School Designer
Get Support During the School Planning Process
Important Update:
As of 2025, our School Designer tool is no longer active. If you want to learn more about how to align your district on a vision for student success and organize the right resources to achieve it, see our how-to guides for implementing strategic school redesign. Or, learn how ERS partners with districts to implement new school designs and learning models here.
March 28, 2016
ERS’ School Designer tool integrates districts’ planning and budgeting processes so that key resource decisions, including those related to a school’s schedule, staffing plan, and budget, are tightly aligned with its needs and improvement strategy. School Designer is a one-stop shop for school design, and includes:
- Guidance for each step in the school planning process
- Multimedia stories of innovative schools
- School artifacts—including collaborative planning time protocols, schedules, and more—that support strategic design practices
- Interactive tools to diagnose your school’s needs, build a new master schedule, and more