Free Period
In NYC teachers are not allowed to teach more than 3 periods in a row. I know you can set this in the parameters but I need to put “free” or what we call preparation periods in teachers schedule but the program still counts it as a period and flags it. Additionally it would be great if the program could insert a “prep” period after 3 teaching periods. This pas year I had to do it myself and the program flagged it as too many periods in a row.
Here is a solution for a free period:
- Choose ‘Owl > Manage > Subjects’, select ‘Prep’ subject and click Edit
- Expand More and check Exclude from the generator and notifications
- Click Edit
Non-teaching activities (teacher meeting, preparation, duty, lunch, etc.) shouldn’t affect teacher/class load, e.g. max. activities in a row, max./min. activities per day, etc., so you might consider ignoring related notifications. It’s recommended to forbid the time slots where ignored cards are placed, so the generator won’t use them for regular cards or count them as gaps.
Ignored subjects and related activities are underlined, while the ignored cards are transparent/italic. More in the user guide: https://primetimetable.com/help/#subject
Thank you all for creating an idea for improvement and voting for it!
Best regards,
Danijel Stulic, co-founder of Prime Timetable