EPISODE 306

What Your Master Schedule Says About You

Big Takeaways

  • You can say all you want that you believe in 100% success, but your master schedule will tell the real story.
  • Your master schedule doesn’t follow your vision. It reveals it.
  • Your vision can’t just live on your website.It has to live in your schedule.
  • If your schedule doesn’t support 100% student success, you’ll never get there.
  • You can’t say your vision is “every student at or above grade level” and then build a schedule that makes that impossible.
Most principals treat the master schedule like a logistical puzzle—but what if the real problem isn’t the puzzle pieces, but the picture you're trying to build?

In this episode, I unpack why master scheduling feels so frustrating, what fear is really driving all those revisions and pushbacks, and what it would look like to create a schedule that truly reflects your school’s vision. If you’re tired of last-minute chaos, endless tweaks, and staff confusion, this episode will change the way you see scheduling forever. 

It’s time to stop surviving the schedule and start using it to advance your 100% vision #LikeABuilder.

Check out these highlights:
  • Why your master schedule is quietly undermining your school’s vision
  • What endless revisions and staff pushback are really telling you
  • How fear—not logistics—drives most scheduling decisions
  • The difference between a schedule that functions and one that aligns
  • How to stop building around constraints and start scheduling for success
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