Mark teachers unavailable during Absent and Free periods
It would be helpful to be able block times when staff are unavailable (due to ad hoc meetings etc) during their non-teaching periods. This would prevent them from being allocated cover.
I am finding the inability to do this super frustrating. ISAMS allows me to block a regular time each week for teachers to hold meetings but this is not how life or schools work. Our heads of year schedule meetings each week with parents and currently have to email me to say 'please don't give me a cover'. This wastes my time and theirs. Please could you let our middle leaders have the ability to block times for ad hoc meetings.
I am finding the inability to do this super frustrating. ISAMS allows me to block a regular time each week for teachers to hold meetings but this is not how life or schools work. Our heads of year schedule meetings each week with parents and currently have to email me to say 'please don't give me a cover'. This wastes my time and theirs. Please could you let our middle leaders have the ability to block times for ad hoc meetings.