Staff Guides

Creating Activities (ASA/ECA/CCAs)

• Preference Based Containers in SchoolsBuddy 
• Creating a preference based After School Activity Sign Up in SchoolsBuddy
• Adding Activities to your Container
• Linked Events - Creating After school club type container groups/activities that run on multiple days in a week
• Manually making Pupils preference selections in SchoolsBuddy
• The Auto-Allocation Process in SchoolsBuddy 🎬

Managing Activities (ASA/ECA/CCAs)

• Mass Cancellation or Deletion of Events
• Groups/Activities with no or not enough requests - ON HOLD or COMPLETE? 
• Adding events / Extending activity dates for groups in an active container
• Creating events and attendance lists (registers) mid term for groups that are new or were on hold
• Post Allocation Join Requests
• Adding Groups to an Active Container in SchoolsBuddy

Creating Parent Teacher Conferences / Parents' Evenings

• Creating an On-site Parents' Evening / Parent Conference/ PTC 
• Online Parent Teacher Conference / Parents' Evening / PTC settings
• Creating an Online Parents' Evening / Parent Conference / PTC using Embedded Video
• Creating an Online Parents' Evening / Parent Conference / PTC using Meeting URL's
• Parents' Evening / Parent Conference with both Online and Onsite appointments
• Managing Teachers Classes for Parent Teacher Conferences / Parents' Evenings

Managing Parent Teacher Conferences / Parents' Evenings

• Making a manual Parents Evening / Parent Conference booking
• How can staff view their schedule for a parent evening/parent teacher conference?
• Deleting Events for a Parent Teacher Conference
• Cancelling a Parents' Evening / Parent Teacher Conference Session (one appointment)
• Cancelling a Parents' Evening / Parent Teacher Conference Session (more than one appointment)

Wrap Around Care / Holiday Camp Bookings

• Creating a Breakfast Club / Wraparound Care Sign Up in SchoolsBuddy
• Creating Block Bookings For Each Day Of The Week 🎬
• Setting up Individual Bookings 🎬
• Staff Discounts For Wraparound Care
• Removing Students from Bookings and Attendance Registers
• Creating A Holiday Club 🎬

Sports Teams

• Understanding and Choosing Communication Preferences
• Creating a Sporting Fixture
• Selecting a Team/Participants for a Sporting Fixture
• Entering Statistics for a Sporting Fixture
• Creating a Match Report
• Creating Repeating Practice / Training Session Events

School Trips

• School Trips - choosing the right setup
• Creating School Trips / Events with or without parent consent
• Creating an Instant Book and Pay Sign Up
• Making an Instant Book & Pay Manual Booking in SchoolsBuddy 🎬
• Cancel an Instant Book and Pay Booking 🎬

Transport

• Permission to Walk Staff Guide
• About the Transport Module
• Transport Staff Roles
• Setting up Transport for the first time - Initial Configuration 🎬
• Transport Timetables 🎬
• Transport Routes and Timetable Configuration

Billings & Payments

Communications (Parents / Staff / Students)

• Automatic notifications
• Sending Messages From SchoolsBuddy
• Sending Parents an SMS Message
• Other Forms of Communication
• Attachments and Pictures in Emails
• Making Quick Calls from the App

Groups

• Creating a Group
• Adding additional Staff to a Group
• Adding additional Students to a Group