Learn How Strategic Scheduling Can Improve Student Outcomes While Maximizing Your Budget
Discover 10 proven strategies to transform your district’s scheduling and staffing approach for better postsecondary outcomes and fiscal sustainability.
In this on-demand workshop, scheduling expert Dr. Steven Gering reveals how strategic scheduling serves as one of the most powerful (yet often overlooked) levers for improving district effectiveness and efficiency.
This on-demand workshop is especially relevant and actionable for superintendents, curriculum directors, principals, and district leadership teams navigating budget constraints while working to improve student outcomes.
What you’ll learn:
- Optimize resource allocation: With 75-80% of budgets going to staff salaries, learn how to maximize every dollar through strategic course offerings, staff utilization benchmarks, and seat threshold management
- Strengthen academic pathways: Use data-driven approaches to eliminate low-enrollment courses, consolidate CTE programs, and guide students toward high-leverage coursework that prepares them for college and career success
- Build district capacity: Implement professional development strategies and scheduling tools that equip principals, counselors, and district leaders to move from passive to active scheduling
- Align funding and outcomes: Ensure proper course coding and schedule optimization to capture full state funding while improving student preparation
Districts applying these levers have seen measurable impact:
- Willoughby-Eastlake Schools (Ohio) increased physics enrollment from 18 to 170+ students while improving budget efficiency—demonstrating how strategic scheduling creates both academic and fiscal wins.
- OSPI (Washington) 14 districts via OSPI partnership saw advanced course access and dual credit completion scale through scheduling improvements that didn’t require new staff or programs
- Round Rock ISD (Texas) identified $4 million in savings to reinvest in improvements to the student experience.
- Henry County Schools (Georgia) increased AP enrollment by 15%, and accelerated math by 40%.
- Portland School District (Oregon) saw a 15 percentage point increase in students graduating college and career ready
Leadership consultation
Want personalized support?
K-12 school and district leaders are invited to apply for one free executive consultation with Dr. Gering for yourself of your leadership team. You’ll come away with actionable strategies and a deeper understanding of how our approach could apply in your context.
Limited spots available for 2025-26.
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District leaders nationwide are successfully balancing the need to improve college and career readiness and district fiscal sustainability by applying strategic scheduling practices.
In an effort to support district and state leaders facing tough decisions over uncertain budgets, we’ve distilled our highest-leverage tactics into a curated collection of free resources.
