Schedule Teachers in openSIS

Schedule Teachers

Overview

The Schedule Teachers feature allows administrators to assign one or more teachers to one or multiple course sections. Before completing the assignment, openSIS checks teacher availability to help identify scheduling conflicts and ensure teachers can be assigned to the selected course sections.

This feature supports bulk scheduling, making it easy to assign multiple teachers during the academic scheduling process.


Before You Begin

Before scheduling teachers, ensure that:

  • Staff members have been added with the appropriate teaching profile.
  • Course sections have been created.
  • The correct academic year and marking period are selected.
  • Teachers are available during the selected course section meeting times.

Schedule Teachers to Course Sections

  1. Navigate to Scheduling > Schedule Teacher.
  2. Click the + icon in the Teacher panel.
  3. Search for teachers using one or more of the available filters, including:
    • Staff Name
    • Staff ID
    • openSIS Profile
    • Job Title
    • Primary Grade Level Taught
    • Other Grade Level Taught
    • Primary Subject Taught
    • Other Subject Taught
  4. Click Search.
  5. Select one or more teachers.
  6. Click Add Selected Teacher(s).
  7. Click the + icon in the Course Section panel.
  8. Search for course sections using filters such as:
    • Course
    • Subject
    • Program
    • Marking Period
    • Grade Level
  9. Click Search.
  10. Select one or more course sections.
  11. Click Select Course Section(s).
  12. Review the selected teachers and course section details.
  13. Verify the meeting days, marking period, course dates, and currently assigned teacher information.
  14. Click Check Availability.
  15. Review the availability results.
    • If no conflicts are found, proceed with scheduling.
    • If conflicts are highlighted, modify your selections before continuing.
  16. Click Start Over if you want to clear the current selection and begin again.

Notes

  • Multiple teachers can be assigned to multiple course sections in a single operation.
  • Availability is checked before the scheduling process is completed.
  • Scheduling conflicts are highlighted to help administrators avoid overlapping assignments.
  • Review meeting days and course dates before confirming assignments.
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