Resources:

Download this editable excel document you could use, maybe? Click here.

What to do:

A colleague asked me to review when the ‘crunch’ points of our School Calendar may be. In order to do this they introduced me to a Gantt Chart.

‘A chart in which a series of horizontal lines shows the amount of work done or production completed in certain periods of time in relation to the amount planned for those periods.’

So, I went out plotting the key whole school tasks down the first column. Then alongside these tasks, I put the dates, in week order. The next task is to then place when these tasks are expected to be completed. A good calendar would avoid teachers/middle leaders having crunch points.

In the example Gantt Chart above, you can see how we have managed this!

Try it out?

Check out this website

Or this website here.

Variations:

Used as a planning tool for individual projects?

Yes. For multiple CPD gigis, plus project managing with various edtech clients etc. pic.twitter.com/MSRxulmsY0

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