Experience sharing on NSS timetabling and considerations II

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Experience sharing on NSS time-tabling and
considerations (II)

• By Queen Elizabeth School
• 8 October 2008

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• Our presentation includes four parts
• An overview of curriculum planning
• The preparation work for timetable construction
• The technical aspects of timetable construction
• The way forward

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School information

• Queen Elizabeth School
• Co-ed Government Secondary School
• EMI
• 26 classes (444-44-33) in 2008/09
• Projected to have 26 classes in 2010/11
  (444-44-33)
• with 4 classes of SS1 and 4 classes of SS2
• Ultimately to have 24 classes (444-444) in
  2012/13 and onwards
• Space 23 classrooms and 14 special rooms

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Our strategies

• Basing on our existing culture, strength and
  resources
• Aiming at a small, but a fruitful and sustainable
  outcome
• Catering for our students needs/choices
• Believing in our parents and students can make
  their best choices

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Our Curriculum Plan
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S1 S3 Curriculum Plan and Time Allocation
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S4 S5 Curriculum Plan for 2010/2011
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S4 S5 Time allocation
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Timeline of our Preparation for the NSS Timetable
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Timeline of our Preparation for the NSS Timetable
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Features of our timetable (2010/2011)
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Features of our timetable (2010/2011)
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Features of our timetable (2010/2011)

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Features of our timetable (2010/2011)
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The Preparation Work for Timetable Construction
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Starts with Students Survey

• Target groups S3 and S4 students
• Student Survey Form
• Numbers of groups required
• Success Rate
• Students Choices
• Three Lines of Grouping

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Some Considerations

• Students needs, interest and choices
• Existing strengths
• University entrance requirements
• Resources
• rooms and other facilities, teacher-subject
  matching, class teachers, staff establishment,
  teachers workload

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Timetabling Arrangement

• HODs Suggestions
• Teacher-subject allocation

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The Technical Aspects of Timetable Construction
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Requirements that must achieve

• 7 day cycle
• 7 periods per day with structure 3-2-2
• Assembly / Class period
• PE -- 2 Classes to be blocked
• S1-3 HE DT as a block
• S1C 1D to be in 3 groups
• S4 S5 LS -- 2 classes into 3 groups
• S6 AL Bio and Pure Maths are blocked
• Room Arrangement

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Room Arrangement

• For NSS elective subjects, 4 classes are split
  into 5 or 6 groups
• 1 or 2 extra room is needed
• Using special rooms, free rooms are available for
  other subjects
• Only 2 floating classes

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Elective subject groups in S4

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Elective subject groups in S5
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Room Arrangement

• LS, 2 classes are split into 3 groups homerooms
  LS room, no extra room is needed
• Arrange classrooms and laboratories manually

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Request from HODsPriority 1

• Science subjects lesson in pm for TAS
• No lessons on two consecutive days

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Request from HODsPriority 2

• 11 periods per cycle 4 doubles 1 triple
• 10 periods per cycle 3 doubles 4 singles
• Teachers not to teach more than 5 periods per day

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Request from HODsPriority 3

• 2 doubles per cycle 1 am 1 pm
• No lesson in Period 1
• Lessons in the Period 1 Period 3
• No PE lesson before lunch time to avoid hottest
  period of the day

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Constraints Relaxation

• Relax Subject Request Priority 2
• Relax Subject Request Priority 1

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Final Outcome

• http//www.edb.gov.hk 334 Web Bulletin
• Class timetable
• Teacher timetable LWL
• Teacher timetable TWH
• Teacher timetable KKS
• Teacher timetable SC
• Teacher timetable CLF

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Powerful Tool (Partial Generation)

• Special lessons
• Lessons in special rooms e.g. Bio lab, Chem lab,
  Phy lab
• CLP (collaborative lesson preparation)
• Rest of the lessons

Option E 30 min. (5 lessons left ONLY!)
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Comparison between TESS TTL
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TTL catering for NSS

• Block a particular lesson (LS lessons)
• CLP (teachers ONLY) (PBL meetings)
• CLP (Teachers Students) (mass lectures of LS,
  concurrent with library lessons, IES)
• More than one teachers under each lesson
  (Co-teaching in LS)

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The way forward
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Schedule for allocation of electives of the NSS
curriculum for S4 students (2008/2009)
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Our inspirations

• Basing on our existing culture, strength and
  resources
• Aiming at a small, but a fruitful and sustainable
  outcome
• Attaining improvement as compared with the
  present situation
• Catering for our students needs / choices
• Believing in our parents and students can make
  their best choices
• Non-teaching duties need to be adjusted as the
  group size of each elective group may vary (No.
  of elective groups should not be too many)
• Teachers are to aware of the possibility of
  phasing out of unpopular electives
• Accepting shortcomings in the curriculum plan and
  NSS time- table
• Pending for an overall review after 2012

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Our websitehttp//www.qes.edu.hk
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Thank You