Impact Schedule Design promotes a mindset, tool set and skill set particularly applicable in these times -- which calls us to think freshly about how to create experiences for students and teachers, and requires school leadership teams to prepare for an unprecedented year. By building school team's Impact Scheduling tools and skills, leaders will better position their school teams to optimize resources and prepare for the shifting landscape throughout the year – and the future.
Tegy has adapted to the current reality by redesigning our signature Design Essentials course into a fully digital experience with expanded knowledge-sharing programming and a 4-week course with a COVID-specific program arc.
Knowledge Sharing &
Impact Scheduling Resources
Accessible to all CPS elementary networks and schools.
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webinars
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blog posts
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video posts
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school spotlights
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resources, articles, and videos from experiences around the nation
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Network & School Leader Synergy Groups
4-Week Intensive Course
A subset of 108 schools will be selected to participate in cohorts over the school year. Through engaging synchronous and asynchronous presentations and team activities, school teams will identify sustainable solutions that address the right challenges.
School teams will build their skills and tool sets through:
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Weekly Design Lab live session (90 min).
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Weekly Prep activities (2 - 4 hours).
The school's primary scheduler will learn the puzzle skills needed through:
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Weekly Puzzle Builder PLC (2 hours).
Optional Support:
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Weekly Extended Teamwork Sessions
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Weekly Office Hours/Targeted School Team Coaching
Cohort Schedule
September 28 – October 23
November 16 – December 18
January 18 – February 12
March 1 – March 26
90 min
School Team
One synchronous learning session for up to six school teams.
Puzzle Builder
PLC
2 - 4 hrs
Puzzle Builder
One 2-hour synchronous learning session with other puzzle builders. Additional asynchronous activities.
Extended
Team Work Time
90 min
School Team
Optional additional synchronous work session for your team with guided support.
Coaching
Sessions
45 min
School Team
(all or part)
Optional coaching sessions available.
Design Lab
Prep Work
2 - 4 hrs
School Team
Asynchronous individual and team activities that will lay the foundation for the Design Lab Convening.
Design Lab
Session
Program Structures & Supports
Optimizing each person's time and responsibilities.
We have designed this training to optimize each participants' time. The 4-week training requires 4 - 6 hours per week of synchronous and asynchronous team and individual work time.
Design Lab
School Design Planning & Intentional Stakeholder Engagement
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90-minute weekly facilitated session
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2-4 hours prep work per week (articles, videos, exercises, reflections)
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optional: 90-minute weekly Extended Teamwork Time
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optional: 45-minute Targeted Team Coaching Session
The heart and soul of our school innovation process. School teams will identify instructional design strategies and engage stakeholders to inform their COVID-specific models for 2020/2021. School design teams will come together in facilitated sessions, complete self-guided activities at their own pace, and access and respond to resource materials. Schools can determine the appropriate size and composition of their design team. Network staff are invited to join the Design Lab with their school teams.
Puzzle Builders PLC
Impact Scheduling Skills, Schedule Modeling & Operationalizing
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2-hour weekly facilitated session
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2-4 hours per week optional asynchronous activities and exercises
School schedules are complex. Puzzle building requires a mindset, skillset and tool set to bring all the pieces together into a set of experiences that is operationally feasible. This PLC will focus on the nuts and bolts of schedule modeling and design.
School Leader Synergy Group
Cross-School Sharing & Systems Alignment
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optional weekly 45-minute video conference
To ensure systems accountability and alignment with CPS timelines, Tegy will host an interactive video conference for school leaders & driven by leaders to develop their capacities to lead through this unprecedented disruption. Leaders must be prepared to respond to evolving parameters for creating a school structure that supports the health of students, teachers and staff while providing quality instructional experiences. This year will likely be one where “the only constant is change.”
Network Team Participation
Leveraging Systems & Supporting All Schools
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participation in the Design Lab & Puzzle Builder PLC
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optional weekly 60-minute video conference
To optimize knowledge sharing and build the Impact Design mindset, skillset and tool set of network staff across the district, network staff are encouraged to participate in the Design Lab with school teams from their network. In addition, Tegy will facilitate an ongoing Network Synergy Group specifically for staff from all networks -- beginning in late July.