DMSchedules - School Scheduling Software Educators Love
Create strategic elementary schedules aligned with your learning goals. Automatically create and share dependent student and staff schedules.
SCHEDULING MADE EASY
Streamline Your Scheduling with DMSchedules
A well-crafted school schedule can enhance student success by ensuring that all students have access to the necessary resources and instructional time. However, the increasing complexity of school operations has made academic scheduling a daunting task, often plagued by scheduling conflicts and logistical challenges.
DMSchedules scheduling software steps in to simplify this process, offering a user-friendly solution that streamlines scheduling, avoids double-bookings, reduces conflicts, and ultimately supports a better learning environment. By leveraging our user-friendly scheduling software, schools can ensure that their schedules are not only efficient but also aligned with their educational goals, paving the way for improved student outcomes.
USER-FRIENDLY
Unlock Student Success with a Well-Crafted Strategic School Schedule!
A strong, strategic, and thoughtful schedule aligns district and school goals with student achievement. Unfortunately, due to the challenging nature of scheduling, schedules are often heavily constrained and diminish the impact of the resources schools have to help meet the needs of all students.
To address this challenge, we offer you DMSchedules school scheduling software and services for Elementary Schools and Special Education.
EASIER AND FASTER
Powerful Internet-Based School Scheduling Software
DMSchedules combines our powerful, web-based scheduling software, field-proven best practices, and a team of scheduling experts to help you define instructional priorities to develop effective student-centered elementary school and individual staff schedules.
With DMSchedules elementary school scheduling software, school administrators from K-8 educational organizations of all sizes can now develop effective schedules in a fraction of the time. Traditionally, creating school schedules could take weeks. With DMSchedules, what used to take weeks can now be done in hours! You can also experiment with different scenarios to determine the best schedule for your school's needs.
Best Practice
Scheduling Software for Schools that Improves Efficiency and Communication
• Set and embed instructional guidelines with ease
• Make adjustments in your master schedule with drag-and-drop function
• Quickly explore multiple scheduling scenarios
• Easily resolve scheduling conflicts
• Automatically create dependent student and staff schedules
• Share up-to-date schedules with staff in real-time
• Maximize special education and related service support opportunities
• Foster collaboration and continuous improvement
Coordinated and Transparent
User-Friendly Interface with Drag-and-Drop Features
DMSchedules helps you easily define subjects, generate specials rotations, manage workloads, including staff shared across schools, and ensure all students have access to the core curriculum and specials you offer. Principals and other school schedulers can create a main elementary schedule for the entire academic year with drag-and-drop ease.
Additionally, the software allows you to customize color blocks, enabling the creation of personalized and visually appealing schedules.
SCHEDULING SPECIALS
No More Double-Bookings
Dragging a subject into a schedule will now indicate if the assigned teacher or room is already occupied, preventing double booking and scheduling conflicts. The drag-and-drop user interface simplifies assigning rooms, making it quicker and less prone to human error than traditional methods like spreadsheets. This helps you identify potential issues early and allows you to make adjustments before the final schedule is set.
automatic updates
Real-Time Updates for Seamless Coordination
Based on your master schedule, specials rotations, homeroom and specials teacher schedules are then automatically updated.
No need to keep track of teachers and classrooms across multiple sheets!
ADAPTABILITY TO CHANGING NEEDS
"What If" Scenarios
With DMSchedules, you can also experiment with different scenarios to determine the best schedule for your school's needs. The software enables the creation of "what if?" scenarios, including contingency plans for room assignments. This feature is particularly useful for quickly adapting to unexpected changes, such as those required by hybrid or remote learning models.
Easy Schedule Sharing
Effective Communication with Automated Sharing
You can instantly share your online master schedule with administrators, teachers, and staff to ensure they always have access to the latest version. By sharing a single updated schedule link, everyone stays informed and on the same page, reducing confusion and minimizing the need for lengthy emails. Automated sharing improves planning and communication across your team.
DMSchedules Key Features
- Build your school schedules (e.g. Bell schedules, Homerooms, Specials, Staff, and more)
- Unlimited user accounts
- Unlimited schedule scenarios
- Flexible schedule cycle/rotation support
- Flexible specials rotations
- Preset your district's instructional guidelines
- Unlimited alternate schedules (e.g. delayed openings, early release)
- Assign teacher aides, co-teachers, and other staff to periods
- Schedule sharing with stakeholders
- Staff assignment conflict warnings
- See shared staff schedules across multiple schools
- Schedule error and best practices validation
- Customize colors for personalized schedules
How DMSchedules Works
DMSchedules is a powerful school scheduling software designed to streamline the creation and management of elementary school schedules. Its intuitive drag-and-drop interface allows users to effortlessly build and customize schedules, making the process both efficient and user-friendly. Key features of DMSchedules include:
- Master Schedule Creation: Users can create a master schedule that serves as the foundation for generating individual teacher schedules.
- Communication and Transparency: The schedule format is consistent across schools and classrooms. Every period shows start and end time, duration, variance from the plan, teacher assignments, and more.
- Scheduling Conflicts Resolution: The software automatically detects and resolves scheduling conflicts, ensuring a smooth and conflict-free schedule for all.
By leveraging these features, schools can create effective and personalized schedules that cater to their unique requirements, enhancing overall efficiency and communication.
Creating a Master Elementary Schedule with DMSchedules
Creating a master schedule with DMSchedules is a straightforward and efficient process. Here’s how it works:
- Define Scheduling Parameters: Start by setting up the school name, scheduling periods, and the district minute guidelines.
- List Classes, Teachers, and Classrooms: Create a list of all classes, teachers, and available classrooms.
- Drag-and-Drop Interface: Use the intuitive drag-and-drop interface to build the master schedule, ensuring it meets all scheduling needs.
- Make changes on the go: View homeroom time conflicts and specials staff or classroom assignment conflicts as you schedule, and make changes right away.
- Review and Revise: Carefully review the schedule to identify and resolve any conflicts, making necessary adjustments to ensure it aligns with the school’s requirements.
This process not only saves time but also ensures that the final schedule is well-organized and free of conflicts, providing a solid foundation for the academic year.
Want to Experience the Efficiency of DMSchedules Elementary School Scheduling Software?
In the last year alone, DMSchedules for Elementary Schools and Special Education transformed scheduling for more than 1000 building leaders nationwide. Learn why educators love our software for class scheduling! Request a demo and get a 7-day free trial!
What Our Customers Say
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“Each morning when I am shuffling staff to cover those who are out, I am thankful to you and this product. Having our schedule centrally located has been a lifesaver this school year.”Principal
Norwich, VT
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“The software and service are excellent! I can very easily manipulate changes and share them with staff and colleagues outside of our school. The greatest impact is in the time saved and the ability to collaborate with others.”Principal
Downingtown, PA
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“The software allows you to make one master schedule that can, in turn, create individualized schedules for teachers automatically without having to make so many different versions of the schedule to meet individual teachers' needs.”Principal
Sioux Falls, SD
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Can I try your elementary school schedule maker for free?
Yes! Please reach out to us to schedule a demo and get a 7-day free trial. If you have any additional questions, you can call us at 877-617-8577 or reach out to schedules@dmgroupk12.com.
I am too busy and don't have time to work on my schedule. Can you build my schedule?
Absolutely! If you're running out of time or simply want scheduling off your plate, we can build your new schedule for you. We’ll build multiple scenarios for you to explore, share drafts with you, and iterate and identify the scenario that works best for your students and staff. Contact us for more info.
Can I implement student interventions with DMSchedules?
DMSchedules for Elementary Schools scheduling software provides principals with the ability to strategically plan and schedule interventions that maximize the time of staff members and student reach. With the software, school leaders have a comprehensive view of how the workload is distributed and make better allocations of staff and resources. DMSchedules offers evidence of any scheduling challenges or staffing issues that may have posed barriers to teaching and learning and helps create effective intervention plans.
What is the price of DMSchedules?
We offer a variety of plans and flexible pricing options designed to meet the needs of busy district and school leaders. See the plans and pricing here. Contact us to discuss any custom requirements.
When is the best time to start building an elementary schedule?
A majority of elementary principals surveyed by District Management Group reported starting their schedules in April or later. However, there are many benefits to starting as early as January, with a defined elementary school schedule process, clear roles and responsibilities, and ensuring time to iterate and make adjustments based on emerging data. This can improve the quality of the schedule as well as reduce the stress of scheduling as the end of the school year approaches.
