TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Preamble
• Sub-Classes Overview
• How to Assign an Additional Teacher using a Sub-Class
• How to Assign an Additional Room using a Sub-Class
• Further Reading 

Preamble

Sub-Classes Overview

Sub-classes can be used to change resources in different rotations, or to assign different teachers or rooms, such as splitting a when class into theory and practical components. See following articles more more details

Managing Classes with Rotated Topics 

Timetabling one Class in Different Rooms (Theory vs Prac)

How to Assign an Additional Teacher using a Sub-Class

1. Select View > Easy sub-class entry.
2. Select the class that requires an extra teacher.  In screenshot below this is 8MAT4
3. Right-click on the class code, select 'manage sub-classes', 'proceed' and then select 'Different teachers at once' and '2'.
4. E10 will create a second class with similar class code to the first class e.g. 8MAT.4a   
5. Adjust #Per and Spread where necessary. If the additional teacher doesn't need to be present in all periods, the #Per can be reduced.
6. Add the extra teacher to the Subject Teacher set, then assign them to the class via Teachers > Staff allocations F4.  Alternatively, the additional teacher can be hardcoded TeacherPref column and ticking the 'Only' checkbox.
7. The RoomPref entry of the sub-class will default to 'None' as only 1 room is required.  Both teachers will work together in the one room.

1. Select View > Easy sub-class entry.
2. Select the class that requires an extra room.  In screenshot below this was 9FOT1
3. Create the second class by right-clicking on the RoomPref column, selecting 'manage sub-classes', 'proceed' and selecting 'Different rooms at once' and '2' from the popup.
4. E10 will create a second class with similar class code to the first class e.g. 9FOT.1a
5. Adjust #Per and Spread where necessary.
6. Assign a room to the second class.  You may force the assignment by using 'Only'.
7. The TeacherPref entry of the sub-class will default to 'None' as only one teacher is required.   The one teacher can now move between rooms during the one lesson.