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Assign Roles to Individual Staff Members for Schoolnet

Once Schoolnet single sign-on is configured and enabled, you can then individually assign Schoolnet roles at the staff level, which allows PowerSchool users to launch Schoolnet from within the PowerSchool SIS Admin portal and the PowerSchool SIS Teacher portal based on their user roles.

  1. On the start page, search for and select a staff member
  2. Click Security Settings
  3. Under Schoolnet Security, click Manage Roles
    Note: The Schoolnet Security section only appears if Schoolnet has been enabled. See Enable Schoolnet Single Sign-On.
  4. Use the following table to enter information in the fields:

    Field

    Description

    Institution

    All institutions within the district appear.

    The district office appears at the top of the list.

    The staff member's default school appears as the first school in the list.

    All other schools in the district appear in alphabetical order. If a school appears bold, the staff member has been given PowerSchool admin access to the school. See May switch to on the Security Settings page.

    Schoolnet Role

    The Schoolnet roles assigned to the staff member.

    Note: PowerSchool currently supports the following four predefined Schoolnet staff level roles: Employee, Leadership, Staff, and Teacher. At least one of these roles must be assigned to the staff member.

    Actions

    District Office

    If a role is added at the district office level, the role is added for all schools within the district and can only be modified at the district office level.

    To add roles at the district office level:

    1. Click Add Roles next to District Office.
    2. Select the appropriate System Roles checkboxes.
      Note: At least one system role selection is required.
    3. Select the appropriate Additional Roles checkboxes.
      Note: If no System Roles checkboxes are selected, the Additional Roles section appears shaded. Additional role selection is optional.
    4. Click OK.

    To edit roles at the district office level:

    1. Click Edit next to District Office.
    2. Edit information as needed.
    3. Click OK.

    To remove all roles at the district office level, click Clear next to District Office.

    [School]

    If a role is added at the school level, the role is only added for the selected schools and can only be modified at the school level.

    To add roles at the school level:

    1. Click Add Roles next to the appropriate school.
    2. Select the appropriate System Roles checkboxes.
      Note: At least one system role selection is required.
    3. Select the appropriate Additional Roles checkboxes.
      Note: If no System Roles checkboxes are selected, the Additional Roles section appears shaded. Additional role selection is optional.
    4. Select the Apply checkbox to copy the selected roles to all institutions that the staff member may switch to.
    5. Click OK.

    To edit roles at the school level:

    1. Click Edit next to the appropriate school.
    2. Edit information as needed.
    3. Click OK.

    To remove all roles at the school level, click Clear next to the appropriate school.

  5. Click Submit.


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