diff --git a/migrations/Version20261105100000.php b/migrations/Version20261105100000.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83a4dc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/Version20261105100000.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace DoctrineMigrations;
+
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Schema;
+use Doctrine\Migrations\AbstractMigration;
+
+/**
+ * Replaces the staffing matrix's split flag with one flag per ski level.
+ *
+ * A split row takes over every level it has, so it keeps planning the same assignments. The way
+ * back folds the two flags into one, which loses a row that takes over one level of two.
+ *
+ * Written by hand rather than taken from doctrine:migrations:diff, which also carries the
+ * pre-existing drift of the dev database.
+ */
+final class Version20261105100000 extends AbstractMigration
+{
+    public function getDescription(): string
+    {
+        return 'Replace staffing_rule.split with split_beginner / split_advanced';
+    }
+
+    public function up(Schema $schema): void
+    {
+        $this->addSql('ALTER TABLE staffing_rule ADD split_beginner TINYINT NOT NULL, ADD split_advanced TINYINT NOT NULL');
+        $this->addSql('UPDATE staffing_rule SET split_beginner = split AND ski_beginner, split_advanced = split AND ski_advanced');
+        $this->addSql('ALTER TABLE staffing_rule DROP split');
+    }
+
+    public function down(Schema $schema): void
+    {
+        $this->addSql('ALTER TABLE staffing_rule ADD split TINYINT NOT NULL');
+        $this->addSql('UPDATE staffing_rule SET split = split_beginner OR split_advanced');
+        $this->addSql('ALTER TABLE staffing_rule DROP split_beginner, DROP split_advanced');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Entity/StaffingRule.php b/src/Entity/StaffingRule.php
index 60e7ed5..2c6a5d7 100644
--- a/src/Entity/StaffingRule.php
+++ b/src/Entity/StaffingRule.php
@@ -55,9 +55,13 @@ class StaffingRule implements BlameableEntityInterface, TimestampableEntityInter
     #[ORM\Column]
     private bool $skiAdvanced = false;
 
-    /** The Reiseleitungen take over the ski levels, one level per place. */
+    /** A Reiseleitung takes over the beginners' course (Reise- und Kursleitung), one place. */
     #[ORM\Column]
-    private bool $split = false;
+    private bool $splitBeginner = false;
+
+    /** A Reiseleitung takes over the advanced course (Reise- und Kursleitung), one place. */
+    #[ORM\Column]
+    private bool $splitAdvanced = false;
 
     #[ORM\Column]
     private bool $guiding = false;
@@ -74,20 +78,26 @@ class StaffingRule implements BlameableEntityInterface, TimestampableEntityInter
     #[Assert\Callback]
     public function validateCombination(ExecutionContextInterface $context): void
     {
-        $levels = $this->getSkiLevelCount();
-
-        if (true === $this->split && 0 === $levels) {
+        if (true === $this->splitBeginner && false === $this->skiBeginner) {
             $context
-                ->buildViolation('Ein Split braucht mindestens einen Skikurs')
-                ->atPath('split')
+                ->buildViolation('Die Reiseleitung kann nur einen Kurs übernehmen, der angeboten wird')
+                ->atPath('splitBeginner')
                 ->addViolation()
             ;
         }
 
-        if (true === $this->split && $levels > (int) $this->guides) {
+        if (true === $this->splitAdvanced && false === $this->skiAdvanced) {
             $context
-                ->buildViolation('Bei einem Split braucht jedes Kursniveau eine eigene Reiseleitung')
-                ->atPath('split')
+                ->buildViolation('Die Reiseleitung kann nur einen Kurs übernehmen, der angeboten wird')
+                ->atPath('splitAdvanced')
+                ->addViolation()
+            ;
+        }
+
+        if ($this->getSplitLevelCount() > (int) $this->guides) {
+            $context
+                ->buildViolation('Jeder übernommene Kurs braucht eine eigene Reiseleitung')
+                ->atPath('guides')
                 ->addViolation()
             ;
         }
@@ -101,9 +111,9 @@ class StaffingRule implements BlameableEntityInterface, TimestampableEntityInter
         }
     }
 
-    public function getSkiLevelCount(): int
+    public function getSplitLevelCount(): int
     {
-        return (int) $this->skiBeginner + (int) $this->skiAdvanced;
+        return (int) $this->splitBeginner + (int) $this->splitAdvanced;
     }
 
     public function getId(): ?int
@@ -165,14 +175,26 @@ class StaffingRule implements BlameableEntityInterface, TimestampableEntityInter
         return $this;
     }
 
-    public function isSplit(): bool
+    public function isSplitBeginner(): bool
     {
-        return $this->split;
+        return $this->splitBeginner;
     }
 
-    public function setSplit(bool $split): static
+    public function setSplitBeginner(bool $splitBeginner): static
     {
-        $this->split = $split;
+        $this->splitBeginner = $splitBeginner;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    public function isSplitAdvanced(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->splitAdvanced;
+    }
+
+    public function setSplitAdvanced(bool $splitAdvanced): static
+    {
+        $this->splitAdvanced = $splitAdvanced;
 
         return $this;
     }
diff --git a/src/Form/StaffingRuleType.php b/src/Form/StaffingRuleType.php
index 2fd19d6..99afe8c 100644
--- a/src/Form/StaffingRuleType.php
+++ b/src/Form/StaffingRuleType.php
@@ -31,9 +31,14 @@ class StaffingRuleType extends AbstractType
                 'label' => 'Ski Fortgeschrittene',
                 'required' => false,
             ])
-            ->add('split', CheckboxType::class, [
-                'label' => 'Split',
-                'help' => 'Die Reiseleitungen übernehmen die Kurse (Reise- und Kursleitung)',
+            ->add('splitBeginner', CheckboxType::class, [
+                'label' => 'Reiseleitung übernimmt Ski Anfänger:innen',
+                'help' => 'Reise- und Kursleitung statt einer eigenen Kursleitung',
+                'required' => false,
+            ])
+            ->add('splitAdvanced', CheckboxType::class, [
+                'label' => 'Reiseleitung übernimmt Ski Fortgeschrittene',
+                'help' => 'Reise- und Kursleitung statt einer eigenen Kursleitung',
                 'required' => false,
             ])
             ->add('guiding', CheckboxType::class, [
diff --git a/src/Service/Assignment/AssignmentPlanner.php b/src/Service/Assignment/AssignmentPlanner.php
index 828ad07..b740212 100644
--- a/src/Service/Assignment/AssignmentPlanner.php
+++ b/src/Service/Assignment/AssignmentPlanner.php
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ use App\Service\Common\PickupOptions;
  *
  * The rules, agreed with the stakeholders on 2026-10-15:
  * - one assignment per role, the role's head count as its places;
- * - without split, each ski level is a Kursleitung of its own, one place;
- * - with split, a Reiseleitung takes over each level through the combined profile, one place
- *   per level, and the plain Reiseleitung keeps the remaining places;
+ * - each ski level is a Kursleitung of its own, one place, unless the matrix has a Reiseleitung
+ *   take it over: then it is the combined profile, one place, and the plain Reiseleitung keeps
+ *   the remaining places. Decided per level (2026-11-05), so one Reiseleitung can take over one
+ *   level while the other stays a Kursleitung;
  * - a date with bus travel (boarding points) gets its first boarding point pre-selected as
  *   Busbegleitung on exactly one assignment, the first guide-type one - the plain Reiseleitung
  *   where there is one. Taken from the date, not the matrix: bus travel varies between the
@@ -32,39 +33,33 @@ final class AssignmentPlanner
      */
     public function plan(StaffingRule $rule, Destination $destination): array
     {
-        $roles = [];
-        $guides = (int) $rule->getGuides();
+        $combined = [];
+        $courses = [];
 
-        if (true === $rule->isSplit()) {
-            $combined = [];
-
-            if (true === $rule->isSkiBeginner()) {
-                $combined[] = StaffingRole::GUIDE_SKI_BEGINNER;
-            }
-
-            if (true === $rule->isSkiAdvanced()) {
-                $combined[] = StaffingRole::GUIDE_SKI_ADVANCED;
-            }
-
-            // The matrix validation refuses more levels than guides; max() keeps a row that
-            // slipped past it from planning a negative head count.
-            $roles[] = [StaffingRole::GUIDE, max(0, $guides - count($combined))];
-
-            foreach ($combined as $role) {
-                $roles[] = [$role, 1];
-            }
-        } else {
-            $roles[] = [StaffingRole::GUIDE, $guides];
-
-            if (true === $rule->isSkiBeginner()) {
-                $roles[] = [StaffingRole::SKI_BEGINNER, 1];
-            }
-
-            if (true === $rule->isSkiAdvanced()) {
-                $roles[] = [StaffingRole::SKI_ADVANCED, 1];
+        if (true === $rule->isSkiBeginner()) {
+            if (true === $rule->isSplitBeginner()) {
+                $combined[] = [StaffingRole::GUIDE_SKI_BEGINNER, 1];
+            } else {
+                $courses[] = [StaffingRole::SKI_BEGINNER, 1];
             }
         }
 
+        if (true === $rule->isSkiAdvanced()) {
+            if (true === $rule->isSplitAdvanced()) {
+                $combined[] = [StaffingRole::GUIDE_SKI_ADVANCED, 1];
+            } else {
+                $courses[] = [StaffingRole::SKI_ADVANCED, 1];
+            }
+        }
+
+        // The matrix validation refuses more taken-over levels than guides; max() keeps a row
+        // that slipped past it from planning a negative head count.
+        $roles = [
+            [StaffingRole::GUIDE, max(0, (int) $rule->getGuides() - count($combined))],
+            ...$combined,
+            ...$courses,
+        ];
+
         $pickup = $this->firstPickup($destination);
         $guiding = $rule->isGuiding();
         $planned = [];
diff --git a/templates/admin/system/staffing_rule/_form.html.twig b/templates/admin/system/staffing_rule/_form.html.twig
index 76f88f0..402480a 100644
--- a/templates/admin/system/staffing_rule/_form.html.twig
+++ b/templates/admin/system/staffing_rule/_form.html.twig
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
     {{ form_row(form.productCode) }}
     {{ form_row(form.guides) }}
     {{ form_row(form.skiBeginner) }}
+    {{ form_row(form.splitBeginner) }}
     {{ form_row(form.skiAdvanced) }}
-    {{ form_row(form.split) }}
+    {{ form_row(form.splitAdvanced) }}
     {{ form_row(form.guiding) }}
     {{ form_row(form.enabled) }}
 </div>
diff --git a/templates/admin/system/staffing_rule/index.html.twig b/templates/admin/system/staffing_rule/index.html.twig
index 80d61ba..8c03730 100644
--- a/templates/admin/system/staffing_rule/index.html.twig
+++ b/templates/admin/system/staffing_rule/index.html.twig
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@
                         <td>{{ rule.guides }}</td>
                         <td>{{ _self.yes_no(rule.skiBeginner) }}</td>
                         <td>{{ _self.yes_no(rule.skiAdvanced) }}</td>
-                        <td>{{ _self.yes_no(rule.split) }}</td>
+                        <td>
+                            {%- set split = [] -%}
+                            {%- if rule.splitBeginner %}{% set split = split|merge(['Anfänger:innen']) %}{% endif -%}
+                            {%- if rule.splitAdvanced %}{% set split = split|merge(['Fortgeschrittene']) %}{% endif -%}
+                            {{- split is empty ? _self.yes_no(false) : split|join(', ') -}}
+                        </td>
                         <td>{{ _self.yes_no(rule.guiding) }}</td>
                         <td>{{ _self.yes_no(rule.enabled) }}</td>
                         <td>
diff --git a/tests/Entity/StaffingRuleTest.php b/tests/Entity/StaffingRuleTest.php
index 4af96a5..6ef4f2b 100644
--- a/tests/Entity/StaffingRuleTest.php
+++ b/tests/Entity/StaffingRuleTest.php
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ class StaffingRuleTest extends TestCase
     public static function combinations(): iterable
     {
         yield 'guides only' => [self::rule(2), []];
-        yield 'split with a level per guide' => [self::rule(2, beginner: true, advanced: true, split: true), []];
-        yield 'split with more levels than guides' => [self::rule(1, beginner: true, advanced: true, split: true), ['split']];
-        yield 'split without a level' => [self::rule(2, split: true), ['split']];
+        yield 'both levels taken over, a guide each' => [self::rule(2, beginner: true, advanced: true, splitBeginner: true, splitAdvanced: true), []];
+        yield 'one guide takes over one of two levels' => [self::rule(1, beginner: true, advanced: true, splitAdvanced: true), []];
+        yield 'more levels taken over than guides' => [self::rule(1, beginner: true, advanced: true, splitBeginner: true, splitAdvanced: true), ['guides']];
+        yield 'taking over a level that is off' => [self::rule(2, advanced: true, splitBeginner: true), ['splitBeginner']];
         yield 'guiding without a guide' => [self::rule(0, beginner: true, guiding: true), ['guiding']];
         yield 'courses without guides' => [self::rule(0, beginner: true), []];
     }
@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ class StaffingRuleTest extends TestCase
         int $guides,
         bool $beginner = false,
         bool $advanced = false,
-        bool $split = false,
+        bool $splitBeginner = false,
+        bool $splitAdvanced = false,
         bool $guiding = false,
     ): StaffingRule {
         return (new StaffingRule())
@@ -54,7 +56,8 @@ class StaffingRuleTest extends TestCase
             ->setGuides($guides)
             ->setSkiBeginner($beginner)
             ->setSkiAdvanced($advanced)
-            ->setSplit($split)
+            ->setSplitBeginner($splitBeginner)
+            ->setSplitAdvanced($splitAdvanced)
             ->setGuiding($guiding)
         ;
     }
diff --git a/tests/Service/Assignment/AssignmentPlannerTest.php b/tests/Service/Assignment/AssignmentPlannerTest.php
index e380968..f550547 100644
--- a/tests/Service/Assignment/AssignmentPlannerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Service/Assignment/AssignmentPlannerTest.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class AssignmentPlannerTest extends TestCase
 
     public function testSplitWithOneLevelKeepsTheRemainingGuides(): void
     {
-        $planned = $this->plan(self::rule(guides: 2, advanced: true, split: true));
+        $planned = $this->plan(self::rule(guides: 2, advanced: true, splitAdvanced: true));
 
         $this->assertSame([
             [StaffingRole::GUIDE, 1, null, []],
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class AssignmentPlannerTest extends TestCase
     public function testSplitWithBothLevelsUsesUpTwoGuides(): void
     {
         // decision 3: two single-level combined profiles, never the A+F one
-        $planned = $this->plan(self::rule(guides: 2, beginner: true, advanced: true, split: true));
+        $planned = $this->plan(self::rule(guides: 2, beginner: true, advanced: true, splitBeginner: true, splitAdvanced: true));
 
         $this->assertSame([
             [StaffingRole::GUIDE_SKI_BEGINNER, 1, null, [StaffingFee::COURSE]],
@@ -56,9 +56,29 @@ class AssignmentPlannerTest extends TestCase
         ], self::summarize($planned));
     }
 
+    public function testOneGuideTakesOverOneLevelAndTheOtherStaysAKursleitung(): void
+    {
+        $planned = $this->plan(self::rule(guides: 1, beginner: true, advanced: true, splitAdvanced: true, guiding: true), self::busTravel());
+
+        $this->assertSame([
+            [StaffingRole::GUIDE_SKI_ADVANCED, 1, 5, [StaffingFee::GUIDING, StaffingFee::COURSE]],
+            [StaffingRole::SKI_BEGINNER, 1, null, [StaffingFee::COURSE]],
+        ], self::summarize($planned));
+    }
+
+    public function testATakeOverOfALevelThatIsOffIsIgnored(): void
+    {
+        $planned = $this->plan(self::rule(guides: 1, advanced: true, splitBeginner: true));
+
+        $this->assertSame([
+            [StaffingRole::GUIDE, 1, null, []],
+            [StaffingRole::SKI_ADVANCED, 1, null, [StaffingFee::COURSE]],
+        ], self::summarize($planned));
+    }
+
     public function testGuidingIsAFeeOnTheFirstGuideTypeAssignmentOnly(): void
     {
-        $planned = $this->plan(self::rule(guides: 3, beginner: true, advanced: true, split: true, guiding: true));
+        $planned = $this->plan(self::rule(guides: 3, beginner: true, advanced: true, splitBeginner: true, splitAdvanced: true, guiding: true));
 
         $this->assertSame([
             [StaffingRole::GUIDE, 1, null, [StaffingFee::GUIDING]],
@@ -79,7 +99,7 @@ class AssignmentPlannerTest extends TestCase
 
     public function testWithoutAPlainReiseleitungTheFirstCombinedOneGuides(): void
     {
-        $planned = $this->plan(self::rule(guides: 2, beginner: true, advanced: true, split: true, guiding: true));
+        $planned = $this->plan(self::rule(guides: 2, beginner: true, advanced: true, splitBeginner: true, splitAdvanced: true, guiding: true));
 
         $this->assertSame([
             [StaffingRole::GUIDE_SKI_BEGINNER, 1, null, [StaffingFee::GUIDING, StaffingFee::COURSE]],
@@ -112,7 +132,7 @@ class AssignmentPlannerTest extends TestCase
 
     public function testTheBusEscortIsSetOnExactlyOneAssignment(): void
     {
-        $planned = $this->plan(self::rule(guides: 3, beginner: true, split: true), self::busTravel());
+        $planned = $this->plan(self::rule(guides: 3, beginner: true, splitBeginner: true), self::busTravel());
 
         $this->assertSame([
             [StaffingRole::GUIDE, 2, 5, []],
@@ -122,7 +142,7 @@ class AssignmentPlannerTest extends TestCase
 
     public function testWithoutAPlainReiseleitungTheFirstCombinedOneEscortsTheBus(): void
     {
-        $planned = $this->plan(self::rule(guides: 2, beginner: true, advanced: true, split: true), self::busTravel());
+        $planned = $this->plan(self::rule(guides: 2, beginner: true, advanced: true, splitBeginner: true, splitAdvanced: true), self::busTravel());
 
         $this->assertSame(5, $planned[0]->pickup);
         $this->assertNull($planned[1]->pickup);
@@ -172,7 +192,8 @@ class AssignmentPlannerTest extends TestCase
         int $guides,
         bool $beginner = false,
         bool $advanced = false,
-        bool $split = false,
+        bool $splitBeginner = false,
+        bool $splitAdvanced = false,
         bool $guiding = false,
     ): StaffingRule {
         return (new StaffingRule())
@@ -180,7 +201,8 @@ class AssignmentPlannerTest extends TestCase
             ->setGuides($guides)
             ->setSkiBeginner($beginner)
             ->setSkiAdvanced($advanced)
-            ->setSplit($split)
+            ->setSplitBeginner($splitBeginner)
+            ->setSplitAdvanced($splitAdvanced)
             ->setGuiding($guiding)
         ;
     }