How to Build Your School's Master Schedule

2024–25 Master Schedule Apply insightful secrets to increase time and drive outcomes

As you plan for the 2024–25 school year now, you can use an effective master schedule to maximize time and generate positive results. More than mapping classes to periods, the master schedule is a powerful tool that can help achieve your school’s vision, meet annual goals, and improve instruction.  

You need to understand the optimal scheduling process, strategies to fit more into each day, and tactics to reconcile conflicting input from stakeholders.  

• How can you align your master schedule with your school’s mission and vision? 
• What role should school goals play in schedule development? 
• How can you leverage the master schedule to improve instruction? 
• What are the main types of master schedules? 
• How can you build your most effective master schedule? 
• What other elements and factors should you consider?