Scheduling process
There are three components involved in the scheduling process which are daily schedules, classes, and school calendar. All three areas were discussed with my principal and have a unique impact on each other. My principal stated “too often we get caught up in the concept of time and it took me a while to understand that time is something that I have control over.” It is a great point that as a principal you do have some control over the schedule and can manipulate it to get the time teachers need whether it be instructional or professional growth time. We had a great discussion about how scheduling has changed from when he started at Wahlert and some of the issues that still exist. First, the daily schedules have changed …show more content…
Then staffing is set up based upon student requests. The guidance department then sets up the teaching schedule. This set is less than stellar and my principal noted that this is an area he needs to work at because he knows that scheduling is not a strength for him and he has had very little practice in it. The Holy Family administration gives him teacher numbers based on enrollment and then he has to manipulate staffing accordingly. He did state that “we need to take had hard look at the course offerings and think about revamping and starting over to a certain degree.” This was brought on because the school has been offering the same course since it opened and Mr. Meyers thinks that this is something we need to look at to improve the overall quality of education for the …show more content…
There are still some issues with how to create a better teaching schedule and with creating better common prep periods for teachers to continue PLC work and share teaching strategies. I believe that the biggest change as a school has come on the heels of the principal realizing that he controls the schedule and can create the time that teachers say they need to become better. The hard part comes with how to get creative with the schedule to meet the needs of the teachers while maintain a quality education for the students. As I process this notion of scheduling, I keep thinking about how I would do things and what would be some creative ways to manipulate the schedules to increase professional development and ultimately the quality of education within a school. It is hard to wrap around this idea because I can only guess at what might work without having all the information that a principal has and without the ability to figure out why some changes might not work. I really think a big key to scheduling is to make sure that there is a committee of teachers that are involved to help with the decision making process and provide feedback on what might or might not work. Mr. Meyers has started that with a teacher leader committee that meets every three weeks to help with scheduling and other topics. I was selected to be on that committee and at our first
There are three components involved in the scheduling process which are daily schedules, classes, and school calendar. All three areas were discussed with my principal and have a unique impact on each other. My principal stated “too often we get caught up in the concept of time and it took me a while to understand that time is something that I have control over.” It is a great point that as a principal you do have some control over the schedule and can manipulate it to get the time teachers need whether it be instructional or professional growth time. We had a great discussion about how scheduling has changed from when he started at Wahlert and some of the issues that still exist. First, the daily schedules have changed …show more content…
Then staffing is set up based upon student requests. The guidance department then sets up the teaching schedule. This set is less than stellar and my principal noted that this is an area he needs to work at because he knows that scheduling is not a strength for him and he has had very little practice in it. The Holy Family administration gives him teacher numbers based on enrollment and then he has to manipulate staffing accordingly. He did state that “we need to take had hard look at the course offerings and think about revamping and starting over to a certain degree.” This was brought on because the school has been offering the same course since it opened and Mr. Meyers thinks that this is something we need to look at to improve the overall quality of education for the …show more content…
There are still some issues with how to create a better teaching schedule and with creating better common prep periods for teachers to continue PLC work and share teaching strategies. I believe that the biggest change as a school has come on the heels of the principal realizing that he controls the schedule and can create the time that teachers say they need to become better. The hard part comes with how to get creative with the schedule to meet the needs of the teachers while maintain a quality education for the students. As I process this notion of scheduling, I keep thinking about how I would do things and what would be some creative ways to manipulate the schedules to increase professional development and ultimately the quality of education within a school. It is hard to wrap around this idea because I can only guess at what might work without having all the information that a principal has and without the ability to figure out why some changes might not work. I really think a big key to scheduling is to make sure that there is a committee of teachers that are involved to help with the decision making process and provide feedback on what might or might not work. Mr. Meyers has started that with a teacher leader committee that meets every three weeks to help with scheduling and other topics. I was selected to be on that committee and at our first