note

Introduction

1. Step #1: Plan It – The Curriculum Development Stage

2. Step #2: Package It – Four Steps for Preparing the Scheduling Materials

3. Step #3: Market It – Reaching Out to the Students and Parents

4. Step #4: Count ‘Em Up – Determining Tallies, Sections, and Staff

5. Step #5: Spot Trouble – The Conflict Matrix

6. Step #6: Build It – Construction of the Master Schedule

7. Step #7: Test It – Computer Simulation

8. Step #8: Load It – Three Methods for Loading Students Into the Schedule

9. Step #9: Adjust It – Mop of End-of-Year Changes

10. Step #10: Refine It – The Final Touch

11. Final Word

Resource A: 10-Step Review

Resource B: 10-Step Review by School Year Month

Resource C: 10-Step Review by Document

Reviews

"This book is an incredibly valuable resource to anyone involved in building a master schedule. The author provides a comprehensive description of the processes involved and makes the reader aware of what needs to be considered and done throughout the process. An outstanding book!"

Robert Blake, Principal
Mainland Regional High School, Linwood, NJ

“All secondary schools—urban, suburban, or rural, large or small—should have this book on hand as they begin the scheduling process. It is an excellent resource and helpful to everyone, even those of us who have been building master schedules for years. I give it two thumbs up!”

Judy Brunner, Educational Consultant
Edu-Safe LLC

"Well structured, very practical, very easy to read, very relevant to school administrators, and very accessible to a national audience."

Michelle Tichy, Professor
St. Norbert College

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