Adding new professional development details
Whenever a staff member attends a course, the details are recorded as part of their professional development. Other types of professional development that you can record include:
- Appraisals. See Staff Maintenance - Appraisals tab.
- Qualifications. See Adding new qualifications.
Use the Add Staff P.D. Details window to add a new professional development entry. The Add Staff P.D. Details window consists of three tabs (described below):
- General tab
- Expense Allocations tab
- Docman tab.
Add Staff P.D. Details - General tab key fields and buttons
Course area fields
Field | Description |
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Course Title | Name of the course. For example, Diploma of Education. |
Status | Staff member's status in the course. For example Applied, Enrolled, Completed. |
Application Date | Date the staff member applied to enrol in the course. |
Start Date / | Start and end dates for the course. |
Accred Hrs | Number of accredited hours undertaken as part of the course. |
Category | Category for the professional development activity. The categories can be added and maintained in the luStaffTrainingCategory lookup table. See Maintaining lookup tables in the System maintenance manual. |
Provider | Organisation providing the course. |
Training Reason | Reason the staff member attended the training. |
Training Standard | Level of the training, if applicable. |
Venue | Location where the training was held. |
Presenter | Person who conducted the training. |
Course Details | Short description of the course content. |
Registration | Cost of registration for the course. |
Travel | Code of travel to and from the course. |
Replacement | Cost of the replacement staff member to cover the duties of the staff member attending the course. |
Other Expenses | Cost of any additional expenses. |
Outcome | Record the result of the course. |
Comment | Any comments or notes regarding the course. |
Other area fields
Field | Description |
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Appraisal | Appraisal that relates to the professional development of the staff member. See Staff Maintenance - Appraisals tab. |
Qualification | Qualification being undertaken as part of the professional development. |
File Type | File type that applies to indicate whether academic or co-curricular. |
Learning Area | Learning area that the professional development applies to. |
Buttons
Button | Description |
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Add new appraisal details. See Adding new appraisal details. | |
Add a new qualification. See Adding new qualifications. |
Common fields
Field | Description |
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Add to all Tagged IDs | If this field is selected, the new professional development information from this tab is also attached to all staff members in the current tag list. See Tagging community records for later use in the Introduction manual. |
Add Staff P.D. Details - Expense Allocations tab key fields
This tab holds general ledger information for reference purposes only. It does not impact the general ledger in any way.
Fields
Field | Description |
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G/L Code | General ledger code to assign the professional development costs to. Up to three general ledger codes, and accompanying sub-allocation codes, can be specified. |
G/L Sub Allocation | General ledger sub-allocation code to assign the professional development costs to. |
Campus | Campus where the staff members works. |
Year Level | Year level the staff member teaches. |
Department | Department the staff member belongs to. |
Category | Staff member's category. For example Teacher. |
Common fields
Field | Description |
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Add to all Tagged IDs | If this field is selected, the new professional development information from this tab is also attached to all staff members in the current tag list. See Tagging community records for later use in the Introduction manual. |
Add Staff P.D. Details - DocMan tab key fields and buttons
The fields and buttons on this tab are identical to those on the Staff Maintenance - DocMan tab. See Staff Maintenance - DocMan tab.
Note: To enable the DocMan tab you must complete the fields on the Add Staff P.D. Details - General tab