Position Control - Qualified Teacher Course Data Page

Use this page to define teacher requirements for Highly Qualified Teacher status for specific courses. In this page, you can search for and list Qualified Teacher Course records, add new records, change, delete, and print records.

Menu Path: Human Resources > Entry & Processing > Employee > Qualified Teacher Course Data

Tabs

The Qualified Teacher Course Data page includes the following tabs:

Course	Use this tab to define the school year, building, course, and course section. You also can designate a course for summer school, assign the state course equivalent, and enter a description.
Staff	Use this tab to add and change the teachers linked to a course and its sessions. You also can define the number of students in the course and designate the course as Primary in relation to Highly Qualified Teacher standards.
Qualifications	Use this tab to assign codes identifying the qualifications associated with a course and designate selected qualifications as required.

Following are the procedures for using the Qualified Teacher Course Data page to add, delete, and print course records.

Adding a course record

Select Human Resources > Entry & Processing > Employee > Qualified Teacher Course Data.
In the Qualified Teacher Course Data page, click Add New.
Complete the fields in the Course, Staff, and Qualifications tabs. For field descriptions, refer to the Fields section below.
Click Delete Row on the Action Bar to delete rows in the Staff and Qualifications tabs.
Click OK to save the record.

Deleting a course record

Select Human Resources > Entry & Processing > Employee > Qualified Teacher Course Data.
In the Search Criteria section, enter criteria identifying the records to list, and then click Find. To run an advanced search, use the Advanced button.
Click OK.
In the List section, select a record.
Click Delete.
In the Confirmation dialog, click Yes.

Generating the Student Course Table report

Select Human Resources > Entry & Processing > Employee > Qualified Teacher Course Data.
In the Search Criteria section, enter criteria identifying the records to list, and then click Find. To run an advanced search, use the Advanced button.
Click OK.
Click Print.
In the Print window, specify how to generate the report, and then click OK. The report's default file name is stud_course.rpt.

Fields

Following are descriptions of the fields in the Qualified Teacher Course Data page's Course, Staff, and Qualifications tabs.

Course Tab

Field	Description
School Year	Four-digit year that applies to the course.
Building	Location code identifying a school district building. The field’s drop-down list displays all records in Security’s Location Codes table.
Course	Code or short title identifying a course, such as 8050 or ALGEBRA I. Character/10
Course Section	Number identifying a course section SMALLINT
Summer School	Checkbox indicating whether the course is taught in summer school. Select the checkbox if summer school applies. If your district distinguishes regular year courses from summer school courses, you can create separate records for each, one with the checkbox selected and the other with the checkbox cleared. All other data can be the same.
State Course Equivalent	Code or title used by the state to identify the course that is the equivalent of the one taught in your district. Character/10
Description	Course description or extended title. This field is especially important if you use codes to identify courses. Optional. Character/25

Staff Tab

Field	Description
Course Session	User-defined numeric code identifying a session. You also can use a number more than once if more than one teacher is assigned to the session. SMALLINT
Primary	Checkbox indicating whether the teacher being added is the primary person responsible for a course or course session. You can select the checkbox for as many sessions/teachers as needed, for example, if a teacher is responsible for more than one course or if a session has more than one primary teacher. You must either select the checkbox or clear it. You cannot leave the box at its default.
Employee Number	ID number identifying the teacher assigned to the session. If needed, you can assign a teacher to more than one session. To search for and select a teacher, click Lookup to display the Employee Lookup page.
Name	First and last name associated with the ID entered. Display only.
#Students	Enter the number of students who can be scheduled into the course. Integer

Qualifications Tab

Field	Description
Qualified Area	Select a code from Qualification Code table. You can include up to 15 qualifications per course.
Required	Checkbox indicating whether a teacher must have the qualification selected in order to teach course. Select the box if the qualification is required.