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 laid a strong foundation for a great outcome. Get it wrong and there are sure to be headaches along the way not to mention your Christmas holidays may be at risk! Plan The old saying, ‘Fail
How Flexible is your School?
John leaves school early on a Tuesday to collect his daughter from creche. Rachel's moving to part-time hours next year to finish her PhD. Mary’s team start late on a Friday so they can collaboratively plan for the week ahead. Best of all? Each of these requests were accommodated in a matter of minutes by the school timetabler. Here at Edval, we’re great champions of well-managed flexible working practices. We believe that part-time staff
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 community, because everyone knows that the pressure is on. After all, it’s the most important job in the school and key to success in all areas But does timetable creation really need to be
Edval Success at Education Challenge
As Edval Timetables UK continues to make waves in the UK, co-founder Chris Cooper was last week awarded £5000 as part of the prestigious Cool Initiatives Education Challenge. Edval UK have pledged to use the £5000 to create free basic timetable audits and option block reviews for all UK secondary schools to identify areas for improvements. A third of UK schools are in financial deficit’ says Edval’s Chris Cooper. ‘If invested into teaching and
Edval’s landmark timetable data integration an Australia-wide first
Technology firm Edval has become the first timetable software provider in Australia to exchange live school timetable data successfully with government schools through a state department of education. Working with the NSW Department of Education and the National Schools Interoperability Program (NSIP), Edval has developed a system allowing timetable data to be exchanged and used across NSW The system, first piloted in July, is expected to pave the way for schools to have greater choice