Parent Teacher Interview Maintenance - Sessions tab

Use the Sessions tab to maintain parent teacher interview sessions for a given cycle. For example, two sessions of year 11 and 12 parent teacher interviews are held in term 1, one in the afternoon and the other in the evening.

Opening the Sessions tab

To open the Sessions tab:

Select Module > Students > Parent Teacher Interview Maintenance from the main menu.
The Set Parent Teacher Search Criteria window is displayed.
Select the parent teacher interview cycle.
See Searching for parent teacher interviews.
Click the Sessions tab.
The Sessions tab of the Parent Teacher Interview Maintenance window is displayed.

Parent Teacher Interview Maintenance - Sessions tab key fields and buttons

Sessions grid area fields and buttons

Fields

Field	Description
Date	Date the session is scheduled.
Description	Short description to distinguish each session within the cycle. For example, an afternoon session.
Time From	Starting time for the interviews.
Time To	Projected finishing time for the interviews.
Slot Mins	Standard number of minutes for each time slot in the session.
Portal Booking Open Date	First date parents can book interviews through the Community Portal web application, if applicable.
Portal Booking Close Date	Last date parents can book interviews through the Community Portal web application, if applicable.
Real	If selected, a real session is hosted. If not selected, then a session is not an actual session. For example, this might be used to record details of parents who exceeded the demand for the supplied interview slots in a real session.

Buttons

Button	Description
	Create a new session, using the highlighted session for similar values. See Creating parent teacher interview sessions.
	Create a new session by copying the details from an existing session.
	Modify the session date, and start and finish times for the highlighted session.
	Delete the highlighted session.
	Select staff available for the highlighted session. See Selecting and de-selecting staff for a parent teacher interview session.

Year Levels Attending this Session area fields and buttons

Fields

Field	Description
Campus	Campus the parent teacher interviews are for.
Year Level	Year level the parent teacher interviews are for.

Buttons

Button	Description
	Add new year levels to a parent teacher interview session. See Adding new year levels to a parent teacher interview session.
	Delete the highlighted year level from a parent teacher interview session.