# Recommend a Teacher Scheduling Tool

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-teacher-scheduling-tool/814752>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 24, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-teacher-scheduling-tool/814752 "2018-05-24T20:11:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-teacher-scheduling-tool/814752/1 "2018-05-24T20:11:54Z")

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I’m looking for software/a tool that will schedule teachers based on requirements such as topic, date, and location. It doesn’t have to be free.

If I have, say, 100 classes on different topics (English, History, Math, Art, Science, Music, etc.) and they each happen at various times and in various locations, and I also have a list of teachers and which classes they are qualified to teach, is there a database or something out there that will do the teacher scheduling for me?

When I Google “course scheduling tool,” “training scheduling tool,” and/or “instructor scheduling tool” I get a bunch of hits, but many don’t seem to have the sophistication I need and I’d rather not waste time on a bunch of trial versions unless I have to. So please don’t just do a search for me; I’m looking for the name(s) of specific software/tools you might know about. If what I’m looking for exists. 🙂

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-teacher-scheduling-tool/814752/2 "2018-05-24T20:36:51Z")

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[Humanity](https://www.humanity.com/top-ten-reviews?aff=252534&campaign=toptenreviews)

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-teacher-scheduling-tool/814752/3 "2018-05-24T20:53:23Z")

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I was going to suggest forgetting that you’re trying to schedule teachers and just look at generic scheduling software.

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-teacher-scheduling-tool/814752/4 "2018-05-25T02:13:39Z")

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> [@Omar\_Little](#):
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> [Humanity](https://www.humanity.com/top-ten-reviews?aff=252534&campaign=toptenreviews)

Thanks!

> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> I was going to suggest forgetting that you’re trying to schedule teachers and just look at generic scheduling software.

Is there a particular tool you recommend?

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-teacher-scheduling-tool/814752/5 "2018-05-25T02:22:29Z")

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No, I can’t recommend anything as I have no personal experience with this. But you mentioned needing people to teach particular classes and having a list of teachers with different qualifications. Other industries are going to have similar requirements.