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The Complete Guide to Scheduling SLC's and Career Academies
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How to create:
Academic Teams
Smaller Learning
Communities
Career Academies
Develop vertical course
sequences
Align courses and
vertical sequences
Prescribe and reduce course
offerings to allow
common planning time for teachers
Strategies used to implement successful structures to:
SLC Scheduling Issues
Multiple levels of core courses
Lack of vertical course sequences
Assigning teachers by department and
choice first
“Sacred cow” courses maintained for
tradition, not as part of vertical sequence
Lack of curriculum analysis
Inability to use SIS for cohort scheduling and a process to maintain
purity
Key Elements of Scheduling
Prescribe and ReducePhilosophyPlanning
PHILOSOPHYA school must first address the philosophy and culture within the school in order to: create a belief system that ALL students can learn and ALL teachers should be expected to teach high level curriculum.
There is EXTREME power in common teachers sharing common students and meeting regularly
regarding their needs.
De-Tracking
SLC’s are designed to provide equal opportunity within each community by providing less segmentation and more flexibility to move between course levels.
Segmentation by Expectation
Students are placed into a tracking sequence by providing multiple labels to students based upon past performance and other data:
Teacher recommendations Grades Attendance/discipline Test scores
To be successful, this system must be changed to one for heterogeneous grouping. (Equity)
Curriculum Analysis
The size of the “SLC Box” (student time spent in each SLC) depends upon how much a school is able to:
prescribe vertical course sequences reduce core course levels and assign teachers by SLC - not by department. (Process)
SLC Sample
Team A Team B Team C
Outside TimeLearning
Community Time
Outside Time
Learning Community Time
Outside Time
Outside TimeLearning
Community TimeOutside Time Outside Time
Purity
Student PurityThe percentage of students in each SLC specific
class who are actually in that community:
should be above 90% in grade 9 should be above 80% in grades 10-12
Teacher Purity Teachers in each SLC should teach the majority of their courses within the SLC and have 3 hours per
week of common planning time.
Consider these 9th grade course options
Math Foundations
Algebra A
Algebra A and B
Algebra 1
Honors Algebra
Honors Geometry
Sample schedule of too many course levels and assigning teachers to limited preps
Period 1
Period 2
Period 3
Period 4
Period 5
Period 6
Period 7
English
Found. English
Found. English
Common Plan
English 1Found.
English 1Found.
English 1English 1
English
Honors English
Honors English
Common Plan
English 1Honors
English 1Honors
English 1English 1
Math Math Found.
Math Found.
Common Plan
Math Found.
Math Found.
ALG 1 ALG 1
Math Honors ALG 1
Honors ALG 1
Common Plan
Honors ALG 1
Honors ALG 1
Honors Geometry
Honors Geometry
Math ALG A ALG ACommon
PlanALG 1 ALG A ALG A ALG 1
Science
Physical Science
Physical Science
Common Plan
Found. Science
Physical Science
LABPhysical Science
Science
Honors Physics
Honors Physics
Common Plan
Honors Physics
Honors Physics
Honors Biology
Honors Biology
SS Global 1 Global 1Common
PlanGlobal 1 Global 1
Found. Global 1
Found. Global 1
SS Honors Global 1
Honors Global 1
Common Plan
Honors Global 1
Global 1Honors Global 1
Honors Global 1
KeyHonors Global 1
Health Academy
Arts Academy
Stem Academy
Global Course
vs. these
Algebra 1
Honors Algebra 1
Sample schedule for a school who has “prescribed and reduced” and assigned teachers preps for purity
Period 1
Period 2
Period 3
Period 4
Period 5
Period 6
Period 7
EnglishFound English
Found. English
Common Plan
English 1
Honors English
1
English 1
Math ALG 1 ALG 1Common Plan
ALG 1 ALG 1Honors ALG 1
Science
Physical Science
Physical Science
Common Plan
Physical Science
Honors Physical Science
LABPhysical Science
SS Global 1 Global 1Common Plan
Global 1Honors Global 1
Global 1
Elective 1
Medical Service
Health Science
1
Common Plan
Health Science
1
Health Science
1
Elective 2
Intro to Health
Common Plan
Intro to Health
Intro to Health
Medical Tech
KeyHonors Global 1
Health Academy
Arts Academy
Stem Academy
Global Course
Consider these 11-12 grade science courses
Biology + Honors
Chemistry + Honors
Ecology + Honors
Geology + Honors
Physics + Honors
AP Biology
AP Physics
vs. these
Grade 11• ALL SLC – CHEMISTRY OR PHYSICS (OR HONORS)
Grade 12• ALL SLC – ECOLOGY, GEOLOGY (OR HONORS• AP OCCURS AS “GLOBAL” CLASS ACROSS ALL SLC’S
Note: Biology is not offered as a repeat.Must take in summer school, online, or in alternative setting.
PLANNING
Curriculum Analysis (rules for including courses in SLCs)
Vertical Course Sequencing (Pathways) reflecting the ADDITION of core courses working with CTE, with common planning time
Deciding upon the minimum half day focus for purity, at each grade level, per SLC
Adjusting the registration sheets to reflect the SLCs
Gathering course requests by SLC, not in a conglomerate number
Dividing courses as SLC specific, suggested electives, and global classes
Sample Templates
Pemberton, NJNashville, TNAlbuquerque, NMRochester, NY
Rules for courses in personalized learning programs
1. Have no more than three levels (or options)2. Ability to be taught by one teacher3. Occur in similar time periods as other SLC
classes4. Are common to almost all students5. Have similar enrollment numbers to other
teamed courses6. Integrate well with other courses
Sample ScheduleSMART Master
Result of Smaller Learning Environment
Better safety nets for students / adult
connections
Equal opportunity for advance course work
Teachers working together around student needs
Relevance to curriculum by addition
of interest courses
Streamlined communication
between teachers, parents, and
administration
Access to change instruction within each
community
Other Resources
Scheduling Guide by Mike Neubig The Practitioner’s Guide to Scheduling SLC’s and Career Academies; Equity in Action
$39.95 each
DVD Master Scheduling For Academic Teams, Small Learning Communities and Career Academies
$169 eachDVD Workbook: $19.99 each
ScheduleSMART Automated Schedule Builder
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