System, apparatus, and method for generating elementary staffing schedules

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.

1 . A staff scheduler for generating staffing schedules for at least one elementary education campus of a school district, comprising:
 at least one interface for receiving a plurality of inputs from at least one external computing device, wherein the plurality of inputs includes at least student data, teacher data, enrollment data, required minutes of core teaching, and required minutes per a specials course; and   a processor configured to generate a series of input prompts and decisions based on the plurality of inputs and generate a staffing schedule report that includes an analysis of staffing requirements for the at least one elementary education campus based on the plurality of inputs and the decisions,   wherein the processor generates the staffing schedule report as a visual display that is presented as a matrix of rows and columns, wherein the columns correspond to the analysis and at least one or more of the plurality of inputs, and the rows include total rows for total grade level, total specials courses, and campus totals for the at least one elementary education campus.   
     
     
         2 . The staff scheduler according to  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to generate the decisions based on responses received from the input prompts. 
     
     
         3 . The staff scheduler according to  claim 1 , wherein the enrollment data includes current enrollment and projected enrollment the next school year. 
     
     
         4 . The staff scheduler according to  claim 1 , wherein the teacher data includes available teacher minutes per week, current numbers of teachers on staff at the at least one elementary education campus, and certifications for each of the teachers on staff at the at least one elementary education campus. 
     
     
         5 . The staff scheduler according to  claim 1 , wherein the staffing schedule report at least displays for grade levels of the at least one elementary campus: a current number of core teachers, a calculated number of core teachers needed, a target number of core teachers, and a target average class size for core courses. 
     
     
         6 . The staff scheduler according to  claim 1 , wherein the staffing schedule report at least displays for specials courses of the at least one elementary campus: a current number of specials teachers, a calculated number of specials teachers needed, a target number of specials teachers, and a target average class size. 
     
     
         7 . The staff scheduler according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of inputs further includes state required student to teacher ratios and maximum class size for different types of courses at the at least one elementary campus. 
     
     
         8 . A staff scheduling system for generating staffing schedules for at least one elementary education campus of a school district, comprising:
 a staff scheduler configured to generate a staff schedule report; and   at least one external computing device configured to supply course and teacher data to the staff scheduler,   wherein the staff scheduler includes:
 at least one interface configured to receive the course and teacher data; and 
 a processor configured to generate a series of input prompts based at least on the course and teacher data and generate a staffing schedule report that includes an analysis of staffing requirements for the at least one elementary education campus based on the course and teacher data and decisions, wherein the processor is configured to generate the decisions based on the course and teacher data and responses to the input prompts, 
 wherein the processor generates the staffing schedule report as a visual display that is presented as a matrix of rows and columns, wherein the columns include a column for the analysis, and the rows include total rows for total grade level, total specials courses, and campus totals for the at least one elementary education campus. 
   
     
     
         9 . The staff scheduling system according to  claim 8 , wherein the external computing device includes at least one user interface, the at least one user interface receiving data from a user in the school district. 
     
     
         10 . The staff scheduling system according to  claim 8 , wherein the processor provides the analysis by:
 receiving time data at a regular interval, the time data including at least minutes required per students per course and a number of minutes available for a specials teacher per day;   multiplying a number of core teachers per grade by an enrollment factor and by the minutes required per students per course;   calculating a number of specials teacher available weekly minutes by multiplying the number of minutes available for a specials teacher per day by a number of days the special teacher is available and by a specials enrollment factor;   dividing a number of minutes per grade level per week by the specials teacher available minutes to calculate a number of specials teachers; and   rounding the number of specials teachers to the nearest 0.5 integer.   
     
     
         11 . The staff scheduling system according to  claim 8 , wherein the course and teacher data include current enrollment and projected enrollment for the at least one elementary education campus. 
     
     
         12 . The staff scheduling system according to  claim 8 , wherein the teacher data includes available teacher minutes per week, current numbers of teachers on staff at the at least one elementary education campus, and certifications for each one of the teachers. 
     
     
         13 . The staff scheduling system according to  claim 8 , wherein the staffing schedule report at least displays for grade levels of the at least one elementary campus: a current number of core teachers, a calculated number of core teachers needed, a target number of core teachers, and a target average class size for core courses. 
     
     
         14 . The staff scheduling system according to  claim 8 , wherein the staffing schedule report at least displays for specials courses of the at least one elementary campus: a current number of specials teachers, a calculated number of specials teachers needed, a target number of specials teachers, and a target average class size. 
     
     
         15 . The staff scheduling system according to  claim 8 , wherein the course and teacher data includes state required student to teacher ratios for each course, required hours per course, and maximum class size. 
     
     
         16 . A method for preparing a staffing schedule report for an elementary education campus of a school district, the method comprising:
 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;   preparing a staffing schedule report for the elementary education campus that satisfies conditions indicated by the received data; and   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.   
     
     
         17 . The method for preparing a staffing schedule report according to  claim 16 , wherein the at least one external source is at least one user interface, the at least one user interface receiving data from a user in the school district. 
     
     
         18 . The method for preparing a staffing schedule report according to  claim 16 , wherein the enrollment data includes current enrollment and projected enrollment. 
     
     
         19 . The method for preparing a staffing schedule report according to  claim 16 , wherein the teacher data includes available teacher minutes per week, current numbers of teachers on staff at the elementary education campus, and certifications for each of the teachers. 
     
     
         20 . The method for preparing a staffing schedule report according to  claim 16 , further comprising providing the staffing schedule report as the visual display to a computing device associated with the school district.