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Departments

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Purpose

Departments are how staff are organized within your school — groups like Science, Administration, or Sports. Unlike Classes and Sections, which organize students, Departments organize your staff and teachers for management and reporting purposes, such as filtering staff lists or assigning department heads.

When to Use

  • When setting up your school in Larnup for the first time.
  • When your school reorganizes staff into new or different groupings.
  • When you need to assign a department head or check who belongs to a department.

How to Use

  1. Open Departments from the Admin Panel.

  2. Review the existing list of departments.

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    The Departments list showing each department and its member count.

  3. To add a department, tap Add Department, name it, and save.

  4. Open a department to see its staff list, and assign a department head if needed.

  5. Assign staff to a department from the Staff or Teachers module, by editing their profile.

TipKeep department names broad and stable (Science, Administration, Sports) rather than overly specific — it's easier to filter and report on a small, consistent set of departments.
Common MistakeDeleting a department that still has staff assigned to it will leave those staff members without a department — reassign them first, or deactivate the department instead.