Staff Maintenance - School tab

The School tab allows you to view and maintain details about the staff member that relate to your organisation. For example, their department, category, start date and so on.

 Opening the School tab

To open the School tab:

  1. Select Module > Human Resources > Staff Maintenance from the main menu.
    Tip: You can also access the staff functions by clicking .
  2. Search for the staff member. See Searching for staff members.
    The Personal tab of the Staff Maintenance window is displayed.
  3. Click the School tab.
    The School tab of the Staff Maintenance window is displayed.

Note: For teaching staff, the Campus and Normal Year Level fields are used to create the default timetable views that determine the timeslots that are displayed.


Staff Maintenance - School tab key fields
School area fields

Field

Description

School Staff Code

Staff code is the unique identifier for a staff member. It is recommended that your organisation adopts a standard for these. For example, the staff code for James Matthew Paydon could be JMP or JP.

Campus

Campus where the staff member usually works.

Normal Year Level

Usual year level that the staff member teaches. Leave blank for non-teaching staff.

Note:
The Campus and Normal Year Level fields are used to create the default timetable views, that determine the timeslots displayed.

Form

Form group or home room that the staff member is associated with.

House

House group that the staff member is associated with.

Department

Department that the staff member is associated with.

Category

Category of staff member. For example, TEACH for teacher.

Note:
The staff category controls whether staff are available for certain tasks such as taking classes. Staff categories are maintained in the luStaffCategory lookup table. See luStaffCategory lookup table in the System maintenance manual.

Voice Mail

Voice mail number for the staff member.

Phone Extension

Phone extension for the staff member.

Building

Building that the staff member's office is in.

Room

Room code for the staff member's office.


Status sub-tab fields
Note: You can grant permissions to this sub-tab using the REP|StaffMaint|School|Status security permission. SeeGroup/User Security Maintenance - Groups View in the System maintenance manual.

Field

Description

Active Staff Member

Clear if the person is no longer a current member of staff.

Registration Number

Registration number for the Registration Type.

  • This value is defined using Staff Maintenance > Check tab row that has:
      • a Synergy Meaning of Registration
      • the latest end date
      • or if there are 2 or more records with the same end date the last entered record.

Registration Type

Type of registration. For example, RSB for the Registered School Board.

Registration Expiry Date

Expiry date of the registration.

Financial Expiry Date

Financial expiry date for the staff member.

Note:
This field can be used for internal purposes by your organisation. It does not affect other areas of Synergetic.

Start Date

Date when the staff member started working at your organisation.

Leaving Date

Date when the staff member finished working at your organisation.

First Teaching Year

Year that the staff member first began teaching.