SIMS Personnel and Personnel Reporting

Course Overview:

The course covers the maintenance and management of staff personnel, professional and contractual data. You will be shown how to deal with new appointments and leavers, promotions and other data adjustments with a focus on data collected by the SWC, as well as links to the SIMS Finance module FMS.

Course Objectives:

• add new and edit existing personnel records
• maintain pay and contract related data
• maintain personnel data to support other areas of SIMS including pastoral structure, curriculum, FMS and statutory returns (including SWC)
• produce standard reports for data checking purposes.

Target Audience:

This course is aimed at staff in school with responsibility for updating and maintaining personal, professional and contractual information. Knowledge of SIMS and school personnel procedures is desirable.

This course will be delivered live via a Teams meeting.  The meeting link will be emailed to the delegate ahead of the course. 

Please Note: AI recorders and not permitted and will be removed from the meeting.

Pre-requisites:

Please make sure you have the below pre-requisites ready for use on the day of the training:

• A stable internet connection.
• 2 Screens are desirable (1 for Teams meeting and 1 for our training platform or your own SIMS).
• A headset or speaker are essential so that delegates can hear the trainer.
• A microphone and a camera are desirable but not essential. Delegates can also use the chat function in Teams to ask any questions they may have.
• Courses are delivered live. Delegates must be on time and available undisturbed for the duration of the course. If courses are scheduled for multiple days, you must be available for all dates/times to complete the course.
• Courses are recorded for observation and quality control only.

Some of our courses are available with the use of our own School ICT training database, others focus on your own live data using your own SIMS database, in which case we will need to set up a remote access connection.  One of our consultants will contact you prior to the training to make sure you can access the relevant method of practice.

Please Note: Delegates can choose if they would prefer, to view the course rather than actively participating using the training database (if applicable).

Please Note: we have a strict policy concerning maximum numbers of delegates on each course.  Each delegate must book a separate place and will receive an individual Teams meeting link.  Please do not share the meeting link or invite other colleagues to the course.  A charge will be applicable for any additional delegates.

Cancellation Policy:

We understand that plans can change unexpectedly. However, timely communication regarding course cancellations is crucial for effective course planning and resource allocation.

For cancellations made by the school/delegate within two weeks (fourteen days) of the course start date, we reserve the right to charge the full course fee.

If schools have prepaid for the course and cancel within two weeks (fourteen days) of the course start date, we reserve the right to withhold refunds for the cost of the booking.

How to Cancel: 

To avoid incurring any fees, please notify us of your cancellation at least two weeks (fourteen days) prior to the course start date. You can reach us by phone on 03452 226802 or via email at helpdesk@schoolicts.co.uk

Please note: It may occasionally be necessary to cancel courses if the minimum number of delegates is not met. Where a training course is cancelled, we will endeavour to offer alternative dates or provide a full refund if a suitable alternative cannot be found.

By booking a course with us, you acknowledge and agree to abide by this cancellation policy.

We appreciate your cooperation and understanding.

Can’t make this date? Why not try the Distance Learning version and complete the course at your own pace – https://learning.www.schoolicts.co.uk/p/sims-personnel-user