How the day will work:

• SCHEDULE TIMES: Each session is half a day from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM EST.
• The workshop will be conducted as though you were in a classroom. You will see the presenter on camera as well as the schedule board. At times, you will also see the presenter’s shared screen.
• HANDS-ON: You will be provided with a link to access a sample school in which everyone can practice certain steps together in the builder.
• VIDEO REQUIRED: Each attendee will see the other attendees and the presenter will be able to see you. This will allow everyone to participate together, ask questions and be asked questions.

Presenters:

	Rich Rediker: CEO and founder of Rediker Software 40 years ago. Rich wrote the schedule builder and has been teaching schedule building workshops for decades.
	Susan Reid: Susan used the Schedule Builder as a customer and is now the schedule building expert on our training staff.

What you will learn each day:

This is an optional workshop geared towards beginners who have little experience in AdminPlus and/or building schedules. This workshop will be conducted at a slow pace having more time for questions and hands-on interaction! 

Date: January 17, 2023 (9:30 am - 12:00 pm EST)

Recommended User Level: Beginner

Topics covered:

Understand the Basics of Scheduling Preparation Done in AdminPlus

• Entering Courses
  1. Master Course List Review, and If Necessary, Update Settings Related to Scheduling
  2. Hands-on
• Creating the New Year
• The Beginning Program
• Student and Staff Updates
• Course Requests
  1. Manual Entry
  2. Online Forms
  3. Through the PlusPortals
  4. Using Portals to Make Recommendations and Review Requests
  5. Master Schedule of Requests
• Understanding Rotations
  1. What the Letters and Numbers Mean

Preparation is key to creating a strong foundation for your best master schedule. This workshop is the start of our main learning track for intermediate AdminPlus schedule builders.

Date: January 18, 2023 (9:30 am - 12:00 pm EST)

Recommended User Level: Intermediate

Topics covered:

• Introductions - Share the Type of Schedule Used by your School
• Different Types of Schedules
  • Discussing Your Schedule
    1. - Monday to Friday vs. 5-Day Rotations
    2. - 2 to 10 Day Rotations
    3. - Block Scheduling by SEM or by DAY
• Rotation: How to Enter in AdminPlus/SDSB
  • Explanation of Letters and Numbers
• Concurrent Courses
• Pre-Requisite Courses
• A Brief Review of the Various Ways to Enter Course Requests
• Scheduling Timeline
• Constraints
• Setting up the Schedule Board
• Understanding Conflict Matrices
• Order of Placing Sections
• Introduction to Scheduling Rules
• Manually Placing a Few Courses Using a Conflict Matrix and the Schedule Board

Now that all the prep work is done it's time to dive into the AdminPlus master scheduling software.

Date: January 19, 2023 (9:30 am - 12:00 pm EST)

Recommended User Level: Intermediate

Topics covered:

• Setting up the Builder
  • Determining the Number of Sections for Each Course
  • Set up Times and Time Pools
  • Set up Preferred Teachers
  • Set up Schedule Board in Builder
  • Set up Rooms and Room Pools
  • Different Ways to Assign Rooms to Sections
• Understand the Console (#5 Building Schedule)
  • Understanding the Console Screen
    1. - Discuss Strategies of Building
    2. - What Drives Your Schedule?
  • Understanding the Interactive Screen
  • Understanding the Scoreboard
  • Reports Available in SDSB
  • Hands-on Time to Build Singletons
• Build Doubletons
  • Understanding the Interactive Screen for Doubletons
  • Hands-on Time to Build Doubletons

The grand finale of our training workshop - today we finalize the schedule and review reports in AdminPlus.

Date: January 20, 2023 (9:30 am - 12:00 pm EST)

Recommended User Level: Intermediate

Topics covered:

• Review Building of Singletons and Doubletons
• Build Tripletons
  • Understanding the Interactive Screen for Tripletons
  • Hands-on Time to Build Tripletons
• Discuss Advanced Specifications Settings
  • Slider Between Better Balance and More Students Scheduled
  • Refining
  • Overnight Mode
  • Saving and Retrieving Builds
• Reports in SDSB
• Finalizing Your Schedule Back to AdminPlus (AP)
  • "Add To" vs. "Replaces"
• Load Students into Schedule
• Discuss the Different Reports Available in AP
• Master Student and Teacher Schedules
• Signup Lists Without Sections
• Study Hall Scheduler
• Questions