Teacher Grade

Grade bands for teachers, such as Permanent or Temporary.

Teacher grades record the grade or employment band of a teacher, for example Permanent or Temporary. Each teacher is assigned one on their profile.

Where it is used

  • The Grade dropdown on the teacher add and edit forms
  • Teacher resignation records

Before you start

  • Add grades before you add teachers.

The list page

Open Main Entry → Teacher Grade from the sidebar, or click the Teacher Grade card on the Main Entry dashboard.

Teacher Grade list page
Teacher Grade list page
  1. 1Add Teacher Grade opens the form in a panel on the right.
  2. 2Status: green Active or grey Inactive. It is read-only here; change it from the edit form.
  3. 3Edit (pencil) opens the same form with the record filled in.
  4. 4Delete (red bin) removes the record after a confirmation.
ColumnShows
SNRow number on the current page (it restarts at 1 on each page).
Grade NameThe teacher grade.
StatusActive or Inactive. Inactive rows appear faded.
Created AtThe date the record was added.
ActionsEdit and delete buttons. You only see the ones your role allows.

Known issue: search box

The search box on this page is shown but does not narrow the list yet. Use Rows and the page buttons under the table to move around.

Add a teacher grade

  1. 1

    Open the form

    Click Add Teacher Grade (callout 1 above). A panel slides in from the right.
  2. 2

    Fill in the details

    Complete the fields below. The numbers match the callouts in the screenshot.
    The add form for teacher grade
    The add form for teacher grade
    #FieldRequiredWhat to enter
    1 Grade Name Yes At least 2 characters, for example Permanent.
    2 Grade Status No On (default) = visible to users.
  3. 3

    Save

    Click Save Teacher Grade (the last callout). On success the panel closes, the list refreshes and a green Success message appears. If something is wrong, a red Error message lists the problems and the panel stays open so you can fix them. Cancel, the × or a click outside the panel closes it without saving.

Edit teacher grade

  1. 1

    Open the record

    Find the row and click the pencil icon in the Actions column (callout 3).
  2. 2

    Change and update

    The panel opens as Edit Teacher Grade with the current values filled in. Change what you need and click Update Teacher Grade.

Deactivating instead of deleting

To retire a teacher grade without losing history, edit it and switch Status off. It stays in the list as Inactive and drops out of the dropdowns that use it.

Delete teacher grade

  1. 1

    Click the bin

    Click the red bin icon in the Actions column (callout 4).
  2. 2

    Confirm

    Your browser asks you to confirm. Click OK to delete or Cancel to keep it.

Deleting is permanent

Deleted records cannot be restored. If it has already been used elsewhere in the system the delete may be refused with An error occurred. Please try again. Mark it Inactive instead.

Good to know

Unique names

When renaming a grade, the new name must not already exist anywhere in the system.

Messages you may see

MessageWhat it means
<name> created successfully!The record was added.
<name> updated successfully!Your changes were saved.
<name> is deleted successfully!The record was removed.
The slug has already been taken.A record with the same name already exists. Names are compared ignoring capitals, spaces and punctuation, so Grade 1, grade 1 and Grade-1 count as the same.
An error occurred. Please try again.The save or delete was refused, for example because the record is still in use elsewhere.