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This section outlines the StaffAssociation Interchange generation rules.
Input & Precursors
This document can be generated independently of other interchange files by providing input parameters (e.g., number of students, ethnicity and gender percentages, etc.), or as part of a generation run including Education Organizations.
Entities & Elements
Interchange-StaffAssociation.xsd contains the following entities:
- Staff
- StaffEdOrgEmploymentAssociation
- StaffEdOrgAssignmentAssociation
- StaffSchoolAssociation
- StaffSectionAssociation
- LeaveEvent
- OpenStaffPosition (not currently supported)
General Methodology
Staff expertise requirements are built using the data defined in the MasterSchedule.Section CSV input file. In this way we ensure the Staff generation process will create the correct number of staff with the correct qualifications to teach all sections defined in MasterSchedule.
| Path | Element | Rules | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Race | Random, based on XML configuration in StaffProfile.StaffRaceConfiguration | |
| HispanicLatinoEthnicity | |||
| Sex | Random, based on XML configuration in StaffProfile.StaffSexConfiguration | ||
| Name | Random, based on gender and ethnicity; Names draw from FirstNames* and Surnames* CSV files | ||
| StaffUniqueId | Random GUID, formatted without dashes | ||
| StaffIdentificationCode | SchoolId assigned when process MasterSchedule.Section references | ||
| HighlyQualifiedTeacher | True for 10% of Staff population, chosen at random | ||
| BirthDate | Minimum age 25 / 33 for HighlyQualified teach; Max age 65. Birth date is a random date between Min and Max age, starting from the first day of the School Year, as defined in XML TimeConfig.SchoolCalendar.StartDate | ||
| YearsOfPriorTeachingExperience | Let DateStartedTeaching be a random date is chosen between (StaffBirthday + 18 years) and Current School Year Start Date. The difference (in years) between the Current School Year Start Date and DateStartedTeaching is used for YearsOfPriorTeachingExperience. | ||
| YearsOfPriorProfessionalExperience | Let DateOfFirstProfessionExperience be a random date between (StaffBirthday + 18 years) and DateStartedTeaching. The difference (in years) between the Current School Year Start Date and DateOfFirstProfessionalExperience is used for YearsOfPriorProfessionalExperience. | ||
| HighestCompletedLevelOfEducation | If HighlyQualified, 50/50 split between Doctorate and Masters; Otherwise, Bachelors. | ||
| LoginId | Formatted as "$(FirstName).$(LastName)$(id)"; Where $(id) is a number starting at 0, and only added if the LoginId already exists for another staff member. | ||
| ElectronicMail | Formatted as $(LoginId)@$(SchoolName).edu | ||
| StaffSectionAssociation | Generated per notes above in the General Methodology section |