Introduction

This menu provides the various function associated with Management of Teachers within the Higher=Ed system.

Add New Teacher

This menu allows you to add/ create Teacher's personal information and user account in the system.
To perform this function, follow the instructions below:

On your Meshed Higher-Ed site, click Teacher > Add New Teacher.
Enter Teacher's Personal and Employment information on the fields provided. Note that fields with asterisks are considered as mandatory.
Set Username and Password (default password). User can change their password when they first login.

Admin can also set up users' security question and answer as default. However, users has the ability to change it when they login to their account.

Click Create New teacher to save.

Manage Teacher

This function allows you to manage all teachers. You can view and update teacher's profile, edit and delete information. To set this up, follow the instructions below:

On your Meshed Higher-Ed site, click Teacher > Manage Teacher.

List of all the teachers will show up on the page. If you are searching for a specific teacher, use search filters e.g. First name, Status. All teachers etc and click Search button.
Click this icon to go to Teacher profile Summary Home page. This page opens up in a new window lets you view teacher's profile, latest communication log, Teachers' matrix and other documents.

Icon	Function
	Allows you to view Teacher profile summary. This also include latest communication log/diary entry ( as shown below)
	Allows you to edit Teacher profile. Teacher's Personal and Employment information can be updated on this page.
	Let you send Email to Teacher (as per screenshot shown below). Note that you have an option to record this email into the Staff Communication log.
	This icon lets you send an SMS message to your teacher. Note that this icon requires third party provider connection to send individual, multiple/bulk emails SMS from the system.
	This icon allows you to view/ update/ edit Teacher matrix. This menu lets you associate teacher's knowledge level or their expertise with a specific subject or course.
	Allows you to view Teacher's Timetable.
	Allows you to record/save communication exchange between Staff and Provider.
	Allows you to upload staff documents e.g. copy of academic records, curriculum vitae etc.
	Allows you to view your Leave details recorded in the system. Leave information can be entered into the system via Home > Leave Info. Note that this function is mainly for Timetable purposes and not a HR function.
	PIR stands for Provider Information Request which is used for TEQSA PIR Reporting This function is required for teachers teaching Higher Education courses.
	Allows the recording of Professional Development related information for the Teacher
	Let you close the window and return to manage teachers page.

Teacher Matrix

This menu allows you to view/ update/ edit Teacher matrix.

This menu lets you associate teacher's knowledge level or their expertise with a specific subject or course. This will later be used to filter and show the Teacher that are eligible to Teach during Timetable creation.

To perform this function, follow the instructions below:

From the Teacher Profile Summary page, click Matrix icon located on the top right hand side of the page.

Select Course from the drop down menu.

Tick the box to specify Selected Subject.

Select Knowledge Level to indicate Teacher's level of expertise.

Click Add Teacher Matrix to record information.

To delete subjects from Teacher matrix (subjects that may no longer needed), click Delete icon

Manage Timesheet (Optional Module)

The optional Manage Timesheet module in Higher-Ed allows Teachers to submit their timesheet and the Director of Studies/Academic Manager to approve the timesheet.
This then gets flagged for Finance/Account user to generate the timesheet.

This feature is only accessible to the following user roles.