[sims] Timetable and 'scheduling' registers

[ajp233]

I have a school who have been told it it possible to 'schedule' registers in Nova-T6 but I'm not sure if what they are trying to achieve can be done.

 

The school are introducing a 'positive discipline' system that is implemented every few weeks and it basically means that for a particular period that week everyone is taken off timetable and instead of the lesson they should be attending they go to their registration group and spend the period with their tutor. However the day of the week and period when this occurs changes every time.

 

Any ideas how to set this up in SIMS?

[Esteban_Child_of_the_Sun]

Alternative curriculum would cope with that, it was designed for ad-hock events like the ones you describe.

[ajp233]

I did suggest alternative curriculum to them but it is the whole school that switch to the alternative curriculum classes at the specified period

[Esteban_Child_of_the_Sun]

You said "that is implemented, every few weeks", NOVA can only really cope with regular cycles, so if it occurred every 3 weeks you would have to write a 3 week timetable for it, if it is random as to how many weeks between occurrences then NOVA-T won't be able to help cleanly. You could set up a deliberate clash between registration and all other subjects that could potentially be swapped out then use curriculum management to move the students between clashing subjects at the appointed time, but you probably still be better off doing it in Alternative curriculum.

[Esteban_Child_of_the_Sun]

One other thought could be to have 2 timetables defined in NOVA, then apply the alternative timetable at the start of each week you wished to use the special classes, but you would have to maintain 2 timetables. I'd suggest contacting a NOVA-T expert at your SIMS support unit as this is likely to be a very specialised and probably expensive exercise.

[Cache]

While probably not the best method, you could do a paper register and then have someone quickly enter them all using Edit Marks.