This Master Schedule Guide is a living resource. There are many individuals and master schedule teams who contributed their knowledge, expertise, and time in the development of this online Master Schedule Guide. We conducted lengthy interviews with identified scheduling experts. We brought together cadres of scheduling experts to explore master scheduling topics in depth and called on them and others to review various drafts of the Master Schedule Guide and various tools and resources. We offer our deepest appreciation to all.
We also build on the earlier CCASN Scheduling Guide for Career Academies and Other Small Learning Communities (2006) and contributors to our first guide must also be acknowledged.
In addition, CCASN received funding and generous support for the development of the 2006 Guide from the National Academy Foundation (NAF) and the 2014 Guide from ConnectEd California and the James Irvine Foundation.
Among the individuals, schools, and organizations that have contributed thus far to the development of the Master Scheduling Guide are:
- Salma Aziz, Assistant Principal, Porterville High School, Porterville Unified School District, Porterville, CA
- Ralph Baker, former Senior Research Associate, WestEd, Oakland, CA
- Todd Barcial, Registrar, Kapaa High School, Kapaa, Kauai, HI
- Fran Beasley, Information Management Specialist, Beaumont High School, St. Louis, MO
- Ahdam Brown, Counselor, Juan Crespi Middle School, West Contra Costa Unified School District, Richmond, CA
- John Burdick, former Technical Coordinator, Watsonville High School, Watsonville, CA
- Debra Cannon, International Baccalaureate/ Physics Teacher, Trinity High School, Euless, TX; former vice principal at South Grand Prairie High School, Grand Prairie, TX
- Joseph DiMartino, President, Center for Secondary School Redesign, Inc.
- Steve Graybehl, AB790 Mentor Coordinator for regional Linked Learning Consortium, former principal, Porterville Unified School District, Porterville, CA
- Kathy Hamilton, Director of College and Career Options, Secondary Education, Elk Grove Unified School District, Elk Grove, CA
- Beverlye Horton, Senior Director, Education Projects, Academic Partnerships; former SLC Coordinator for South Grand Prairie High School, Grand Prairie, TX
- Sue Hubbard, Program Specialist, Career Technical Education, Elk Grove Unified School District, Elk Grove, CA
- Allison Huie, Vice Principal, Kennedy High School, West Contra Costa Unified School District, Richmond, CA
- Jacqueline Inouye, Registrar, Kauai High School, Lihue, Kauai, HI
- Warren Izumigawa, Registrar, James Campbell High School, Ewa Beach, Oahu, HI
- Valerie Jones, Vice Principal, Braden River High School, Bradenton, FL
- L. Renee Lama, Vice Principal, Kennedy HIgh School, West Contra Costa Unified School District, Richmond, CA
- Cheryl Lawton, Principal, Milpitas High School, Milpitas, CA (former Co-Principal, Hillsdale High, San Mateo, CA)
- Theresa McEwen, Director, High School Resdesign/Linked Learning, Sacramento City Unified School District, Sacramento, CA
- Raymond Navarrete, Counselor, Rosemont HIgh School, Sacramento, CA
- Steve Neill, former Counselor, Tennyson High School, Hayward, CA
- Gary Oyler, Registrar, Kaimuki High School, Honolulu, Oahu, HI
- Hatha Parrish, Director of Federal and State Programs/Linked Learning Director, Centinela Valley Union High School District, Lawndale, CA
- John Perryman, former SLC Lead Teacher, Luther Burbank High School, Sacramento, CA
- Kal Phan, Assistant Principal, Hiram Johnson High School, Sacramento City Unified School District, Sacramento, CA
- Kathleen Prasch, former Principal, Santa Teresa High School, San Jose, CA
- Julie S. Ramos, Registrar, James Campbell High School, Ewa Beach, Oahu, HI
- Erik Rice, Supervisor of College and Career Readiness, San Francisco Unified School District (also former Principal at Life Academy In Oakland Unified School District), San Francisco, CA
- David Riley, former Principal, Andrew Hill High School, San Jose, CA
- Marisa Saunders, Principal Associate, Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, Providence, RI
- Tim Sippel, Principal, John Muir High School, Pasadena Unified School District (also former Linked Learning Director for Pasadena)
- Karen Shores, Consultant, California Department of Education, Sacramento, CA
- Therese Sprecco, CTE/ROP Director II, Grossmont Union HIgh School District, El Cajon, CA
- Roman Stearns, Director, Leadership Development, ConnectEd: The California Center for College and Career, Berkeley, CA
- Mary Vinciguerra, Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services, Liberty Union High School District, Brentwood, CA
- Russ Woolsey, former Registrar, Waianae High School, Waianae, Oahu, HI
- Carrie Yamamoto, Registrar, President Theodore Roosevelt High School, Honolulu, Oahu, HI
- Dave Yanofsky, Director, Media and Youth Development, ConnectEd: The California Center for College and Career, Berkeley, CA
- Karen Zalac, former Vice Principal, East High School, Columbus, OH
CCASN Staff who co-authored and/or contributed to this Guide and/or to the 2006 CCASN Scheduling Guide include: Patricia Clark, Charles Dayton, Erin Fender, Tracy Hanna, Annie Johnston, Pedro Nava, Phil Saroyan, David Stern, Pierre Tchetgen, and Susan Tidyman. We were supported in this work by Carrie Collins, our CCASN Administrator, and Gilberto Conchas, Director of our Southern California CCASN Center at UC Irvine. The web architecture and development (and so much more) is the work of Nick Despota of Lumina Media and his programmer Tod Abbott.
The Master Schedule Notebook serves as a repository for recording scheduling data, ideas, insights, decisions, etc. at every stage of the Master Schedule development process. It documents the process, the results, and the learning that occurs along the way. It is also a place to save artifacts of the master schedule development work that will inform both reflection on the work and the cycle of continuous master schedule improvement.
The Master Schedule Notebook/Log/Journal/Portfolio may be maintained in a binder, as a set of folders, as a set of files on a platform such as Google Drive, or elsewhere in the cloud.
Recommendations for Master Schedule Notebook content as well as checklists, templates, prompts, and forms are provided in the Master Schedule Notebook section for each Stage of the Master Schedule development process. In addition, recommendations for a District level Master Schedule Notebook are included in the District System of Support section of the Guide.
Founded in 1998, the College & Career Alliance Support Network (CCASN) is based at the University of California Berkeley (UCB). The CCASN team involves a mix of researchers and practitioners and has worked in over 20 states to support design, development, implementation and enhancement of academies, linked learning pathways and other small learning communities as well as school-district-regional-state systems — while simultaneously assembling, developing, and documenting information, tools and resources.
Our work resulted in a series of guides now available on the CCASN website, along with other tools, templates, databases, videos, and more. CCASN continues to engage in a broad range of efforts that join research findings with practical solutions that improve the college and career readiness of youth.
CCASN is funded by private foundations, as well as through contracts with states, districts, and industry and community partners.
CCASN MASTER SCHEDULE GUIDE DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Lead Authors: Patricia Clark and Phil Saroyan
With the support and contributions of our fabulous CCASN Colleagues – Charles Dayton, Erin Fender, Annie Johnston, Pedro Nava, David Stern, Pierre Tchetgen, and Susan Tidyman.
With the support of Carrie Collins, our CCASN Administrator, and Gilberto Conchas, Director of our Southern California CCASN Center at UC Irvine. With web design and development, guidance, and creative contributions by the CCASN web master Nick Despota of Lumina Media and his programmer Tod Abbott.
With the wisdom, expertise, and contributions of many district, school, pathway/academy practitioners in the field. (See acknowledgements)
With generous support from he James Irvine Foundation and ConnectEd California
And building on the earlier CCASN Scheduling Guide for Career Academies and Other Small Learning Communities and the work of authors Patricia Clark, Charles Dayton, Susan Tidyman, and Tracy Hanna and the support of the National Academy Foundation