Teams

Loose affiliation: similar to a “chat group” that shares thoughts and ideas etc. Might have ability to ask for back-up. The Team could be general or specific in nature. There might be very big teams that share say LET developments or very specific teams with only a few members. A teacher could belong to many teams.

Formal affiliation with timetable co-ordination. They might have some common criteria which might be related to any of the teacher attributes. The individual teacher still remains an entity on the system as well.

A “Franchise” where the Team presents itself in such a way that the student receives a specific type of teaching regardless of the individual teacher taking the class. The user searches by team and is unable to select by teacher within the team. The teacher is no longer on the system as a separate entity and is fully part of the franchise.