DMGroup’s Secondary Scheduling Institute is an in-depth professional development program that will build your district team’s capacity to design strategic secondary schedules. Learn about the Institute in more detail.

Who Should Enroll?

Middle and high school teams may choose to include the following:

• Principal
• Counselors
• Teachers (general ed, special education, or ESL teacher)
• District academic lead (i.e., assistant superintendent of instruction)
• District staff member involved in the scheduling process

In this program, your team will learn to:

• Design schedules aligned to school and district goals
• Plan & schedule effective academic interventions 
• Maximize core instructional time for students
• Incorporate student voice and choice into the scheduling process
• Maximize staffing to make the most of your funding

Institute Alumni and Partners

"SSI helped us understand how we could leverage the schedule as an instructional tool to help the high school and the district as a whole deliver more for our students. Far from being an administrative chore, scheduling has the power to effect improvements. We are excited about the opportunities the process uncovered to reduce travel time and improve equity between two buildings, and are looking forward to implementing schedule changes for the benefits of all of our students". 

 - Justin Reese, Principal, McCaskey High School, School District of Lancaster (PA)

How it Works

At DMGroup’s Secondary Scheduling Institute, your district team will learn our research-backed, methodical approach to building best-in-class schedules. Features include:

• Participation by district teams: districts participate as a team of up to eight participants per district which builds capacity, collaboration, and shared understanding.
  
  
• Training spanning three months: The Institute takes a multi-mode approach incorporating remote group meetings, webinars, self-use tools and coaching calls over a period of four months.
  
  
• Learn by doing: With the belief that the best way to learn is to learn by doing, each district team will work on building their schedules with the support of coaching, tools, templates, and guides.
  
  
• Peer network: At the Institute, your district team will meet other like-minded teams with whom to share challenges and lessons learned.
  

Cost

$18,000 per team or $15,500 per team in districts that are DMCouncil members. District-wide packages available upon request.

Take advantage of 10% off early-bird pricing by July 1, 2025 - $16,200 per team or $13,950 per team for DMCouncil members.

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About District Management Group

District Management Group was founded in 2004 on the belief that management techniques combined with education best practices are key to addressing the challenge facing American public schools. We partner with school and district leaders across the country and provide them with the best management and educational practices, tools, and techniques to produce measurable, sustainable improvements that help schools and students thrive.