Medway High School Master Scheduling & Program of Studies

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1 Medway High School Master Scheduling & Program of Studies

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4 Biggest Enrollment Increases: Computer Programming: , 19 students enrolled , 58 students enrolled Increase of 205% Video Tech: , 13 students enrolled , 48 students enrolled Increase of 239%!

5 AP courses Total AP: 640+ enrollments in 16 AP s

6 Scheduling: some facts Our average teacher load did not change from to and is about 105 students per teacher. This does not include the PE teachers, whose average load is 199 students. The average class size, including all teachers and classes, is 20.2 students per section.

7 Class Size Outliers There are 21 individual sections with >25 students (4.2%). o Of those, three are courses with only one section: AP Physics, Band, Chorus. There are 32 individual sections with <=14 students (6.3%). o Of those, four are single section courses: Economics Accelerated, AP French/French V, Ceramics II, Advanced Programming

8 Scheduling: Some Numbers Study Halls: Student time in study hall has been reduced from an average of 5x per 7-day cycle on average to 3x per cycle. Despite a fairly constant number of students, individual studies have been reduced by 43% : 39 studies with > 100 students : 1 study with > 100 students

9 STUDY HALL NUMBERS

10 What has that time meant to staff? We have been able to reconfigure duty schedules. All teachers have PLC/common plan periods with a grade and/or subject-level team at least once per cycle; some have multiple plans. The Academic Success Center is staffed by faculty 32 of the 42 periods of the weekly schedule.

11 Grade 8-9 Transition The Honors Test, after much discussion and effort, was eliminated for placement. The middle school and high school identified skills relevant to disciplines and individual learners to support appropriate placement. The placements, as recommended, have been successful at the high school -and just as reliable as before the test.

12 Steps for this Year The two schools leadership and teachers will collaborate on calibrating expectations: Looking at exemplar student work Discussion of placement successes and reasons why Identifying specific areas for improvements

13 Other Considerations for Adding the second year of the PLTW Biomedical framework and creating a Capstone project pilot for engineering students Integrating recommendations of the Wellness and World Language curriculum review committees Continuing to evolve co-teaching model to support all learners Considering the whole student in terms of individual scheduling

14 Changes to Existing Courses COURSE Music Theory CHANGE IN PROGRAM Changing to Accelerated weight Sports in Society Changing from senior seminar to elective Statistics/Trig STD Early British Literature/Modern British Literature Human Physiology STD Changing to Math 12 STD; Incorporating topics from both classes into one year-long course Change to former Grade 12 English sequence to allow for two-semester sequence Change from one level to two in physiology; had been offered prior to

15 Proposed New Courses Course Department Rationale Mandarin World Language Expands program to HS Spanish IV STD/ French IV STD World Language Expands sequence for students for whom accelerated or honors would not be appropriate Music Portfolio Music Similar to portfolio in art for students with advanced interest in music Digital Art Art Expands art offerings while utilizing new technologies Human Body Systems Science Expands Biomedical Engineering program Engineering Design & Development - Capstone Science Adds project-based Capstone to program Latin III ACC World Language Expands program to a third year of sequence

16 Next Steps Building on past achievements: Remain focused on reducing the number of singlesection courses while improving (and increasing) the number of total courses we offer. Make some programmatic changes to courses taken traditionally in the junior/senior year. Continue to prioritize Common Planning/PLC time. Balancing the class sizes and teacher load more effectively Adhering to scheduling timeline, particularly with course registrations from grade 8-9

17 Needs/Staffing Requests We have requested the addition of a 0.4 Mandarin teacher at the high school FTE music if warranted by student demand