A Surprising Reason for Teacher Absence
Teacher absence is bad news for everyone concerned. For the school, who must organise a substitute teacher and possibly incur associated costs. For colleagues of the absent teacher, who pick up the slack in setting work, teaching additional classes and
Five Crowdsourced Tips for the Rookie Timetabler
The prospect of completing your first timetable can be more than a little daunting. After all, it's the most important document in the school and key to success at every level. The new timetabler will find that everyone in the
Michael’s Top Tips for Elective Line Generation
With many schools about to start generating elective lines for 2019, I thought it might be timely to post some helpful tips. The elective line generation process is a critical phase in preparing a timetable. Get it right and you have
Can you really create a high quality timetable in a day?
It’s that time of year when hard-working timetablers lock themselves in offices across the UK. Brows are furrowed. Coffee is consumed. Fearful colleagues tiptoe past, sharing whispered rumours of progress. “Spare a thought for the timetabler”, @TeachTalks advises the Twitter