System, apparatus, and method for generating elementary staffing schedules

a technology of elementary education and staffing schedule, applied in the field of staffing schedule, can solve problems such as the difficulty of determining staffing on elementary education campuses

Pending Publication Date: 2020-10-08
EDUCATION ADVANCED INC
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The system provides an efficient and accurate method for generating staffing schedules that meet the specific needs of elementary education campuses, ensuring the right number of teachers are allocated to meet student requirements, while also considering sharing of resources between campuses and optimizing administrative costs.

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Determining staffing for the elementary education campuses can be challenging for districts as enrollment fluctuates.

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[0015]Each school district must determine staffing needs each year as enrollment fluctuates, state requirements change, and teaching curriculums and benchmarks fluctuate. Certain courses and subjects are required for each student, and in addition to required / core content courses, at the elementary level, students may also take “specials” or non-core content classes. Teachers may have a variety of certifications and specialties, and certain teachers may lack some of the certifications or skills to teach certain grade levels or “special” classes. As enrollment and state requirements fluctuate, school districts and individual elementary education campuses within the district may re-evaluate staffing needs and schedules each year.

[0016]Accordingly, the disclosure provides a staff scheduling system for providing an elementary staffing schedule report for each campus based on inputs received. The inputs may come from, for example, at least one user at each campus and / or a district adminis...

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Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method, a staff scheduler, and a staff scheduling system for preparing a staffing schedule report for at least one elementary education campus of a school district. In one example, the method includes: (1) receiving data for the elementary education campus from at least one external source, the data including at least student data, teacher data, enrollment data, required minutes of core teaching, and required minutes per specials course, (2) preparing a staffing schedule report for the elementary education campus that satisfies conditions indicated by the received data, and (3) generating the staffing schedule report as a visual display having a matrix of rows and columns, wherein the columns correspond to at least some of the received data, and the rows include total rows for total grade level, total specials courses, and campus totals for the elementary education campus.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16 / 041,358, entitled “SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ELEMENTARY STAFFING SCHEDULES”, filed on Jul. 20, 2018. The above-listed application is commonly assigned with the present application and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]This disclosure relates to staffing schedules and, more specifically, creating an optimal schedule for staffing for elementary education facilities based on a plurality of inputs.BACKGROUND[0003]School districts are required to maintain a certain student to staff ratio, provide certain required courses, while remaining within budgets for their district. At elementary school campuses, there are generally classroom teachers; “specials” teachers, such as, music, art, physical education, library, and other teachers; and also instructional specialists, such as gifted and talented, reading specialist, ...

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Patent Type & AuthorityApplications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06Q10/06
CPCG06Q10/063116G06Q10/063112G06Q50/205
InventorCROW, J. ELISIKES, KENNETH L.RASURE, SHAWN M.
OwnerEDUCATION ADVANCED INC