Plan the School Year Like a Pro

What you'll learn
Identify legal, cultural, and operational inputs for a school calendar.
Build a reusable at-a-glance calendar template.
Calculate working vs. instructional days and validate requirements.
Sequence breaks, PL days, conferences, and key events to reduce burnout.
Requirements
Basic spreadsheet skills; access to school dates/mandates.
Description
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.Build a balanced, evidence-informed school calendar in hours-not weeks. This course gives you a clean, repeatable workflow to go from "too many moving parts" to a confident, share-ready plan. You'll start by capturing constraints-legal mandates, national/regional observances, exam windows, climate considerations, and existing traditions-so you know what's fixed and what's flexible. Next, you'll align with policy and curriculum requirements, then place breaks, professional learning days, grading periods, and family-friendly events where they actually support learning, energy, and access.You'll work from a calendar template, an inputs checklist, and plug-and-play formulas that total working vs. instructional days and highlight quick quality checks (long stretches without rest, mismatched totals, or missed mandates). Clear examples show how to pace the year, sync with sibling schools where possible, and communicate key dates without confusion.You'll learn how to:Turn mandates and community needs into simple planning inputsSequence breaks and PL days to reduce burnout and absenteeismValidate hours/days and avoid last-minute surprisesPublish a calendar your stakeholders can actually usePerfect for: principals, operations leaders, counselors, and teacher-leaders who own the calendar-and need stakeholder buy-in fast. Whether you're creating from scratch or rebuilding last year's version, you'll finish with a reusable system that saves time every cycle and a calendar that supports learning-and real life.
Who this course is for
School leaders, principals, ops managers, counselors, teacher-leaders.
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