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Calculating Cover

  • How is Cover Calculated [SC] ?

    How does StaffCover find the best person to cover for an absence or event ? The short answer is that it applies the rules that you have set-up.  There are lots of possible rules for you to apply or cu...

  • Tend-to-Maximum Cover Method

    An explanation of the ‘Tend-to-Maximum’ cover method  (used mainly by schools in Malta): This is a simpler method for deciding who should provide the cover, which downplays all the usual calculations ...

  • Booking Cover in advance via LookAhead [SC]

    Look-Ahead Look-ahead is a feature in StaffCover that allows you to quickly see what any future date is likely to look like (how busy, who has already said they'll be away, how easy it is likely to be...

  • Covering a Special Location [SC]

    Is an Activity stored as a Special Location (in TimeTabler) covered by StaffCover ? Special Locations are not normally covered by StaffCover.  But occasionally a Special Location does need covering, i...

  • Starting tomorrow's Cover today

    The 'Go to tomorrow' feature in StaffCover allows you to work on tomorrow's cover while it is still today ... so you are better prepared when you come in tomorrow morning. As a rule, it is best to onl...

  • How do I Cover registration periods in StaffCover?

    Covering Registration To Cover Registration in StaffCover there are 2 possible ways forward: -- 1)  Include a Registration period(s) as part of the timetabled day**, in TimeTabler , so then it is carr...

  • [SC] Covering lessons in the Sixth-Form

    StaffCover:  Two questions on covering lessons in the Sixth-Form:  1   In the Sixth-Form, we cover L6th but not U6th: Q. In StaffCover, we want to cover L6 (Year 12) but not U6 (Year 13) - is this pos...

  • How do Period Protections work in StaffCover ?

    Some common questions about the role & use of Period Protections in StaffCover:   Q.  In StaffCover, I have a teacher who must never do any Cover - how do I tell the program this ?   A.  You can do th...