Managing Teacher Workload Constraints in Auto Timetable Generator
How administrators can configure maximum daily periods, short codes, departments, and workload balancing rules.
Auto Timetable Generator Team
Product & Engineering Team • July 04, 2026
Unbalanced teaching workloads lead to faculty burnout, room-hopping fatigue, and uneven weekly class loads.
Combine individual teacher profile caps with global workload balancing and consecutive period constraints.
Creates fair, predictable teaching schedules that support staff retention and instructional quality.
On the Teachers Page, administrators configure individual faculty parameters:
Short Code: Unique identifier (e.g. MATH-01, ENG-02) used for compact timetable grid rendering.
Department: Departmental grouping (e.g. Science, Mathematics, Humanities).
Max Periods Per Day: Maximum number of teaching periods assigned to a teacher on any single day (default: 6 periods).
Pro Tip: Short codes help keep timetable grids clean and easy to scan.
On the Constraints Page, administrators configure global workload preferences:
Balance Teacher Workload (Soft Constraint): Spreads a teacher's total weekly teaching periods evenly across working days.
Compress Teacher Days (Soft Constraint): Groups teaching periods into fewer days when possible to provide full unassigned days.
Teacher Consecutive Limits (Hard Constraint): Enforces a maximum cap on back-to-back classes before a break must occur.
Pro Tip: Toggle Balance Teacher Workload under Soft Constraints to ensure smooth weekly schedules.
Written by Auto Timetable Generator Team
Product & Engineering Team
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