How to Give a Teacher School Admin Rights
School Signals allows the same user to have both a Teacher/Staff account and School Admin rights using the same email address and login.
This is useful when a teacher or staff member also has administrative responsibilities at the school while they still need to be listed in Classrooms and School Directory as a Teacher.
To give an existing teacher or staff member School Admin rights:
Go to Profiles & Accounts > Teachers & Staff.
Find the teacher or staff member and click Edit.
On the account's edit page, check the Update User Account checkbox.
Scroll down to the Additional Roles section and check Grant School Admin Account.
Save your changes.
The teacher or staff member will now have all School Admin rights while retaining their Teacher/Staff role.
They can still be selected as a Primary Teacher or Course Teacher for Classrooms.
Users with both roles are listed under both School Admins and Teachers in the School Directory.
How to Remove School Admin Rights From a Teacher or Staff Member
To remove School Admin rights:
Go to Profiles & Accounts > Teachers & Staff.
Find the teacher or staff member and click Edit.
On the account's edit page, check the Update User Account checkbox.
Scroll down to the Additional Roles section and uncheck Grant School Admin Account.
Save your changes.
School Signals will display the following warning: “The school admin account will be converted to a regular teacher/staff account.”
The user will retain their Teacher/Staff account but will no longer have School Admin rights.
How to List a School Admin As a Teacher
You can also add School Admin as a teacher or staff member when they already have a School Admin account.
Go to Profiles & Accounts > Teachers & Staff.
Click + Add Teacher/Staff.
Enter the email address associated with the existing School Admin account.
School Signals will recognize the existing account and display a message similar to:
The email (states the address) belongs to an existing school admin (states the name). You may link the account to this teacher/staff entry. Would you like to link the admin user account?
Select Yes to link the existing School Admin account to the new Teacher/Staff entry.
The user will then have both roles using the same School Signals account.
Account Managers Who Are Also School Admins
An Account Manager who also has School Admin rights can be given a Teacher/Staff role using the same process.
When their existing email address is entered while adding or editing a Teacher/Staff entry, School Signals will offer to link the Teacher/Staff entry to their existing user account.
Where Users With Both Roles Appear
A user who is both a Teacher/Staff member and a School Admin:
Appears under Teachers in the School Directory.
Appears under School Admins in the School Directory.
Appears under Teachers in Classrooms and Clubs where they have been added as a teacher.
Can continue to be selected as a Primary Teacher or Course Teacher for Classrooms.
Has all rights associated with a School Admin account.
Deleting a Teacher/Staff Entry
If a Teacher/Staff entry is linked to a School Admin or Account Manager account, deleting the Teacher/Staff entry does not delete the user's School Admin or Account Manager account.
The user is also removed from the Classrooms and Clubs associated with their Teacher/Staff role.
Deleting the School Admin Account
If the School Admin account of a user who is also a Teacher/Staff member is deleted, the Teacher/Staff entry remains, but the Teacher/Staff account returns to Pending status.
A new user account must then be created for the Teacher/Staff member.