Co-teaching and rotating instructors

Two common situations in higher education:

  • co-teaching — two teachers (or more) lead the same lesson together. Typical case: a theorist + a practitioner on a strategy course, a permanent teacher + an expert adjunct on a case study.
  • rotating instructors — a course over a period (a module, a semester) is taught in turn by several teachers who take over from one another. Typical case: a sector-specific module broken down into thematic lessons, each entrusted to a different expert.

Both mechanisms are natively supported by Omniscol.

Co-teaching (joint delivery)

A lesson can carry several teachers simultaneously. In the Timetable management module, the teacher selector Assign teachers accepts several entries on a single lesson. The individual timetables of the teachers involved show the lesson as co-taught.

Consequences:

  • The availability of all co-teaching teachers must be compatible on the time slot.
  • For service hours, the lesson appears in full in each co-teacher's timetable. If your policy splits the hour pro rata between co-teachers, that calculation happens at export time (payroll, invoicing).

See Complex lessons for the technical details of co-taught courses.

Rotating instructors on a module

More complex: 12 lessons in a module, each taught by a different teacher. Two approaches:

Approach A — One subject, several courses

Create one course per instructor in the module, each with its own assigned teacher. Data entry takes longer, but the result stays clear for the instructors: each sees their lessons in their timetable and the module appears as a subject with several courses.

Approach B — Calendar mode with specific dates

If the lessons have known specific dates, use calendar mode, included in the Premium plan:

  • one subject Module Stratégie d'entreprise,
  • N dated lessons with one instructor per lesson,
  • the algorithm respects each instructor's availability.

This approach is more compact and natural for intensive modules.

Memo to describe the sequence

You can add a memo Comment on each lesson explaining the lesson's place within the module (Séance 3 / 12 — Stratégie financière). The memo appears in the timetables and helps students find their way.

How-to

Module with 12 rotating instructors

  1. The sector-specific module case: 12 lessons, each entrusted to a different expert. Two mechanisms are combined here: the calendar approach to date the rotating lessons, and co-teaching on only those lessons delivered by a pair.

  2. For this variant with specific dates: a timetable in calendar mode. All external instructors are marked External on their teacher profiles. See External instructors.

  3. Create the single subject Module Stratégie d'entreprise. It is the pedagogical envelope of the module. Pick a suitable Type of course: often a mix of lectures + case studies.

  4. Enter the 12 lessons on specific dates, each with its instructor. Put the lesson title + its theme (Séance 3/12 — Stratégie financière) in the memo to help students keep track of the progression.

  5. For lessons taught by a pair (theorist + practitioner on a case), use co-teaching: on the lesson concerned, select several instructors in Assign teachers. The individual timetables of the teachers involved show the lesson as co-taught.

  6. Service hours: the lesson appears in full in the timetable of each co-teacher. A pro-rata split between co-teachers is handled at export time (payroll, invoicing), not in Omniscol.

  7. Verification: open the student portal to check how the module is displayed — the 12 lessons appear in the timetable with their respective instructors. The progression memos (Séance N/12) are visible on hover.

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