Staff Information
After selecting a staff member, you can edit information about that person. When a staff member no longer works at your school, indicate an inactive status for that person. For more information about adding staff members, see Add a New User.
Edit Staff Information
- On the start page, search for and select a staff member.
- On the Staff page, click Information from the staff pages menu.
Use the following table to edit information in the fields:
Field
Description
Name
Enter the staff member's last, first, and middle name.
Preferred Name
Enter the staff member's preferred name, such as a nickname.
Email Address
Enter the staff member's email address.
Title
Enter the staff member's role or professional title.
Gender
Indicate the staff member's gender by choosing either Male or Female from the menu.
Ethnicity
Specify whether or not the staff member is Hispanic or Latino by selecting the appropriate option.
Information that appears may vary based on your configuration. For information about setting up federal ethnicity and race categories and codes used in state-specific reporting, see Federal Race Categories and District Race Codes.
Race
Specify the staff member's race by selecting the appropriate checkboxes.
Information that appears may vary based on your configuration. For information about setting up federal ethnicity and race categories and codes used in state-specific reporting, see Federal Race Categories and District Race Codes.
Field level security may be used to restrict this information (TEACHERRACE.RACECD and USERS.FEDRACEDECLINE). For more information, see Field Level Security.
Reporting Ethnicity
Specify the staff member's ethnicity by choosing the appropriate ethnicity from the pop-up menu.
Information that appears may vary based on your configuration. For information about setting up ethnicity codes used in scheduling and preconfigured reporting, see Scheduling/Reporting Ethnicity Codes.
Teacher Number
Enter the staff member's teacher number (required).
Homeroom
Enter the staff member's homeroom number.
Home School
Displays the designated home school for the teacher. For more information, see Edit Staff Member Security Settings.
Lunch ID
Enter the staff member's PowerLunch identification number. For more information, see PowerLunch Initialization.
Home Phone #
Enter the staff member's home telephone number.
School Phone #
Enter the staff member's school telephone number.
Street
Enter the staff member's street name.
City, State, Zip
Enter the staff member's city, two-letter state abbreviation, and postal code.
SSN
Enter the staff member's Social Security Number.
DOB
Enter the staff member's birth date.
Staff Type
It is recommended that a status is assigned to each staff member. This makes searching for and selecting staff members more efficient. To specify the staff member's status, choose one of the following from the menu:
- Not Assigned
- Teacher
- Staff
- Lunch
- Substitute
For a user to appear in PowerSchool's teacher's menus, Teacher must be selected.
Status
Specify the staff member's status by choosing Current or No longer here from the menu. If you choose No longer here, the staff member's PowerSchool account is inactive, and they cannot access PowerSchool.
Click Submit.