Timetable

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Maintaining the Timetable

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Course overview

This one day course provides a useful overview of the procedures required in order to maintain an effective school timetable.

Benefits of attending

Schools are dynamic places and initial school timetable continuously evolve due to the staff and room changes. This course is specifically designed to deal with such issues promptly and effectively. It helps the staff with responsibility of maintaining the school timetable to understand the procedures for maintaining the timetable over the entirety of an academic year. 

What you will learn

• how to change the room and teacher of a class
• dealing with the arrival of new teachers
• adding additional teachers/TAs to classes
• creating alternative curriculum activities
• allocating non-teaching time i.e. PPA etc. to teachers
• allocating exam levels to classes
• how to send timetable changes from Nova –T to SIMS.

Who is it for?

Administrative staff or timetablers with responsibility for the day-to-day maintenance of the timetable. This course is also suitable for those new to the role.

Also consider:
• The Role of the Timetabler
• Curriculum Management using Nova -T
• Nova Refresher

Course dates to be allocated according to demand. If you are interested in this course, please complete the form here

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Nova Workshop

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Course overview

Discuss and examine complexities you've discovered when constructing your new timetable with a Nova-T consultant and explore possible solutions.

This 1 day workshop provides the opportunity to discuss and examine with a NovaT6 consultant complexities you've discovered when constructing your new timetable and to explore possible solutions or alternatives from both a timetabling and software perspective

The agenda for the day is determined by the requirements of those delegates attending to enable them to make the best use of Nova-T6 in their school or academy

Benefits of attending

Constructing a timetable shouldn't be complex. Learn how to produce your timetable more efficiently. 

What you will learn

The agenda for the day is determined by the requirements of those delegates attending to enable you to make the best use of Nova-T in your school or academy.

Who is it for?

Teaching and non-teaching staff responsible for planning and constructing the timetable and who have a good working knowledge of Nova-T6.

Course dates to be allocated according to demand. If you are interested in this course, please complete the form here

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Timetabling using Nova T6

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Course overview

This four day course provides a step by step explanation of how to use Nova-T6 in the production of the school timetable, from populating the system with core data (rooms, staff, subjects) to submitting the completed timetable to SIMS

By the end of the course you will be able to make efficient use of SIMS to: resource classes; manage multiple length sessions (doubles, triples); allocate non class codes; make use of curriculum analysis; make use of manual and automatic scheduling techniques; optimise the timetable; make use of automatic and manual allocation of rooms; generate a range of analyses and reports ; links between SIMS and Nova-T6; 

Benefits of attending

To learn how to use Nova-T to produce the school timetable. 

What you will learn

• resourcing classes
• managing multiple length sessions (doubles, triples...)
• allocating non class codes
• curriculum analysis
• manual and automatic scheduling
• optimising the timetable
• automatic and manual allocation of rooms
• printing of timetables and reports
• links between SIMS and Nova-T.

This course includes the e-module 'Timetabling Essentials' which will be made available to you before the course commences.

Who is it for?

Staff with responsibility for constructing and maintaining the timetable and with some prior knowledge of timetable principles.

Course dates to be allocated according to demand. If you are interested in this course, please complete the form here

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Course Manager & Post 16 Learning Aims

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This course explores how the Course Manager functionality of SIMS links areas such as Nova-T6, academic management and Examinations Organiser, including procedures for supporting the maintenance of Post 16 Learning Aims.

At the end of this course delegates will be able to: Manage course definitions with regard to the relationship between course manager and other areas of SIMS; Work with an understanding of examination awards and courses of study linking examination awards to courses of study; managing the Post 16 Learning Aims processes

Duration

Full Day

Course dates to be allocated according to demand. If you are interested in this course, please complete the form here

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Alternative Curriculum

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Alternative Curriculum and scheduling extra periods in T6. This course covers the adding of alternative curriculum through both the model screen and through the Alternative Curriculum facility in the Data Menu of T6 outlining the advantages and disadvantages of both routes. In addition we will be exploring adding extra periods in T6 such as registration periods, twilight periods and the effect of sending these changes to the cycle to SIMS.

DURATION

One Day

Content

  • Adding alternative curriculum groups in Nova T6
  • Impact on other areas of Nova T6
  • Reports in T6
  • Transferring to SQL
  • Adding students to alternative activities
  • Effect on Lesson Monitor, Course Manager and Assessment
  • Reports in SIMS
  • Scheduling extra activities in Nova T6
  • Registration periods
  • Twilight periods
  • Sending cycle changes to SIMS

Who is it for?

Timetablers and data managers with a working knowledge of the Academic Management area of SIMS and a basic knowledge of Nova-T.