cohort size and structure there are several factors that combine to contribute to a school’s...
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Cohort Size and Structure
There are several factors that combine to contribute to a school’s ability to keep academy/cohort courses pure; size and structure are two of these contributing factors. This brief presentation examines the effect of the number of students in an academy/cohort and the effect of the master schedule structure on the academy/cohort.
Let’s look at a Linked Learning Pathway/Cohort with the following:
• A 6 period student day• Teachers that teach 5 periods per day• Pathway Teachers have a common planning period• A pathway with 4 teachers• The cohort is composed of 120 students organized in 4
groups of 30 students each, Group A, B, C and D• Each group of students takes the same 4 courses in the
Linked Learning pathway, Course 1, 2, 3 and 4
Per 1 Per 2 Per 3 Per 4 Per 5 Per 6
Course 1 PREP A B C DCourse 2 PREP B C D ACourse 3 PREP C D A BCourse 4 PREP D A B C
Pathway with 120 students(Each Letter Represents a Group of 30 Students in this Pathway)
ABCD
AB
CD
Aspects of this structure:• Common prep• Teachers teach one
period out of the academy
• Students take 4 classes in academy and 2 out
• Students in academy can go out for classes during period 1 & 6
• Academy field trips complicated by 6th period outside class (students in academy periods 3-6 improves the ability to take field trips) Now let’s see what happens with 30 more students
Per 1 Per 2 Per 3 Per 4 Per 5 Per 6
Course 1 PREP A B C D ECourse 2 PREP B C D E ACourse 3 PREP C D E A BCourse 4 PREP D E A B C
Pathway with 150 students(Each Letter Represents a Group of 30 Students in this Pathway)
BA
DC
A
E
BC
DE
Aspects of this structure:• Common prep• Teachers teach all 5
periods in the academy
• Students take 4 classes in academy and 2 out
• Students in academy can go out for classes during any period 1 – 6 (a student can change group to go out any period)
• Academy field trips complicated by students taking classes outside of the academy during all periods of the day
Period
DGroups able to go out of the cohort
for classesALL E A B C
Group C Prin Bio Med Sci 10
Group A Prin Bio Med Sci 10
Group B Prin Bio Med Sci 10
Tech TeacherCommon Planning
Group D Prin Bio Med Sci 10
Group E Prin Bio Med Sci 10
Group A Chemistry 10
Group B Chemistry 10
Science TeacherCommon Planning
Group C Chemistry 10
Group D Chemistry 10
Group E Chemistry 10
1 2 3 4 5 6
Group A World Hist 10
History TeacherCommon Planning
Group B World Hist 10
Group C World Hist 10
Group D World Hist 10
Group E World Hist 10
Group E English 10
English TeacherCommon Planning
Group A English 10
Group B English 10
Group C English 10
Group D English 10
Grade Level Pathway with 150 Students
The 300 Student ModelThe 300 student model on the next page has the following attributes:
• 8 teachers all with common prep• Teachers teach all 5 periods in the academy• Each teacher teaches 150 of the 300 students – internal rotation of
classes will allow all teachers to work with all students• Students take 4 classes in academy and 2 out• Students in academy can go out for classes during any period 1 – 6
(a student can change group to go out any period)• Academy field trips complicated by students taking classes outside
of the academy during all periods of the day
Now we will take a look at this model and follow a band student in group A who also takes Algebra 2
Per 1 Per 2 Per 3 Per 4 Per 5 Per 6
English Prep A B C D EEnglish Prep F G H I JHistory Prep B C D E FHistory Prep G H I J AScience Prep C D E F GScience Prep H I J A B
Tech Prep D E F G HTech Prep I J A B C
Pathway with 300 students(Each Letter Represents a Group of 30 Students in this Pathway)
All Out E & J A & F B & G C & H D & I
Band Alg 1Alg 2Geom
ChemPhysicsAlg 2
AP CourseWorld
Language
AP CourseWorld
Language
AP CourseWorld
Language
Period
English Teacher 1
English Teacher 2
History Teacher 1
History Teacher 2
Science Teacher 1
Science Teacher 2
Tech Teacher 1
Tech Teacher 2
1 2
Common PlanningCommon PlanningCommon PlanningCommon PlanningCommon PlanningCommon PlanningCommon Planning
Group F English 11Group B
World Hist 10 Group G US Hist 11Group C
Chemistry 10
3 4 5 6Common Planning
Group A English 10
Group C English 10
Group E English 11
Group H Anat & Physiology 12Group D Prin Bio Med Sci 10Group I Med Research 12
Group B English 10Group G
English 11Group C
World Hist 10Group H
Gov/Econ 12Group D
Chemistry 10Group I Anat & Physiology 12
Group E Med Interventions 11
Group J Med Research 12
Group A Chemistry 10
Group G Med Interventions 11
Group B Prin Bio Med Sci 10
Group H English 12Group D
World Hist 10Group I
Gov/Econ 12Group E
Physics 11Group J Anat & Physiology 12
Group D English 10
Group I English 12 Group E US Hist 11
Group J Gov/Econ 12
Group F Physics 11
Group J English 12Group A
World Hist 10 Group F
US Hist 11Group G
Physics 11Group B
Chemistry 10Group C Prin Bio Med Sci 10Group H Med
Research 12
Groups able to go out of the cohort for
classesALL E & J A & F B & G C & H D & I
Group F Med Interventions 11
Group A Prin Bio Med Sci 10
Pathway with 300 students
The Golden NumbersHow do you know the best configuration of a Linked Learning Cohort?• Number of teachers• Number of periods• Number of students
Tool: Cohort Size Calculator – Excel Spreadsheet Case Load Maximum 150Number of Student Periods 6Number of Faculty Periods 5Number of Faculty on Team 4Number of Periods on Team 5
Fill in the 5 values and a chart on the spreadsheet will show you workable configurations