The Course programme
Details of the current programme of courses can be found on
www.monitortimetabling.com
Application can be made from this site.
The principal course is a two day one though each day can be
seen as self contained if necessary. Although the days are
broken up into sessions for reasons of comfort each day
should be seen as a continuum of delivery and the
subdivisions are flexible. The times may vary from venue to
venue.
Day 1 Planning
Session 1 9.00 11.00
The nature of the task
A calendar for the timetabling process
The timetable cycle
The potential value and limitations of computer software
The planned use of staff time
Planning in the context of a hypothetical school
Session 2 11.15 1.15
Elements of the curriculum plan setting, banding,
blocking, populations, staffing
Curriculum plans for the three Key Stages
Testing the feasibility of the curriculum plan
Session 3 2.00 4.00
Costing the Curriculum Plan
Reconciling the Curriculum Plan with the budget
Fitting staff to the curriculum plan deployment, combing
An examination of the constraints which inhibit delivery
Day 2 Construction
Session 1 9.00 11.00
Familiarisation with todays hypothetical school
Essential areas of flexibility
The clash matrix
Session 2 11.15 1.15
Setting a good structure at KS4&5
Is real time the best medium in which to timetable?
How can the arithmetic of the option blocks be used to
induce stability and robustness
Session 3 1.45 4.00
KS3 departmental or whole school?
Team based activities at KS3
Recognising priorities and accepting compromise
Class based activities at KS3
|
|
|
The Background and our Aim
The recent history of schools is characterised by huge
curriculum change, from the National Curriculum and its
retrenchment, vocational and academic courses in all their
manifestations, AS, A2 & the IB and much more
Click here
for further information |
|
|
|
