Plan your para schedule across the week
A weekly para schedule keeps the parts of your day that repeat every day and the parts that change by weekday in one routine. In this template, arrival, lunch, your break, afternoon support, and dismissal stay the same, and each weekday has its own morning and early afternoon.
It helps a para whose rooms and groups change from Monday to Friday and who wants each day's copy to be right without keeping five separate sheets.
The example day
Fictional example dutiesMonday as the template puts it in your draft. The preview beside it draws all five weekdays as columns.
The day's shape
Monday, every duty in order
- 2:55–3:00 PMNo duty entered for this time
How Friday differs from Monday.
The same routine read for two dates. Rows that repeat every day match; the weekday rows do not.
| Time | Monday, October 5 | Friday, October 9 |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00–8:15 AMEvery day | ArrivalFront entrance | ArrivalFront entrance |
| 8:15–9:30 AMEvery day | Reading group supportRoom 104 | Group A | Reading group supportRoom 104 | Group A |
| 9:30–10:15 AMWeekday only | Materials prepWorkroom | Weekly materials resetRoom 104 |
| 10:15–11:30 AMEvery day | Writing supportRoom 104 | Group B | Writing supportRoom 104 | Group B |
| 11:30 AM–12:00 PMEvery day | Lunch supervisionCafeteria | Lunch supervisionCafeteria |
| 12:00–12:30 PMEvery day | My lunch breakStaff room | My lunch breakStaff room |
| 12:30–1:30 PMWeekday only | Art class supportArt room | Science lab supportRoom 120 |
| 1:30–2:40 PMEvery day | Classroom supportRoom 104 | Classroom supportRoom 104 |
| 2:40–2:55 PMEvery day | DismissalBus loop | DismissalBus loop |
Both columns come from one routine. Changing an every-day row changes it on all five days; changing a weekday row changes only that weekday.
What to enter
- Weekday
- Every workday, or one weekday only. A weekday duty appears only on that day's copy.
- Time
- Exact start and end for each block, the same way on every day it applies.
- Duty
- The block's name: Reading group support, Math lab support, Library support.
- Location
- The room for that day. Tuesday's math lab can be in Room 110 while Monday's reading is in Room 104.
- Adult role
- Your job in that block, written for the day it belongs to.
How to use it
- Mark which parts of your day happen every day and which belong to one weekday only.
- Choose Use this template and change the every-day duties first: arrival, lunch, your break, dismissal.
- Open each weekday in the Planner and replace its own duties with yours, Monday through Friday.
- Look over the week for empty time. It reads No duty entered, never available, so you can see what is missing.
- Use this version, then print the personal week in landscape. A long week continues on a second page with its headers repeated.
What stays the same, and what can change
What stays the same
- Duties set for every workday appear on all five days, and changing one of them changes it everywhere at once.
- Weekday duties come back each week on their own day.
What can change
- One Friday only: record a change with This date only, and the next Friday reads from the routine again.
- A new weekly pattern from a set date: edit the routine and choose when the new version starts.
A blank version to print
The personal weekly routine layout with its regular day's times and every duty left empty, to fill in by hand. No account or email needed.
Blank version (PDF, letter size)Free for personal and school use. Not for resale or redistribution as a product.
Scope and plan limits
Everything in this template works on Free: your personal schedule, one-day changes, and a single printed copy of any layout.
Para Schedule Plus adds a team schedule of up to 25 adults, including you, up to 20 reusable alternative days, and several dates or adults printed in one step.
This page, its example, and the blank version need no account.
Practical questions
What if some days follow a different schedule, such as early release?
Record the difference for the date it applies to on any plan. If the same kind of day keeps coming back, Plus can save it as a reusable alternative day and apply it to the dates that use it.
Can I bring in the week I already keep in a spreadsheet?
If you can paste it as rows or save it as a CSV file. Each row needs a day or date, a start and end time, and a title. You match the columns and review every row before it goes into a draft.
Can I see the whole week on paper?
Yes. The personal week prints as one landscape overview with the date and copy version at the top, and continues on a second page when a week needs more room.
Related help
- Daily para schedule templateKeep times, locations, and adult responsibilities together. Explore an editable daily para schedule and print a readable personal copy.
- Absence and coverageRecord a para's absence or a partial-day change for one date without rewriting the regular week, keep unresolved coverage visible, and print the copy that applies that day.
- Excel or Google SheetsWhen a spreadsheet para schedule is the right choice, what a maintained builder changes, and exactly which rows Para Schedule can import from a CSV export.