School Calendar
Increase parent engagement
A multi-level calendar providing individualised views for every user. Includes the SPAR (Staff Planned Absence Register) tool for managing staff absence, and Professional Development events.
One Calendar - Individual Views
Every event is stored on a single calendar, however each staff member may see a different set of events depending on their permissions, and roles. Every event added to the calendar will be categorised, and the category will determine who is permitted to add an event, whether it needs approval and who will approve it, what colour it is displayed with, and who will be able to view it.
Some categories will be school wide, and in most cases these will be visible by all staff, students and possibly open to public viewing. With this broad category the school may choose to control who can add events or require approval of events added to the category. While more specific categories may be open for general staff to add events these categories are likely to be visible only to staff.
SPAR - Staff Planned Absence Register
You can configure categories for use with the SPAR facility - with the added controls ensuring staff register the event within certain time frames. The SPAR event will allow the staff member to specify which periods require cover, optionally where the funding is coming from, and optionally include other staff in the event. SPAR events will typically all require approval, and where there are additional staff involved each will require their own approval.
PD - Professional Development
Similar to the SPAR entries above, staff can request approval for a PD event. Other staff can also opt in to the event, although they will require their own approval.
PL - Professional Learning Approvals
Combine your Calendar subscription with the Professional Learning application and you will be able to manage complex approval processes for funding, leave, and suitability. Staff can initiate a request for approval to attend a Professional Learning event, they will be prompted to enter the details of the event along with costings and any justification they have for attending. The process is then managed through their Line Manager and other senior staff within the school. There are five types of approval, and multiple types of funding that all need to be signed-off before the applicant can confirm their attendance.
Features
- The calendar also supports personal events such as a dentist appointment - only the individual user will see these, they will be displayed to the individual user along side all of the other events taking place at the school.
- Optionally upload an attachment to an event
- Administrators can view history regarding an event, such as who added the event and when, and when and who approved it.
- Flexible reporting options
- Public events are accessible via a static URL, or an XML/XSLT list suitable for inclusion on your school website
- Your calendar events can also automatically appear on your desktop calendar application, for example Microsoft Outlook or Google Calendar