About SEATS

SEATS is a cutting-edge tool designed to automate the complex process of creating special education teacher schedules. SEATS’ algorithm evaluates millions of possible scheduling combinations to deliver the most effective schedules. The result? Teachers spend their time where they’re needed most, and students receive the targeted support they deserve.

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The Details Matter

SEATS ensures that all aspects of your school’s scheduling needs are met:

  • Students only receive hours during eligible class periods.

  • Staff members can’t be in two places at once.

  • Each IEP requirement is delivered only by appropriately qualified staff.

  • Related services are scheduled only when the specialist is available.

  • Schedule continuity across students and learning areas is maximized.

  • Students with learning level discrepancies or behavioral incompatibilities aren’t pulled by the same teacher at the same time.

  • Teachers aren’t scheduled during times they are unavailable (e.g. lunch, planning, etc..).

 FAQs

  • SEATS is a scheduling platform that analyzes your school’s master schedule, student IEP hour requirements, available special education teachers and instructional assistants, the schedules of related services personnel, and other relevant scheduling parameters to generate optimized schedules that maximize student support. Within seconds to minutes, SEATS will generate optimized schedules for each of your teachers detailing what students they are working with in what setting (push/pull) in what learning area at each 5-minute interval of each day of the week.

  • You can get started for free using a generic master schedule by clicking here. If you feel like the tool would be helpful for addressing your scheduling needs, you can load your school’s master schedule into the system using this link. Loading you master schedule into the system will allow you to create schedules that are specific to your school’s scheduling parameters.

    All SEATS features are free while the tools is being tested and refined!

  • At SEATS, we take the privacy and security of both student and teacher data extremely seriously.

    Users can elect to save their SEATS scheduling parameters within SEATS using the “Data Storage” tab. If using this feature is used, names and IEP details are securely stored securely in SEATS. This data is not shared with any third parties and can be removed by you at any time. Access is strictly limited to authorized users, and each school’s data is securely isolated to maintain privacy. We adhere to best practices and comply with applicable privacy laws, ensuring the confidentiality of sensitive student information at all times.

    Please let us know if you have additional data storage requirements. We’d be happy to work through a solution that best fits your needs!

  • Seconds to minutes. The time it takes to generate schedules can vary depending on the complexity and number of IEP requirements needing to be fulfilled. For simpler schedules with fewer students and staff, the process may take just a few seconds. However, for more complex schedules with numerous IEP considerations, it could take several minutes. SEATS is designed to handle these variations efficiently, ensuring that even the most detailed schedules are generated accurately.

  • SEATS currently only works for elementary school scheduling.