Skip to content

Set Up Teachers

The teacher catalog defines who teaches what, when they are available, and how many sections they can be assigned per block day. Teachers must be set up before you can build the master schedule in the Academic Calendar.

Access Teachers from the 👩‍🏫 Teachers tab in the navigation bar.

Add a teacher

  1. Navigate to 👩‍🏫 Teachers.
  2. Click + Add Teacher.
  3. Fill in the teacher form:
Field Description
Name (required) The teacher's display name as it appears in the Academic Calendar grid.
Email Optional. For reference only.
Lunch Lunch period assignment (Lunch 1 or Lunch 2), if your school tracks this per block day.
Unavailable Periods Periods the teacher cannot be scheduled (for example, A1, B5). Enter as a comma-separated list using the format [Block][Period] — for example, A1,B6. These cells are shaded and do not accept placements in the Academic Calendar.
Prep Period When checked, a Prep option appears in the teacher's course sidebar in the Academic Calendar. Prep can be dragged into any available cell to mark that period as the teacher's prep.
Assigned Courses The courses this teacher is qualified and expected to teach. Only assigned courses appear in the teacher's sidebar when building the schedule.
Active Inactive teachers are hidden from the Academic Calendar.
  1. Click Save Teacher.

Assign courses to a teacher

In the teacher edit form, use the Assigned Courses field to select courses from the course catalog:

  1. Use the search box to filter by course code or name.
  2. Check the courses this teacher teaches.
  3. Already-assigned courses appear at the top of the list with a blue highlight.
  4. Click × on a chip to remove an assignment.

Only courses marked as Active in the course catalog appear in the list.

Unavailable periods format

Use the format [Block][Period] — uppercase block letter followed by period number, separated by commas. For example:

  • A1 — Period 1 on A days
  • B6 — Period 6 on B days
  • A5,A6,B5,B6 — Last two periods on both block days

Edit a teacher

Click a teacher's name in the list to open their edit form. Update any fields and click Save Teacher.

Deactivate a teacher

Deactivating a teacher hides them from the Academic Calendar grid without deleting them or their existing placements.

  1. Open the teacher edit form.
  2. Uncheck Active.
  3. Click Save Teacher.

Delete a teacher

Click Delete in the teacher edit form and confirm. Existing placements referencing the deleted teacher remain in saved schedules but lose their teacher name display.