To help with the scheduling process, you need to create your scheduling rotation in Administrator's Plus. Below are the definitions of a scheduling rotation and its components:
Component | Description |
Rotation | Your school's unique schedule is characterized by the number of days in your rotation, the number of blocks in a day, and the structure of your block rotations. Example: Your school might follow a fixed rotation where blocks meet during the same time slot every day (i.e. Monday through Friday, block A meets 1st, block B meets 2nd, and so on). Or maybe your school follows a waterfall rotation where blocks shift to a different time slot each day (i.e. On rotation day #1, block A meets 1st, block B meets 2nd, and so on. On rotation day #2, block B meets 1st, block C meets 2nd, and so on). |
Rotation Day | A rotation day is a discrete schedule day. You'll assign each rotation day a number called the rotation day number. You'll also assign a label to each rotation day that prints on grid schedules. Example: Let's say your school follows a 7-day waterfall rotation. Because blocks meet in a different order on each of the 7 days in your rotation, each of the 7 days is a separate rotation day. In this example, you'd assign each rotation day a number 1-7. You might choose to label your rotation days according to the days of the week (i.e. Rotation day #1 is labeled "Monday" schedule, rotation day #2 is labeled "Tuesday" schedule, and so on) or you might choose to label them otherwise (i.e. Rotation day #1 is labeled "A" schedule, rotation day #2 is labeled "B" schedule, and so on). |
Block Rotation | A block rotation is the pattern that determines the order in which blocks meet on a given rotation day. Example: On Monday, students might observe the following block rotation: block A meets 1st, block B meets 2nd, and so on. |