Twynham School Learning Gateway 2007-10 Chapter One part 3- Staff alerts

Staff Alerts- cover and lessons not registered

One of the key quick wins when launching the Staff Gateway was the ability for staff to gain access to crucial information. Every morning by 8.15 a.m. any cover requirements are entered into the MIS system and instantly appear on the Staff Gateway. If a member of staff has cover on the day this will be shown both within their timetable in the correct period and below this in a separate ‘Cover’ web part with full details.

In addition to this when teachers forget to complete lesson registers the ‘Lessons not registered’ web part will flag these up at the end of the lesson. Both cover and missed lessons are the only items that appear red on the Staff Gateway to signify urgency and ensure they are easily seen as alerts when they appear. A further element of the page which teachers find to very useful is the ability to search for any teacher or student through the ‘People Search’ web part.

In addition to the ‘Cover’ web part all staff can look at the ‘Full Cover Sheet’ sub site to see which colleagues are absent and who will be covering for them.

Related posts:

1. Twynham School Learning Gateway 2007-10 Chapter One part 1- The Staff Gateway
2. Twynham School Learning Gateway 2007-10 Chapter One part 2- Class and Student Data
3. Twynham School Learning Gateway 2007-10. Serialisation on SharePoint in Education.
4. Snow days and the effective Learning Platform. Staff connecting with the Learning Gateway.
5. Using SharePoint as a tracking system to support Online Reporting to Parents.