Adding specialist teachers manually

Specialist teachers are needed for timetabling. They can be added in two usual ways:

• Added manually, as described below.
• Imported from a CSV (comma-separated variable) file. See Importing specialist teachers.

For a related video, see Adding specialist teachers manually in Primary Time (#5010, 3.48 mins).

To add specialist teachers manually:

1. Select Basic Data > Teachers from the main menu.
   
   The Teachers window is displayed.
   
2. Click .
   A new entry is added and the Teacher Code is highlighted in blue.
   
3. Type the Teacher Code.
4. Tab to the First Name field.
   The teacher's record is positioned in the grid based on its alphabetic order.
   
5. Type the teacher's First Name.
6. Type the teacher's Last Name.
7. Select a different option from the Appears in drop-down list, if the teacher is not rostered in both the specialist and yard duty timetables.
   
8. Update the teacher's available times for each day and period, as needed. See:
   • Defining school assemblies using teacher availability
   • Defining part-time teachers using teacher availability.
   
9. Repeat steps 2 through 8 for each specialist teacher.
10. Click .
11. Click .